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171655Z OCT 97

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MILPER MESSAGE NR 98-016
ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL--OPERATION JOINT GUARD AND TERMINATION OF THE AFSM FOR OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR

A. MILPER MESSAGE NR. 96-098, DTG 081615Z MAR 96, SUBJ: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL AND AWARD FOR OPERATIONS RELATING TO THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.

B. HQ, PERSCOM MESSAGE, DTG 091645Z JUL 96, SUBJ: ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL (AFSM) --EXPANSION OF AREA OF ELIGIBILITY FOR OPERATIONS RELATING TO THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (FRY)

C. AR 600-8-22, MILITARY AWARDS, 25 FEB 95.

1. THIS MILPER MESSAGE WILL EXPIRE 31 OCT 99.

2. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES AWARD OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL (AFSM) TO U.S. MILITARY PARTICIPANTS IN OPERATION JOINT GUARD (OJG) IN THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (FRY) FROM 20 DEC 96 TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED.

3. THE AFSM FOR OJG IS AWARDED TO U.S. MILITARY FORCES DEPLOYED IN, OR IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF OJG, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW, WITHIN THE FOLLOWING AREA OF ELIGIBILITY (AOE): TOTAL LAND AREA AND AIR SPACE OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND HUNGARY, AND THE WATERS AND AIR SPACE ABOVE THAT PORTION OF THE ADRIATIC SEA THAT LIES NORTH OF FORTY DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE.

4. UNITS IN OTHER LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE DEFINED AOE, MAY SUBMIT JUSTIFICATION WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD OF THE AFSM FOR OPERATIONS IN THE FRY TO USEUCOM (ATTN: ECJ1-AAD) CITING THEIR SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLE IN "DIRECT SUPPORT. 11 DIRECT SUPPORT IS DEFINED AS SERVICES BEING SUPPLIED TO PARTICIPATING FORCES IN THE AOE BY GROUND UNITS, SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT, PROVIDED IT INVOLVES ACTUALLY ENTERING THE DESIGNATED AREA OF ELIGIBILITY. THIS INCLUDES THOSE FUNCTIONS WHICH PROVIDED SUBSTANTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED IN THE ABSENCE OF THE OPERATION IN THE FRY.

5. TO QUALIFY FOR THE AFSM FOR OJG, U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS MUST BE: BONA FIDE MEMBERS OF A UNIT PARTICIPATING FOR ONE OR MORE DAYS IN OJG WITHIN THE DESIGNATED AOE AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE, OR MEET ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

A. BE ENGAGED IN DIRECT SUPPORT FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE AOE.

B. PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT IN THE AOE FOR 60 NONCONSECUTIVE DAYS.

C. PARTICIPATE AS A REGULARLY ASSIGNED CREW MEMBER OF AN AIRCRAFT FLYING INTO, OUT OF, WITHIN, OR OVER THE AOE IN SUPPORT OF THE OPERATION.

6. OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR (OJE) WAS OFFICIALLY TERMINATED ON 19 DEC 96. OJG BEGAN ON 20 DEC 96 TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED. SERVICE MEMBERS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE AFSM DURING OJE AND SUBSEQUENTLY QUALIFIED, DURING THE SAME TOUR OF DUTY, FOR THE AFSM FOR OJG, ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SECOND AWARD OF THE AFSM.