How to Get a Navy Reserve Medal

The Naval Reserve Medal was authorized by Naval Secretary James Pauldin and was first issued on Sept. 12, 1938. The Armed Forces Reserve Medal consolidated all of the Reserve Medals (including the Naval Reserve Medal) on Sept. 12, 1958. The following steps explain how this medal is awarded.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

1. Serve on active duty, inactive duty or as a drilling reservist with a local militia, the Naval Reserve or an associated Naval Volunteer Unit before Sept. 12, 1958.
2. Be on active duty as a member of any Reserve or National Guard unit after Sept. 12, 1958. Service in the inactive reserves and voluntary recall does not count.
3. Complete 10 years of service as either an officer or enlisted person. Service completed after Sept. 12, 1958, will result in the Armed Forces Reserve Medal being awarded instead. Your disciplinary record is not a factor and the service need not be continuous so long as it is completed over a period of 12 consecutive years.
4. Get mobilized to active duty status. In this case, the 10-year criteria will be waived and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal will be awarded with the Mobilization device as an attachment. Additional mobilizations will be denoted with a bronze numeral device beginning with "2."
5. Earn multiple awards of the Armed Forces Reserve Medal to receive an Hourglass device. The first Hourglass device is bronze, the second is silver and the third is gold. The first award of the Armed Forces Reserve Medal has included a bronze Hourglass since 1995.

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