Army sets rules for campaign stars

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Army sets rules for campaign stars
By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday May 11, 2008 9:26:50 EDT

Soldiers and Army veterans who believe they are eligible for the newly authorized Afghanistan and Iraq campaign stars must verify eligibility with unit personnel officials or the Human Resources Command.

The verification requirement applies to Regular Army, National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers and former soldiers who have served, or are serving, deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Defense Department data indicate nearly 805,000 soldiers have served qualifying deployments.

Campaign stars were approved by the Defense Department on April 16 for wear on the Afghanistan and Iraq campaign medals.

Implementing instructions were issued April 30 by the Army’s Military Awards Branch as MilPer Message 08-123.


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