CDRPERSCOM ALEXANDRIA VA//TAPC-PDO-PA// MILPER MESSAGE NR.00-180 KOSOVO CAMPAIGN MEDAL (KCM)
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1. THIS MILPER MESSAGE WILL EXPIRE NLT MAY 2002 2. PRESIDENT CLINTON APPROVED ESTABLISHMENT AND AWARD OF THE KOSOVO CAMPAIGN MEDAL (KCM) AND CAMPAIGN STREAMERS TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS PARTICIPATING OR IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF KOSOVO OPERATIONS WITHIN ESTABLISHED AREAS OF ELIGIBILITY (AOE). 3. SERVICE MEMBERS AUTHORIZED THE KCM MUST HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OR SERVED IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF KOSOVO OPERATION(S): ALLIED FORCE (3/24/99 THROUGH 6/10/99); JOINT GUARDIAN (6/11/99-TO BE DETERMINED (TBD); ALLIED HARBOUR (4/4/99 THROUGH 9/1/99); SUSTAIN HOPE/SHINING HOPE (4/4/99 THROUGH 7/10/99); NOBLE ANVIL (3/24/99 THROUGH 7/20/99); OR KOSOVO TASK FORCE (S): HAWK (4/5/99 THROUGH 6/24/99); SABER 3/31/99 THROUGH 7/8/99); FALCON (6/11/99-TBD), COINCIDES WITH JOINT GUARDIAN); OR HUNTER (4/1/99 THROUGH 11/1/99) WITHIN THE FOLLOWING KOSOVO AIR CAMPAIGN OR KOSOVO DEFENSE CAMPAIGN AOE: (A) KOSOVO AIR CAMPAIGN (24 MARCH 1999 THROUGH 10 JUNE 1999) AOE: THE TOTAL LAND AREA AND AIR SPACE OF SERBIA (INCLUDING KOSOVO), MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, MACEDONIA, BOSNIA, CROATIA, HUNGARY, ROMANIA, GREECE, BULGARIA, ITALY AND SLOVENIA; AND THE WATERS AND AIR SPACE OF THE ADRIATIC AND IONIAN SEA NORTH OF THE 39TH NORTH LATITUDE. (B) KOSOVO DEFENSE CAMPAIGN (11 JUNE 1999-TBD) AOE: THE TOTAL LAND AREA AND AIR SPACE OF SERBIA (INCLUDING KOSOVO), MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, MACEDONIA, AND THE WATERS AND AIR SPACE OF THE ADRIATIC SEAS WITHIN 12 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, AND CROATIA COASTLINES SOUTH OF 42 DEGREES AND 52 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE. 4. CRITERIA FOR AWARD: SERVICE MEMBERS MUST BE BONAFIDE MEMBERS OF A UNIT PARTICIPATING IN OR BE ENGAGED IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE OPERATION FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE AOE OR FOR 60 NONCONSECUTIVE DAYS PROVIDED THIS SUPPORT INVOLVES ENTERING THE OPERATIONS AOE OR MEET ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (A) BE ENGAGED IN ACTUAL COMBAT, OR DUTY THAT IS EQUALLY AS HAZARDOUS AS COMBAT DUTY, DURING THE OPERATION WITH ARMED OPPOSITION, REGARDLESS OF TIME IN THE AOE. (B) WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE OPERATION, REGARDLESS OF TIME, IS WOUNDED OR INJURED AND REQUIRES MEDICAL EVACUATION FROM THE AOE. (C) WHILE PARTICIPATING AS REGULARLY ASSIGNED AIRCREW MEMBER FLYING SORTIES INTO, OUT OF, WITHIN, OR OVER THE AOE IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS. 5. THE SECDEF APPROVED AWARD OF THE KCM TO THE FOLLOWING NAVY VESSELS AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHIN THE KOSOVO AIR CAMPAIGN AOE CRITERIA OF PARA 3: USS NORFOLK, US MIAMI, USS BOSE, USS ALBURQUERQUE, USS NICHOLSON, USS PHILIPPINE SEA, AND USS GONZALEZ. 6. SERVICE STARS. ONE BRONZE SERVICE STAR SHALL BE WORN ON THE SUSPENSION AND SERVICE RIBBON OF THE KOSOVO CAMPAIGN MEDAL FOR QUALIFIED PARTICIPATION (PER PARA 3) DURING CAMPAIGN PERIOD (I.E., AN INDIVIDUAL WHO PARTICIPATED (PARA 3) IN ONE CAMPAIGN WOULD WEAR THE MEDAL AND /OR SERVICE RIBBON WITH ONE STAR). MEETING THE QUALIFICATION OF PARA 3 IN EACH OF THE 2 CAMPAIGNS WOULD WARRANT THE KCM & TWO BRONZE SERVICE STARS. HOWEVER, IF AN INDIVIDUAL'S 30 OR 60 DAYS BEGAN IN ONE CAMPAIGN AND CARRIED OVER INTO THE 2D CAMPAIGN, THEY WOULD ONLY QUALIFY FOR THE KCM AND ONE SERVICE STAR. 7. A CAMPAIGN STREAMER IS AUTHORIZED FOR THE KOSOVO AIR CAMPAIGN AND THE KOSOVO DEFENSE CAMPAIGN. CAMPAIGN STREAMERS ARE AWARDED AFTER A CAMPAIGN HAS ENDED. THEREFORE, ONCE MANUFACTURED, ONLY THE KOSOVO AIR CAMPAIGN STREAMER MAY BE AWARDED AT THIS TIME. THE KOSOVO DEFENSE STREAMER WILL BE MANUFACTURED FOR AWARD AFTER THAT CAMPAIGN ENDS. 8. THE KOSOVO CAMPAIGN MEDAL WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ISSUE TO SERVICE MEMBERS BEFORE JANUARY 2001. IN THE INTERIM, SERVICE MEMBERS SHOULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION TO QUALIFY (PER PARA 3) FOR AWARD OF THE KCM TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL OFFICE. 9. THE KCM WILL BE WORN IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE AFTER THE SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL OR AFTER THE LAST SERVICE AWARD. 10. QUESTIONS RELATING TO PARTICIPATION IN THE VARIOUS OPERATIONS OR TASK FORCES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO USEUCOM (ECJ1-AAD), DSN 314-430-7169. 11. POINTS OF CONTACTS ARE MRS. KING OR SFC DANSBY, TAPC-PDO-PA, AT DSN 221-9171/4761, OR COMM (703) 325-9171/4761.