UNCLASSIFIED
281650Z DEC 94
CDRPERSCOM ALEXANDRIA VA//TAPC-PDA//
MILPER MSG NR. 95-69
SUBJ: AWARD OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL FOR OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY - HAITI
A. AR 672-5-1, MILITARY AWARDS.
B. AR 600-8-104, MILITARY PERSONNEL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/RECORDS.
1. WORK ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION.
A. FUNCTION: AWARDS AND DECORATIONS.
B. WORK CENTER: PERSONNEL ACTIONS.
C. TASKS: 8.1.3 PROCESS AWARD OF ARMY SERVICE MEDALS AND RIBBONS.
D. EXPIRATION: THIS MESSAGE WILL EXPIRE NLT DEC 96.
2. POLICY.
A. THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF APPROVED AWARD OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (AFEM) FOR MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES UNITS THAT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY IN HAITI BEGINNING 16 SEPTEMBER 1994 TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED. THE AREA OF OPERATIONS CONSISTS OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA, SEA AND AIRSPACE DEFINED BY THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES: 16-30N/71-40W; 18-00N/71-45W; ALONG THE HAITIAN-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER TO 20---N/71-44W; 21-00N/71-40W; 21-25N/73-00W; 21-25N/74-00W; 20-00N/74-00W; 19-45N/75-00W; 19-00N/76-00W; 16-30N/76-00W; TO 16-30N/71-40W. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL FOR OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY IS LIMITED TO THOSE US MILITARY FORCES WHO PARTICIPATED IN, OR DIRECTLY SUPPORTED, THE OPERATION WITHIN THE AREA OF OPERATIONS DEFINED ABOVE.
B. RULES. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AFEM, SERVICE MEMBERS MUST BE BONA FIDE MEMBERS OF A UNIT ENGAGED IN THE OPERATION, OR MEET ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(1) BE ENGAGED IN DIRECT SUPPORT FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONS (OR FOR THE FULL PERIOD WHEN AN OPERATION IS LESS THAN 30 DAYS DURATION), OR FOR 60 NONCONSECUTIVE DAYS PROVIDED THE SUPPORT INVOLVES ENTERING THE AREA OF OPERATIONS.
(2) BE ENGAGED IN ACTUAL COMBAT, OR DUTY WHICH IS EQUALLY AS HAZARDOUS AS COMBAT, DURING THE OPERATION WITH ARMED OPPOSITION, REGARDLESS OF TIME IN THE AREA.
(3) PARTICIPATE AS A REGULARLY ASSIGNED CREW MEMBER OF AN AIRCRAFT FLYING INTO, OUT OF, WITHIN, OR OVER THE AREA IN SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY OPERATION.
(4) BE RECOMMENDED, OR ATTACHED TO A UNIT RECOMMENDED, BY THE CHIEF OF A SERVICE OR THE COMMANDER OF UNIFIED OR SPECIFIED COMMAND FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL, ALTHOUGH THE PRECEDING CRITERIA HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED. SUCH RECOMMENDATION MAY BE MADE TO THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF FOR DUTY OF SUCH VALUE TO THE OPERATION AS TO WARRANT PARTICULAR RECOGNITION.
C. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, COMMANDERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO AWARD THE AFEM TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. PERMANENT ORDERS ARE NOT, REPEAT, ARE NOT, REQUIRED. MILITARY PERSONNEL DIVISIONS/PERSONNEL SERVICE BATTALIONS WILL UPDATE PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION RECORDS USING THIS MESSAGE AS THE AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORIZED ABBREVIATION USED TO ANNOTATE SECTION VIII OF THE ORB AND ITEM 9 OF THE DA FORM 2-1, AND THE SIDPERS SUBMISSION CODE TO UPDATE THE OMF ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ITEM 9, 2-1/ORB: SIDPERS CODE: ARMED-FCS-EXP-MDL AE 01-99
3 - POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ACTION IS MRS. WHITE, DSN 211-8700.