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051526Z MAR 96

FROM CDRPERSCOM ALEXANDRIA VA//TAPC-PDA//

MILPER MESSAGE NR 96-093 CONTROLLED BY TAPC-PDO

SUBJECT: ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (AFEM) FOR OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH

A. DOD 1348.33-M, MANUAL OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND AWARDS, JUN 93.

B. AR 600-8-22, MILITARY AWARDS, FEB 95.

C. AR 600-8-104, MILITARY PERSONNEL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/RECORDS, 27 APR 92.

D. AR 680-29, MILITARY PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATION, AND TYPE OF TRANSACTION CODE, 1 MAR 89.

E. REF MILPER MESSAGE NR 96-027, DTG 131205Z NOV 95, SUBJ: TERMINATION DATE FOR THE SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL AND AWARD OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL FOR OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH.

1. THIS MILPER MESSAGE WILL EXPIRE 1 MAR 98.

2. THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES REVISED CRITERIA FOR AWARD OF THE AFEM FOR OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, AND SPECIFICALLY PERTAINS TO INDIVIDUALS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED THE SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL (SWASM).

3. THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS HAS REVISED CRITERIA FOR AWARD OF THE OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH AFEM AS FOLLOWS:

A. SOLDIERS WHO EARNED THE SWASM AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECOME ELIGIBLE AT ANY TIME FOR THE AFEM AWARDED FOR OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH MAY WEAR BOTH AWARDS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE WHO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR BOTH AWARDS DURING ONE TOUR IN SOUTHWEST ASIA (SWA).

B. SOLDIERS WHO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR BOTH AWARDS DURING THEIR INITIAL TOUR IN SWA MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE EITHER THE SWASM OR THE AFEM, BUT MAY NOT BE ISSUED BOTH AWARDS FOR A SINGLE TOUR IN SWA.

C. SOLDIERS WHO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR BOTH AWARDS DURING THEIR INITIAL TOUR IN SWA AND ELECT TO RECEIVE THE SWASM MAY BE AWARDED THE AFEM FOR PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH DURING A SUBSEQUENT TOUR IN SWA.

4. THIS MESSAGE SUPERSEDES PARA 4 OF REF E.