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  2. Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act - Wikipedia

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    The law requires that employers with federal contracts or subcontracts of $150,000 or more provide equal opportunity and affirmative action for Vietnam-era veterans, special disabled veterans, and veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized.

  3. Veterans' Preference Act - Wikipedia

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    (a) died under honorable conditions while on active duty in any branch of the armed forces of the United States in wartime or in peacetime campaigns or expeditions for which campaign badges or service medals have been authorized; or (b) have permanent and total service-connected disabilities which disqualify them for civil service appointment ...

  4. Category:United States campaign medals - Wikipedia

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    Philippine Campaign Medal; Philippine Congressional Medal; Public Health Service COVID-19 Pandemic Campaign Medal; Public Health Service Ebola Campaign Medal; Public Health Service Global Health Campaign Medal; Public Health Service Smallpox Eradication Campaign Ribbon

  5. Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal - Wikipedia

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    The following ribbon devices are authorized for wear on the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal: Campaign stars (all branches) Arrowhead device (Army, Air Force, and Space Force) Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia (Navy personnel assigned to a Marine Corps unit in combat) [13]

  6. Campaign medal - Wikipedia

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    A campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of an armed force who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater. Campaign medals are very similar to service medals but carry a higher status as the award usually involves deployment to a foreign region or service in a combat zone.

  7. Vietnam Campaign Medal - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal was created by the said Republic in 1949 and manufactured in France. The French soldiers engaged alongside the South Vietnamese were a priori eligible but were not authorized to wear this medal which duplicated the French commemorative medal and the Colonial Medal with "Extrême-Orient" clasp.

  8. Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces

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    The last single service award was issued in 1960 when Congress authorized the awarding of the Four Chaplains' Medal recognizing the Four Chaplains who died together during World War II. [6] There have been no single service awards issued since by the U.S. military, mainly due to the decline and complications of awarding commemorative service ...

  9. Piggybacking (security) - Wikipedia

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    The act may be legal or illegal, authorized or unauthorized, depending on the circumstances. However, the term more often has the connotation of being an illegal or unauthorized act. [1] To describe the act of an unauthorized person who follows someone to a restricted area without the consent of the authorized person, the term tailgating is ...