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Current Rule
I am currently deployed, and having heard many rumours have checked the DIN and with the medal office direct.
- The current policy is - OSM is awarded therefore you cannot wear the ISAF/NATO medal.
- You cannot wear it on Mess Dress (even though it is a privately purchased uniform - one rumour...). You have an OSM!
- The OSM is awarded for X (I've already got it so don't remember) number of days. ISAF/NATO is awarded after 30 days.
- in the old days you used to get numbers to wear on the ribbons after more than one tour - ie Bosnia. x number of afghan tours = one OSM. Live with it!
Yes, there are a number of us with numerous Op tours that do not qualify for all the medals awarded - the ISAF/NATO policy is one medal per person no matter how many tours - I currently work with at least 6 people who would qualify for 4 ISAF/NATO medals - they are just keen/enthusiastic/have no home life.....
MATZ
Don't get me started on the 'Southern Afghanistan' medal issue....
- The current policy is - OSM is awarded therefore you cannot wear the ISAF/NATO medal.
- You cannot wear it on Mess Dress (even though it is a privately purchased uniform - one rumour...). You have an OSM!
- The OSM is awarded for X (I've already got it so don't remember) number of days. ISAF/NATO is awarded after 30 days.
- in the old days you used to get numbers to wear on the ribbons after more than one tour - ie Bosnia. x number of afghan tours = one OSM. Live with it!
Yes, there are a number of us with numerous Op tours that do not qualify for all the medals awarded - the ISAF/NATO policy is one medal per person no matter how many tours - I currently work with at least 6 people who would qualify for 4 ISAF/NATO medals - they are just keen/enthusiastic/have no home life.....
MATZ
Don't get me started on the 'Southern Afghanistan' medal issue....
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Still waiting for my Afghanistan medal .............. from the original 'invasion'!
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
My Grandfather had the pre-1962 version and I have the post 1962 version. The awards were 45 years apart.
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NATOPotato.
There is a precedent.
I believe (IIRC) that Lt Col Oreste Pinto was awarded a French Medal but forbidden to wear it. As the French legation in London asked him why he was not wearing their decoration he solved the problem by wearing it when visiting them and not when back at the Royal Patriotic School.
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There is a precedent.
I believe (IIRC) that Lt Col Oreste Pinto was awarded a French Medal but forbidden to wear it. As the French legation in London asked him why he was not wearing their decoration he solved the problem by wearing it when visiting them and not when back at the Royal Patriotic School.
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Abn 23/07: Uk Policy On The Wearing Of Medals
There has recently been some speculation on what medals may be worn for service in Afghanistan: barring the exception listed below, only the Operational Service Medal Afghanistan is approved for wear, and similarly the same policy applies to service in Iraq where the Campaign Service Medal Iraq is awarded. The NATO ISAF medal may be retained as a keepsake, as may the NATO Iraq medal if received. These keepsakes are not available through Service channels. Any awards for gallantry or meritorious service are worn in addition to any campaign/operational /general service medals.
Service personnel on full tour exchange with Commonwealth countries may accept and wear those campaign medals instead of the UK CSM Iraq or OSM Afghanistan. Should this choice be made, that deployment will not count towards the ACSM.
Only entitled people may wear medals and their associated ribbons. The authoritative document is JSP 761 – ‘Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces’. Entitlement is derived usually either by announcement in the London Gazette for individuals or through an entry on a service person’s Record of Service which can be verified at the Ministry of Defence Medal Office (MoDMO). Commanding Officers are responsible for ensuring that personnel under their command wear only those medals or ribbons to which they are entitled, and for ensuring that the appropriate entries have been made in Records of Service.
The Cabinet Office Honours and Decorations Committee (HDC) is the national body that provides authority for wear. No medal may be worn without its authority. Applications are staffed through AG PS12(A) and DS Sec.
Service personnel on full tour exchange with Commonwealth countries may accept and wear those campaign medals instead of the UK CSM Iraq or OSM Afghanistan. Should this choice be made, that deployment will not count towards the ACSM.
Only entitled people may wear medals and their associated ribbons. The authoritative document is JSP 761 – ‘Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces’. Entitlement is derived usually either by announcement in the London Gazette for individuals or through an entry on a service person’s Record of Service which can be verified at the Ministry of Defence Medal Office (MoDMO). Commanding Officers are responsible for ensuring that personnel under their command wear only those medals or ribbons to which they are entitled, and for ensuring that the appropriate entries have been made in Records of Service.
The Cabinet Office Honours and Decorations Committee (HDC) is the national body that provides authority for wear. No medal may be worn without its authority. Applications are staffed through AG PS12(A) and DS Sec.
