[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 1996)]
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[FR Doc No: 96-622]
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 1996 /
Presidential Documents
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                Executive Order 12985 of January 11, 1996
Establishing the Armed Forces Service Medal
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, including my authority as Commander in Chief
                of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby
                ordered as follows:
                Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established
                the Armed Forces Service Medal with accompanying
                ribbons and appurtenances, for award to members of the
                Armed Forces of the United States who, on or after June
                1, 1992, in the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
                (a) Participate, or have participated, as members of
                United States military units in a United States
                military operation in which personnel of any Armed
                Force participate that is deemed to be significant
                activity; and
                    (b) Encounter no foreign armed opposition or
                imminent hostile action.
                Sec. 2. Approval and Award. The medal, with ribbons and
                appurtenances, shall be of an appropriate design
                approved by the Secretary of Defense and shall be
                awarded by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
                of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when
                it is not operating as a service in the Navy, under
                uniform regulations, as prescribed by the Secretary of
                Defense. The regulations shall place the Armed Forces
                Service Medal in an order of precedence immediately
                before the Humanitarian Service Medal.
                Sec. 3. Criteria. The medal shall be awarded only for
                operations for which no other United States service
                medal is approved. For operations in which personnel of
                only one Military Department or the Coast Guard
                participate, the medal shall be awarded only if there
                is no other suitable award available to the department
                or the Coast Guard. No more than one medal shall be
                awarded to any one person, but for each succeeding
                operation justifying such award a suitable device may
                be awarded to be worn on the medal or ribbon as
                prescribed by appropriate regulations.
                Sec. 4. Posthumous Provision. The medal may be awarded
                posthumously and, when so awarded, may be presented to
                such representative of the deceased as may be deemed
                appropriate by the Secretary of Defense or the
                Secretary of Transportation.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    January 11, 1996.
[FR Doc. 96-622
Filed 1-17-96; 8:45 am]
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