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Awarded to any service member or former service member of the Reserve components of the U.S. armed forces who completes or has completed a total of 10 years of honorable and satisfactory military service in one or more Reserve component of the armed forces.
Depending on the length of service, a bronze, silver, gold, or bronze and gold hourglass are worn on the suspension ribbon and service ribbon, indicating 10, 20, 30, or 40 years of service, respectively. If the medal is awarded in connection with a mobilization, it is accompanied by an "M" device.
IAW AR 600-8-22, Chapter 2, Para 2-26, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal (AFRM) with M Device is awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity in accordance with standards of conduct and duty as required by law and the customs of the United States Army Reserve for the period shown.
DoD 1348.33-M (Manual of Military Decorations & Awards) has been changed to describe the appropriate wear of the “M” and “hourglass” appurtenances on the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
# 5 The same Executive Order in #4, 13013 signed by President Bill Clinton authorized the “M” device to be presented with the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. A Soldier or officer can receive the award without being a member 10 years if they were involuntarily mobilized for a contingency operation .
The medal is given for periods of service accompanied by either a bronze, silver, or gold hourglass for ten, twenty, thirty, and forty years of service respectively. In times that the hourglass is awarded for mobilization, it is accompanied by an "M" device.
Army Armed Forces Reserve Medal Criteria: 10 years of honorable service in any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces Reserve or award of “M” device. Devices: Bronze, Silver and Gold Hourglass, Bronze Letter “M” , Bronze Numeral.
The Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with bronze hourglass) is the basic award and is earned after ten years of qualifying service; however, if a service member qualified for the "M" device before he or she has ten years of service, that person may wear the medal/ribbon without the bronze hourglass but with the M device.
Active Guard Reserve (AGR) members who receive orders changing their current duty status (legal authority under which they perform duty), their duty location, or assignment to support a contingency operation are eligible for the award of the “M” Device.
(2) Executive Order 13013 authorizes the 'M" device for the Armed Forces Reserve Medal (AFRM) for participation in designated contingency operations. Members must have been mobilized (as a unit or individual) and performed active duty on or after 1 August 1990 as follows: