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In contrast, the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom permit a service member to wear most of the NATO medals they are entitled to, provided that the operation the NATO Medal is awarded for is not recognized by another medal awarded by the United Kingdom. The NATO Africa medal [8] and NATO Training Mission Iraq may not be worn by UK service persons.
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 ]
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]
Lieutenant-General Ralph J. Jodice II (born 1955) is a retired United States Air Force general and a former Commander of NATO's Allied Air Command at Izmir, Turkey.He was also the Air Component Commander for Operation Unified Protector, NATO's operation to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions 1970 and 1973 during the 2011 Libyan civil war.
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 ...
The first Army Medal of Honor was awarded to Private Jacob Parrott during the American Civil War for his role in the Great Locomotive Chase. Bernard John Dowling Irwin was the first (chronologically by action) Medal of Honor recipient during the Apache Wars. His actions on February 13, 1861, are the earliest for which the Medal of Honor was ...
The International Commission for Supervision and Control Medal is a circular bronze medal 34 mm (1.3 in) with a dark antiqued finish. The medal was made by Barton's Jewelers of Bangalore, India . The obverse bears the design of the ICSC, the crossed flags of Canada and Poland with the Emblem of India between the flags.