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NATO medals authorized for wear include the NATO Medal for Former Yugoslavia, the NATO Medal for Kosovo Service, both of the Article 5 Medals, the Non-Article 5 medals for the Balkans and Afghanistan (ISAF), The NATO Meritorious Service Medal and the North Macedonia NATO Medal and the Non-Article 5 Medal for service in Iraq, under the NTM-I. [11]
About 2,500 US service members were killed and more than 20,000 were wounded during the US-led war in Afghanistan. The Congressional Gold Medal ceremony took place just one day before America ...
Armed Forces personnel who took part in the evacuation of more than 15,000 people from Afghanistan in August 2021 are set to receive a new medal recognising their efforts, the Ministry of Defence ...
NATO Non-article 5 medal for Operation Resolute Support; United Nations ... Global War on Terrorism Service Medal [17] Afghanistan Campaign Medal [18] ...
NATO Medals may be awarded with a clasp that designates the operation for which the medal is awarded. United States military personnel may accept, but not wear the clasp. [ 3 ] To date the following medals are the only NATO Medals authorized for acceptance and wear by US military personnel: [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
A Bronze Star with a Valor device can be seen during an awards ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2011.Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith, U.S. Air Force
Immediately after its formation the United States and Afghanistan targeted the group in airstrikes and raids. The group also suffered major setbacks while fighting the Taliban . In July 2016, Hafiz was killed in a US drone strike, around eight months later in March 2017, the Afghan and US military began an offensive dubbed Operation Hamza ...
Australia participated in a NATO-led international force that trained Afghan security forces and fought the Taliban for two decades following the removal of the Islamist militants from power in 2001