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Title: The War on Terrorism Service Medal was established by Executive Order 13289 signed by President George W. Bush [MARINE TO GIVE HIS BACK]
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URL Source: http://foxfall.com/csm-common-wots.htm
Published: Jul 7, 2006
Author: foxfall.com
Post Date: 2006-07-07 16:23:29 by TLBSHOW
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Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Establishing Authority The War on Terrorism Service Medal was established by Executive Order 13289 signed by President George W. Bush on March 12, 2003 and implemented by a memorandum issued by Charles S. Abell, Principal Deputy Secretary of Defense, on October 28, 2003, subject: "Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medals." Effective Dates Individuals authorized the award of this medal must have participated in or served in support of Global War on Terrorism operations on or after September 11, 2001 and to a future date to be determined. General Criteria -- The Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on a case-by-case basis when requested by the Combatant Commanders, will designate approved operations. -- Initial approved operations for the War on Terrorism Service Medal are Airport Security Operations (from September 27, 2001 through May 31, 2002) and Operations Enduring Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Iraqi Freedom. -- Service in an operationally deployed status abroad within a designated area of eligibility merits primary eligibility for the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; personnel supporting the Global War on Terrorism in a non-deployed status, whether stationed at home or overseas, are eligible only for the War on Terrorism Service Medal. Specific Criteria Service members must be assigned, attached, or mobilized to a unit participating in or serving in support of designated operations for 30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days, or must meet one of the following criteria: -- Be engaged in actual combat regardless of time in the operation; or, -- While participating in the operation, regardless of time, is killed, wounded, or injured requiring medical evacuation from the operation. Award -- The War on Terrorism Service Medal may be awarded posthumously; -- Personnel may receive both the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the War on Terrorism Service Medal if they meet the requirements of both awards; however, the qualifying period used to establish eligibility for one cannot be used to justify eligibility for the other. -- Each Military Department will prescribe the appropriate regulations for processing and wearing the medal and its appurtenances. Order of Precedence The War on Terrorism Service Medal will be worn after the Iraq Campaign Medal. Devices -- Only one award of this medal may be authorized for any individual; therefore, no service stars are prescribed. -- Although qualifying circumstances would be extremely rare, Battle Stars may be applicable for personnel who were engaged in actual combat against the enemy under circumstances involving grave danger of death or serious bodily injury from enemy action. Only a Combatant Commander can initiate a request for a Battle Star. This request will contain the specific units or individuals engaged in actual combat, the duration for which actual combat was sustained, and a detailed description of the actions against the enemy. -- The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the approving authority for the specific Battle Stars. Designer The War on Terrorism Service Medal was designed by John Sproston of the Army's Institute of Heraldry. Description and Symbolism Obverse In the center of a bronze disc, an eagle with its wings displayed has a stylized shield of thirteen vertical bars on its breast and is shown holding in its right talon an olive branch and in its left talon three arrows. The eagle is show in front of and below a terrestrial globe and is encircled in the upper two thirds of the medal by the inscription, WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL. The eagle and shield, adapted from the Great Seal of the United States, represents the United States. They protect the globe above and behind, symbolizing American resolve to combat and overcome global elements of international terrorism. The laurel wreath represents the drive for peace. The three arrows signify vigilance, resolve, and peace. Reverse In the center of the medal is an open laurel wreath on an otherwise plain field. Ribbon
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AKRON, Ohio -- A local Marine who service in Iraq earned several medals for serving his country, but he's giving back one of the medals to the White House as a form of protest. Sgt. Matthew Bee is a decorated Akron Marine who spent seven months in Hadeetha, serving with the 3rd Battalion 25th Marines Weapons Company based in Brook Park. Bee received six medals of commendation, but one of them he will give back to President George W. Bush, calling the medal political, NewsChannel5 reported. The medal is the War on Terrorism service medal, and Bee calls it "eye candy" from Bush. "So, he took something noble and honorable and made it kind of dirty. And I always thought that medal was the one he pinned on us and said, 'This is my war. This is my stamp in history,'" said Bee. Bee said he is not anti-war, but rather pro-peace. He plans to travel to Washington, D.C., with a small group of Marines who feel the same way he does. They will all try to return their War on Terrorism medal to Bush personally or to members of Congress.
3. Big & Rich: "8th of November." I gave the second Big & Rich album a listen or two when it dropped last year, but I didn't hear anything remotely as hard or fun or immediate as "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)," and so I wrote it off as some second-string watered-down party-time shit, Goof Troop to the first album's DuckTales. And then this song just came along and ambushed me when I was watching CMT last week; it's exactly the sort of song that benefits from a great video. The Whistler-from-Blade intro is a bit much, but the vintage stock- footage and the grizzled-but-dignified old guy in his suit give a real heft and gravity to a song that already had plenty of it, a soaring and stately power- ballad about a kid from South Dakota who almost gets killed during one of the first battles of the Vietnam War. It's sappy as hell, of course; when I ran into Chuck Eddy at a Fourth of July party earlier this week, he said it was Big & Rich's "November Rain" and "Civil War" at the same time (like that was a bad thing). But it's pointed and specific and movingly empathetic, and this stuff can just tear you to pieces if you let it. You should let it. http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/2006/07/the_quarterly_ r_7.php
http://www.newsnet5.com/print/9462624/detail.html
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