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A similar medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (GWOT-SM), [11] was created under the same Presidential Order that authorized the GWOT Expeditionary Medal. The primary difference between the two awards is that the service medal is intended for those who performed support duty within the United States, while the expeditionary medal ...
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal [19] Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal [20] References This page was last edited on 27 September 2023, at 03:23 (UTC). Text ...
Service medal: Awarded for: Support of operations to counter terrorism, whether stationed in the United States or overseas. Presented by: the U.S. Department of Defense [1] U.S. Department of Homeland Security [2] Eligibility: U.S. military personnel: Status: Active: Established: E.O. 13289, 12 March 2003; 21 years ago () First awarded
Half of the men honored were among those on the scene in December 2015, when Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif.
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.
Wednesday's ceremony honored the 2,983 victims killed in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, aboard Flight 93, and in the 1993 WTC bombing.
Army Commendation Medal with 4 Oak leaf clusters (5 awards) Army Achievement Medal: Army Good Conduct Medal with 3 bronze Good conduct loops (4 awards) 4th row National Defense Service Medal: Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 2 bronze Campaign stars: Iraq Campaign Medal with 3 bronze Campaign stars: 5th row Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Chris LaCivita, a senior Trump campaign adviser, who had posted videos on X of the wreath-laying ceremony, said in a statement: “For a despicable individual to physically prevent President Trump ...