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Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Obverse and reverse
Type	Campaign medal
Awarded for	Service in Afghanistan from October 24, 2001 onward
Presented by	the U.S. Section of Defense force[ane] and Department of Homeland Security[2]
Eligibility	U.S. military machine personnel
Status	Active
Established	EO 13363, November 29, 2004; 17 years ago  (2004-11-29)
Start awarded	June 2005 (retroactive to October 24, 2001)
Service ribbon and campaign streamer
Precedence
Next (college)	Kosovo Campaign Medal[three]
Next (lower)	Republic of iraq Campaign Medal[3]
Related	Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal NATO Medal

The Afghanistan Campaign Medal (ACM) is a military accolade of the U.s. Armed forces which was created by Executive Guild 13363 of President George Westward. Bush-league on November 29, 2004, and became available for general distribution in June 2005.^{[4] [5]} The medal was designed by the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry.^{[6] [seven]}

The Afghanistan Campaign Medal is awarded to whatsoever member of the United States armed services who has performed duty within the borders of Transitional islamic state of afghanistan (or its airspace) for a menstruum of 30 sequent days or lx non-sequent days. The medal is retroactive to October 24, 2001, and is active until a date to be determined. Personnel who have been engaged in gainsay with an enemy force, or personnel who have been wounded in combat within Afghanistan, may receive the ACM regardless of the number of days spent within the country. The medal is also awarded posthumously to any service member who dies in the line of duty within Transitional islamic state of afghanistan, including from non-combat injuries such as accidents and mishaps.^{[eight] [nine]}

Entrada phases and devices [edit]

The following are the approved campaign phases and corresponding dates for the Afghanistan Campaign Medal:^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

Phase	From	To
Liberation of Afghanistan	September 11, 2001	November 30, 2001
Consolidation I	December 1, 2001	September 30, 2006
Consolidation II	October i, 2006	November 30, 2009
Consolidation 3	December i, 2009	June 30, 2011
Transition I	July 1, 2011	December 31, 2014
Transition II (Note 1)	January 1, 2015	to a engagement to be determined
Note 1: For Operation FREEDOM's Sentry pursuant to USD(P&R) memorandum dated February xiii, 2015, titled, "Afghanistan Campaign Medal – Operation Freedom's Picket and Transition 2 Campaign Phase."

Examples of campaign stars worn on the Transitional islamic state of afghanistan Campaign Medal service ribbon:

	One of the six phases
	Two of the six phases
	Three of the half dozen phases
	Four of the six phases
	Five of the six phases
	All six phases

The following ribbon devices are authorized for wear on the Afghanistan Campaign Medal:^{[4] [xv] [11] [sixteen] [17] [xviii] [19] [20]}

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal [edit]

The Afghanistan Campaign Medal replaces the Global State of war on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (GWOT-EM) for service in Transitional islamic state of afghanistan and personnel who previously received the GWOT-EM for Afghanistan service may elect to exchange the medal for the ACM.^[21] Both medals may non be received for the aforementioned period of service in Afghanistan and any current Afghanistan service will simply be recognized with the Transitional islamic state of afghanistan Campaign Medal.^[22]

See also [edit]

• Awards and decorations of the United States military
• United Kingdom Afghanistan medal

References [edit]

1. ^ "Issuances" (PDF). www.esd.whs.mil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-09-xiv .
2. ^ "Data" (PDF). media.defence force.gov. 2017.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Ground forces Regulation 600–8–22 Military Awards" (PDF). Regular army Publishing Directorate. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Department of Defence force Manual 1348.33, Volume 2" (PDF). Defence Technical Data Center. 21 Dec 2016. pp. twenty–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2017. Retrieved fourteen September 2017.
5. ^ "Executive Order: Establishing the Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign Medals". 29 Nov 2004. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
6. ^ "Error". Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
7. ^ "Factsheets : Afghanistan Campaign Medal". Archived from the original on i May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
8. ^ "DoD Announces Criteria for 2 New Campaign Medals" Archived 2011-05-xxx at the Wayback Machine United States Department of Defense 07 Apr 2005
9. ^ "New Campaign Medals Recognize Iraq, Afghanistan Service" Archived April fourteen, 2012, at the Wayback Machine United states Department of Defense 07 April 2005
10. ^ "Afghanistan Entrada Medal - Canonical Campaign Phases" (PDF). PRHome.Defense.gov . Retrieved 30 June 2021.
11. ^ ^{a b} "Afghanistan Entrada Medal or Iraq Campaign Medal". Awards and Decorations Branch Article. Army Human Resource Control. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
12. ^ "News Release: Additional Phases Identified for Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign Medals". Defense force.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2012-05-31 .
13. ^ "New Campaign stage canonical" (PDF).
14. ^ DoD News, Defense Media Activity. "Operation Freedom's Sentinel Qualifies for Entrada Medal". Department of Defence. Retrieved xx February 2015.
    Tilghman, Andrew (19 Feb 2015). "Despite war'south stop, Pentagon extends Afghanistan campaign medal". MilitaryTimes. Gannett. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
15. ^ "Department of Defence force Manual 1348.33, Volume 3" (PDF). Defense force Technical Information Middle. 23 November 2010. p. 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 Feb 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
16. ^ Army Regulation 600-8-22 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
17. ^ Air Force Instruction 36-2803 Archived 2013-02-16 at the Wayback Car
18. ^ "NAVADMIN 141/08". Retrieved 21 May 2008.
19. ^ Ii Bulls, Richard. "Campaign Stars Established to Recognize Multiple Deployments". Naval Media Center Public Affairs. Retrieved five June 2008.
20. ^ Coast Guard Commandant Instruction 1650.25D
21. ^ "Department of Defense Manual 1348.33, Volume ii" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. 21 Dec 2016. pp. 32–35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
22. ^ "Afghanistan Campaign Medal". edocket.access.gpo.gov.

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