2017年5月3日 · The Armed Forces Service Medal was created by Executive Order 12985, signed into law Jan. 11, 1996, by President Bill Clinton. The medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces who, as a unit, participate in a United States military operation deemed to be a significant activity and who encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action. In many …

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The Kosovo Campaign Medal was established by Executive Order 13154 signed by President William J. Clinton on 03 May 2000. It may be awarded to Navy and Marine Corps personnel for participating in prescribed operations, campaigns and task forces ranging in dates from 24 March 1999 to present. The area of operations for these various campaigns includes the total land …

2024年6月20日 · USS Yorktown (CV-5) was commissioned at Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia, on 30 September 1937, with Captain Ernest D. McWhorter in command. After shakedown training that took the aircraft carrier to the Virgin Islands, Haiti, Guantanamo Bay, and Cristobal in the Panama Canal Zone, she returned to Norfolk for subsequent repairs in the fall …

2015年5月15日 · Background American Sailors and Marines were without official medals or other visible signs of their overseas service or combat for the first 120 years of the Navy's existence, since orders, medals and decorations were seen as the trappings of royalty and empire and ran contrary to the republican spirit present at the founding of our country. On rare occasions, …

2024年6月10日 · The Navy and Marine Corps' Medal of Honor is our country's oldest continuously awarded decoration, even though its appearance and award criteria has changed since it was created for enlisted men by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles on 16 December 1861. Legislation in 1915 made naval officers eligible for the award. Although originally awarded for …

Vietnam are eligible for this award for the period 8 Feb 62 - 28 Mar 73 since the Republic of Vietnam Government awarded it to Commander,·u.s. Military • Assistance Command and all subordinate units. ** In addition to those specific units listed,: a11 ·N,avy .·. and Marine Corps personnel who served ",i.n country'':,.'

2016年2月26日 · As indicated in DODM 1348.33-V2 of November 23, 2010, campaign medals are used to recognize active participation in a war or significant military combat operation of long duration and significant scope. Award is limited to those who have physically participated in the campaign from within the actual area of operations. Historically, all of the following factors are …

2017年5月3日 · With major worldwide conflicts like World War II and Korea giving way to the Cold War's smaller regional conflicts, the Department of Defense developed the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal to recognize such duty. The medal was authorized through Executive Order 10977 signed by President Kennedy on 4 Dec. 1961 and amplified later by Executive Order …

2019年7月29日 · Unless otherwise directed, individual eligibility of Navy personnel for the Navy Unit Commendation will be determined and the award issued by the Chief of Naval Personnel. 5. The following is a list of the ships (Group I) Navy units and squadrons (Group II), and Marine Corps units and squadrons (Group III), which have been awarded the Navy Unit ...