How to Get an Afghanistan Campaign Medal

The Afghanistan Campaign Medal was created on November 29, 2004 by President George W. Bush with Executive Order 13363 and became available for military members serving in Afghanistan in June of 2004. The following steps will aid in your search for ways to be awarded this United States military medal.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

1. Serve in Afghanistan or its airspace as a member of any of the United States Armed Forces for 30 consecutive days or a total of 60 days beginning on October 24, 2001.
2. Engage in combat with an enemy force in Afghanistan regardless of the length of service there.
3. Get wounded in combat in Afghanistan regardless of the length of service there or suffer a fatal injury while serving in Afghanistan. This includes non-combat injuries.
4. Receive previously the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (GWOTEM) in Afghanistan. A service member may not wear both the GWOTEM and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal for the same period of service.
5. Participate in an amphibious operation, parachute drop, helicopter assault or glider attack in Afghanistan to receive the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with the Arrowhead device.
6. Engage in combat as a member of the United States Navy while assigned to a Fleet Marine Force unit in Afghanistan to receive the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with the Combat Operations Insignia.
7. Be the next of kin of someone entitled to a posthumous award.

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