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The Afghanistan Campaign Medal (ACM) was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was created by Executive Order 13363 of President George W. Bush on November 29, 2004, and became available for general distribution in June 2005.
The first phase of the Australian Defence Force's operation in Afghanistan Operation Snipe: 2 May 2002: 13 May 2002: The remote Afghan mountains: A British Royal Marine search and clear operation over a significant area believed to be used as a base by al-Qaeda and Taliban forces Operation Sond Chara (Red Dagger) 11 December 2008: 26 December 2008
Afghanistan Medal (United Kingdom), British campaign medal for service 1878–1880; Afghanistan Medal (Australia), Australian campaign medal for service 2001 onwards; Afghanistan Campaign Medal, US campaign medal for service 2001 onwards; Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan, UK campaign medal for service 2001 onwards; New Zealand General ...
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.
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
They lost the country 20 years ago. In a matter of months the Taliban has regained control. Scroll through to see their swift advance.
Operation Allies Refuge was an evacuation effort carried out by the United States during the 2021 Taliban offensive.It took place in the final weeks of the War in Afghanistan and saw the airlifting of certain at-risk Afghan civilians (particularly coalition-allied interpreters), employees of the American embassy in Kabul, and other prospective applicants for the U.S. Special Immigrant Visa (SIV).
Following this date until 2005 Australia's total contribution to efforts in Afghanistan were two officers attached to the United Nations and the Coalition land mine clearing force. [4] All three squadrons of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) were deployed to Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. The dates of these deployments were: [5]