Thus brings to a close the fourth conflict for which troops could earn the National Defense Service Medal. It previously was activated for five years during the first Gulf War, 13 years for ...

The National Defense Service Medal, most recently available to service members to signify duty during the war on terrorism, is heading once again for retirement. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ...

In a memorandum signed on Aug. 30, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that the Pentagon will no longer award the National ... ubiquitous medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Twenty-one years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Defense Department has decided to halt conferral of the National Defense Service ... medal from June 1950 to July 1954 for the Korean War ...

(KABC) -- Seventy years after he should have received it, Rikio Izumi was awarded the National Defense Service Medal for serving ... during the Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War or Global War ...

24/7 Wall St. > Medals: Medal examples: National Defense Service Medal ... States Armed Forces during either the Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and the Global War on Terrorism.

Emmanuel Sable, a ground communications technician with Headquarters Battery, 10th Marine Regiment, measures a corporal’s Global War on ... changes to National Defense Service Medal eligibility.

including two National Defense Service Medals, three Overseas Ribbons, the Army Good Conduct Medal, and a medal for his global war on terrorism service. Thank you for your service!

I have heard that the so-called Gulf War ... their service in Vietnam. Veterans who meet the disability compensation criteria will be able to request the medal and the Secretary of Defense shall ...

24/7 Wall St. > Medals: Medal examples: National Defense Service Medal ... States Armed Forces during either the Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and the Global War on Terrorism.