Armed Forces Service Medal

Armed Forces Service Medal
TypeService medal
Awarded forParticipating in a designated U.S. military operation that did not encounter foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action
Presented bythe Department of Defense[1] and Department of Homeland Security
EligibilityU.S. military personnel
StatusActive
EstablishedJanuary 11, 1996
First awarded1996 (1996) (retroactive to June 1, 1992)
Precedence
Next (higher)Korea Defense Service Medal[2]
Next (lower)Humanitarian Service Medal[2]

The Armed Forces Service Medal (AFSM) is a military award of the United States military that was created on January 11, 1996, by President Bill Clinton under Executive Order 12985. The AFSM is a deployed service medal that is presented to those service members who engage in "significant activity" for which no other U.S. campaign or service medal is authorized.

  1. ^ "Issuances" (PDF). www.esd.whs.mil. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. ^ a b "Army Regulation 600–8–22 Military Awards" (PDF). Army Publishing Directorate. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2016.