Yes - both are awarded after one full year of service on a forward-deployed ship, and are awarded for every following year of service.
well obviously,if Iraq is across the Atlantic ocean I'd assume you'll be awarded the overseas service ribbon.If you are there 6 mos or more you will get the ssdr.
The Selective Service Act
yes
The award of the US Good Conduct Medal has NOTHING to do with overeas service, therefore the placement of "overseas bars" on the Medal is WRONG.
The USS Cole was damaged by a suicide bomb attack in 2000 but not sunk. After two years of repairs it was recommissioned and deployed to active service. The U.S Cole was sunk in the Yemen port by Islamic terrorists.
The minimum is 180 days of active service duty.
You may only file taxes for a deployed soldier if. A) you have a power of Attorney, specifically allowing it. B) you are the Head of Household over the deployed soldier. C) You are the deployed soldier. A general power of attorney does give you the right to file a tax return in the service members name, and the military does provide free tax filing overseas. The deployed service member may also defer filing his taxes until after he returns from deployment if he so chooses without any penalties from the IRS. -Morreale, Keith D. SGT US Army
Voluntary Service Overseas was created in 1958.
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Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal was created on 1999-04-16.
the Armed Forces Expedittionary medal ,the overseas service ribbon, and the NATO medal, are the ones listed on my dd 214 .
The service needs to be running, and the scope needs to be authorized before addresses may be given out.
Police Overseas Service Medal - Australia - was created on 1991-04-25.
Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Service Medal was created in 1973.
If by allotment you mean military pay allotment, then yes. many service members pay bills in this manner. It is a common form of time payment while soldiers and sailors are deployed or stationed overseas.
No. The medal was authorized in 1999 for award to veterans of the Korean Conflict between June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953. You may, however, receive the Korean Defense Service Medal created by the Deprtment of Defense in 2004. http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Awards/KoreaDefenseServiceMedal.htm Note, paragraph 7c has been recinded by subsequent changes in regulations. The Overseas Service Ribbon and KDSM are authorized for the same tour in Korea.
It's to symbolize that person has served their country. While deployed service members wear a black & white ir flag. Therefore people who have served overseas wear a black & white flag on their right shoulder.