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a. Authorization. E.O. 13363 of 29 November 2004.
b. Iraq Campaign Medal Eligibility Requirements
(1) Service by military personnel in direct support of
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) in the designated area of
eligibility (AOE), which encompasses all land area of the
country of Iraq, the contiguous waters of Iraq out to 12
nautical miles, and all air space above these waters and land
area. The period of eligibility is 19 March 2003 to December 31, 2011. Effective 1 May 2005, the Iraq Campaign Medal
(ICM) is the only award authorized for service in the Iraq AOE.
See paragraph 14(f) below for guidelines to determine
eligibility for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
(GWOTEM) and ICM prior to 1 May 2005. Personnel who deployed in
support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH and subsequently
transitioned into OIF on or after 19 March 2003, must elect to
receive either the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the GWOTEM,
or the ICM. Personnel may not be authorized more than one of
these medals for a single deployment.
(2) Service members must have been assigned, attached,
or mobilized to units operating in the AOE for 30 consecutive or
60 non-consecutive days, or meet one of the following criteria:
(a) Be engaged in actual combat during an armed
engagement, regardless of time in the AOE.
(b) Be wounded, killed, or injured requiring medical
evacuation from the AOE, while participating in an operation or
on official duties. Non-combat medical evacuation does meet the
qualification criteria.
(c) Participate as a regularly assigned aircrew
member flying sorties into, out of, within, or over the AOE in
direct support of military operations. Each day that one or more sorties are flown, into, out of, within, or over the AOE
shall count as one day towards the 30 or 60-day requirement.
c. Subsequent Awards. There will be no subsequent awards
of the Iraq Campaign Medal (ICM); therefore, service stars are not authorized.
d. Awarding Authority
(1) Navy Personnel. Commanding officers exercising Navy
and Marine Corps Achievement Medal authority are authorized to
award the Iraq Campaign Medal (ICM). Commands shall make the appropriate service
record entries and issue the medals. The miniature bronze Fleet
Marine Force Combat Operation emblem may be authorized for
qualified Navy personnel who have engaged in actual combat; see
Chapter 1, Article 123.
(2) Marine Corps Personnel. Unit commanders are
authorized to issue the Iraq Campaign Medal (ICM) to personnel assigned to their
command who meet the eligibility criteria.
(3) Navy personnel attached to DoD, Joint, or other non-
DON commands who believe they meet the eligibility criteria
should have their command confirm eligibility and submit the
appropriate service record documentation. Marines shall submit
confirming documentation to their administrative chain of
command for recording in MCTFS and entry into their Official
Military Personnel File.
e. Participating Unit Lists. Navy Commanding Officers
whose units meet the criteria for the ICM must submit their unit
name with start and end dates in the AOE to CNO (DNS-35). Email
a scanned PDF copy of the signed request to navyawards@navy.mil,
using "ICM participating unit (your unit name)" as the subject
line. CNO (DNS-35) will post a list of qualified units on the
Navy Awards Website. Future command input will be via command
direct entry into the CESMEL (Campaign, Expeditionary, and
Service Medal Eligibility List) section of NDAWS. This change
will be announced via a NAVADMIN. Marine Corps unit commanders
are not required to submit lists of participating units.
Designated campaigns:
Liberation of Iraq - March 19, 2003 to May 1, 2003;
Transition of Iraq - May 2, 2003 to June 28, 2004;
Iraqi Governance June 29, 2004 to December 15 2005;
National Resolution - December 16, 2005 to January 9, 2007;
Iraqi Surge - January 10, 2007 to December 31, 2008;
Iraqi Sovereignty - January 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010;
New Dawn - September 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
An order terminating the campaign medal was issued April 23 by the Defense Department, but is effective to December 31, 2011, the day Operation New Dawn ended.
Authorized Devices: Bronze Star, Silver Star,
Bronze Marine Corps Device(Navy),
Bronze Arrowhead (Army) |
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