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National Personnel Records Center
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 |
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Personnel Command
Liaison Office Room 5409
9700 Page Avenue
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Military Medals Quick List |
 Iraq Campaign Medal
Criteria: Awarded to any member of the U.S. military who
has performed duty within the borders of Iraq (or its
territorial waters) for a period of thirty consecutive
days or sixty non-consecutive days. The medal is
retroactive to March 19, 2003 and is active until a date
to be determined. Personnel who have been engaged in
combat with an enemy force, or personnel who have been
wounded in combat or wounded as a result of a terrorist
attack within Iraq, may receive the Iraq Campaign Medal
regardless of the number of days spent within the
country. The medal is also awarded posthumously to any
service member who dies in the line of duty within Iraq,
including from non-combat injuries such as accidents and
mishaps. |
 Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Criteria: Awarded to any member of the U.S. military who
has performed duty within the borders of Afghanistan (or
its airspace) for a period of thirty consecutive days or
sixty non-consecutive days. The medal is retroactive to
October 24, 2001 and is active until a date to be
determined. Personnel who have been engaged in combat
with an enemy force, or personnel who have been wounded
in combat within Afghanistan, may receive the
Afghanistan Campaign Medal regardless of the number of
days spent within the country. The medal is also awarded
posthumously to any service member who dies in the line
of duty within Afghanistan, including from non-combat
injuries such as accidents and mishaps. |
 Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Criteria: Authorized for service members deployed
overseas for service in the Global War on Terrorism
operations on or after September 11, 2001, and to a
future date to be determined. Initial award of the
expeditionary medal is limited to personnel deployed
abroad in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi
Freedom. The area of eligibility encompasses the United
States Central Command area (less the lower Horn of
Africa); Middle East; eastern Turkey; Philippines; Diego
Garcia; and all air spaces above the land and adjacent
water areas. Special criteria: Must have performed in a
designated anti-terrorism operation for a period of
either 30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days of
duty. For those who were engaged in combat, killed, or
wounded in the line of the duty the time requirement is
waived. |
 National Defense Service Medal
Criteria: Awarded to anyone who serves on active duty in
the United States military during a designated time
period. In the fifty years since the creation of the
National Defense Service Medal, it has been authorized
for the following time periods; June 27, 1950 to July
27, 1954 for service during the Korean War; January 1,
1961 to August 14, 1974 for service during the Vietnam
War; August 2, 1990 to November 30, 1995 for service
during the Gulf War; September 11, 2001 to a date
yet-to-be-determined for service during the War on
Terrorism. For service in the Gulf War and War on
Terrorism, it is also authorized for members of the
military reserve provided they are a military reservist
in good standing. The National Defense Service Medal is
further authorized to students at the service academies,
but is not granted to discharged or retired veterans who
did not serve in one of the above time periods. The
decoration is also not authorized to members of the
inactive reserve. The award was intended to be a
blanket campaign medal issued to any member of the
United States military who served in a designated time
period of which a national emergency had been
declared. As of 2005, it is the oldest service medal
which is still issued to the active military. |
 Army Good Conduct Medal
Criteria: Awarded to any enlisted member of the United
States Army who completes three consecutive years of
honorable and faithful service. Such service implies
that a standard enlistment was completed without any
non-judicial punishments, disciplinary infractions, or
court martial offenses. If a service member commits an
offense, the three-year mark "resets" and a service
member must perform an additional three years of
discipline free service before the Good Conduct may be
authorized. During times of war, the Army Good Conduct
Medal may be awarded for one year of faithful service.
The medal may also be awarded posthumously, to any
soldier killed in the line of duty. To denote additional
decorations of the award, a series of Good Conduct Knots
are provided as attachments to the decoration. Service
for the Army Good Conduct Medal must be performed on
active duty and the medal is not awarded to members of
the Army reserve or National Guard who are not
federalized to active service. For those Reserve and
Guard members who satisfactorily perform annual training
and drill duty, however, the Army Reserve Components
Achievement Medal may be awarded in lieu. |
 Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Criteria: Awarded for participation in "any military
campaign of the United States for which no other service
medal is authorized" including the Cuban Missile Crisis
between October 1962 and June 1963, actions in Lebanon,
Taiwan, the Congo, Quemoy and Matsu, and for duty in
Berlin between 1961 and 1963, initial operations in
South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, Panama, Grenada,
Libya, Operation Earnest Will, peacekeeping and sanction
missions against Iraq, Operation Northern Watch,
Operation Southern Watch, Operation Vigilant Sentinel,
and United Nations actions, including Bosnia and
Somalia. Additional awards of the medal are denoted by
service stars, with the arrowhead device also authorized
for United States Army personnel who are awarded the
decoration through participation in an airborne or
amphibious assault. The Fleet Marine Force combat
operation insignia is also authorized for certain
sailors. |
 Armed Forces Service Medal
Criteria: Presented to those service members who engage
in "significant activity" for which no other campaign or
service medal is authorized. The term "significant
activity" is determined by theater commanders and is
normally deemed to be participation in a U.S. military
operation considered to hold a high degree of scope,
impact, and international significance that the
operation warrants the presentation of a permanent
service medal. The individual criteria for the Armed
Forces Service Medal specify that a service member must
perform at least thirty consecutive days in a
geographical theater region to qualify for the
decoration. Aircrew members may earn the award if a
total of thirty mission days was performed flying into
and out of the given area. As an official DOD exception
to policy the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and the
Armed Forces Service Medal may be awarded concurrently
for the following Operations in Yugoslavia:
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, and Hungary (Operation
Joint Guard) 20 Dec 1996 - 20 Jun 1998; and
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, Italy, Hungary
(Operation Joint Endeavor) 20 Nov 1995 - 19 Dec 1998.
This medal was also awarded to U.S. Forces in relation
to Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Rita relief efforts
for 30 consecutive or 60 accumulated days from 27 August
2005 - 27 Feb 2006. Additional awards of the Armed
Forces Service Medal are denoted by service stars. |
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