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Armed Forces Service Medal

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Aircrew members must have participated as a regular assigned crew member on an aircraft flying into, out of, within, or over the area of eligibility in direct support of the designated military operation for 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days. One day of service is credited for the first
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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.
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Service members must have been permanently assigned, attached, or detailed to a unit that deployed to participate in a designated U.S. operation within the area of eligibility for 30 consecutive days (or for the full period when an operation is less than 30 days) or for 60 non-consecutive days.
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and the Armed Forces Service Medal may be awarded concurrently for Operations Joint Guard and Joint Endeavor. While Operation Sharp Guard was conducted during the Bosnia War, the Veterans of Foreign Wars refuses to accept Veterans of the Bosnian War who received the Armed Forces Service Medal.
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The AFSM is not authorized for participation in national or international exercises. For operations in which personnel of only one military department participate, the AFSM will be awarded only if there is no other suitable award available to the department.
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One award of the Armed Forces Service Medal is authorized for each designated military operation. Only one AFSM is awarded for multiple deployments for the same designated operation. Subsequent awards are denoted by wearing a bronze
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of the medal bears a demi-torch, as held by the Statue of Liberty, with rays radiating from behind the torch. Encircling at the top is the inscription
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Participate, or have participated, as members of U.S. military units, in a designated U.S. military operation deemed to be a significant activity.
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The AFSM may be authorized for U.S. military operations for which no other U.S. campaign or service medal is appropriate such as:
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Participating in a designated U.S. military operation that did not encounter foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action
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sortie flown on any day. Additional sorties flown on the same day receive no further credit.
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which is normally awarded for combat operations and other combat support missions.
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The AFSM may be awarded to service members who, on or after June 1, 1992:
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Approved U.S. Military Operations for the Armed Forces Service Medal
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Encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action.
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The Armed Forces Service Medal is the non-combat parallel of the
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Joint awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces
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Capital Response I & II and the Presidential Inauguration
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United States campaign, expeditionary, and service medals
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seal. Below is a laurel wreath with the inscription
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Obverse
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security

Service ribbon
Korea Defense Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
military award
United States military
President Bill Clinton
Executive Order
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bronze
obverse
United States Department of Defense
ribbon
jungle green
green
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
service star
service ribbon
Operation Maritime Monitor
Operation Provide Promise
Operation Deny Flight
Operation Sharp Guard
United Nations Preventive Deployment Force
Operation Uphold Democracy

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