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NATO medals authorized for wear include the NATO Medal for Former Yugoslavia, the NATO Medal for Kosovo Service, both of the Article 5 Medals, the Non-Article 5 medals for the Balkans and Afghanistan (ISAF), The NATO Meritorious Service Medal and the North Macedonia NATO Medal and the Non-Article 5 Medal for service in Iraq, under the NTM-I. [11]
With Operation Unified Protector, NATO is involved in an internal Libyan conflict, between those seeking to depose the country's long-time national leader Muammar Gaddafi and pro-Gaddafi forces. The conflict began as a series of non-peaceful disorders, part of the broader Arab Spring movement, which Gaddafi's security services attempted to ...
NATO Medals may be awarded with a clasp that designates the operation for which the medal is awarded. United States military personnel may accept, but not wear the clasp. [ 3 ] To date the following medals are the only NATO Medals authorized for acceptance and wear by US military personnel: [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
List of NATO Supply Classification Groups: 892: 29 Unknown: Unknown: 225 Richard Shirreff: 885: 29 Unknown: Unknown: 226 Focșani Gate: 883: 29 Unknown: Unknown: 227 List of NATO reporting names for air-to-air missiles: 881: 29 Unknown: Unknown: 228 NATO Submarine Rescue System: 877: 29 Unknown: Unknown: 229 NATO Communications and Information ...
NATO Non-Article 5 medal for the Balkans: 29 March 2010 – present [39] European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal – Op Althea: 2 December 2004 – present [41] Issued with clasp Althea. [41] NATO Non-Article 5 Medal for Operation Unified Protector: 23 March 2011 – 31 October 2011 [42] Issued with clasp OUP-LIBYA/LIBYE. [42]
Unified Protector (2011) — NATO led intervention during the Libyan Civil War to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973. Ellamy (2011) — British contribution to the operation Unified Protector. Harmattan (2011) — French contribution to the operation Unified Protector.
It remains the only time since NATO's inception that an attack from an external party or state has been deemed an attack on all NATO members. Operation Eagle Assist, which involved aerial patrols over the United States to prevent further attacks, was the first of two NATO operations undertaken in defense of the United States under Article 5. [2]
After several months preparing for possible ground combat operations and quick reaction force for Operation Odyssey Dawn, and the subsequent NATO-led Operation Unified Protector, the 22nd MEU and the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group spent a total of 10 1 ⁄ 2 months at sea in the Mediterranean and Middle East conducting bi-lateral training and ...