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The Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) is circular (36.07 mm in diameter and 4 mm thick), struck in cupro-nickel with a rhodium plating/coating. [3]It has the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with the wording ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID DEF on the obverse and an Afghanistan mountain scene with the word Afghanistan written in Latin and Arabic lettering on the reverse.
The Armed Forces Civilian Service Medal (AFCSM) is established to recognize the contributions and accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Defense civilian workforce who directly support the military forces, when those members are engaged in military operations of a prolonged peacekeeping or humanitarian nature. The AFCSM symbolizes the ...
Special Act or Service Award – A SASA is a cash award given to recognize a meritorious personal effort, act, service, scientific or other achievement accomplished within or outside assigned job responsibilities. All appropriated fund employees are eligible for this award.
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 ...
Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) 6 April 2011: 9 November 2001 – present: Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa: 11 June 2015: 23 March 2014 – 29 March 2016 [28] First UK campaign medal issued for response to humanitarian crisis. [29] General Service Medal (2008) 2015: January 2008 – present [30]
Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan), awarded by the British government to recognise service since 19 November 2001 in the transition to democracy in Afghanistan. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Civilian Service Medal .
Retired U.S. Army Captain Larry Taylor is awarded the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on September 05, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Almost 2 million men and women who served in Iraq or Afghanistan are flooding homeward, profoundly affected by war. Their experiences have been vivid. Dazzling in the ups, terrifying and depressing in the downs. The burning devotion of the small-unit brotherhood, the adrenaline rush of danger, the nagging fear and loneliness, the pride of service.