Korean Defense Service Medal authorized.In April, the Korean Defense Service Medal A service medal is a military award generally of the lowest degree. A service medal is awarded to a member of the military who joins the military, or is already serving, during a designated time period. was authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: for issue to qualified Navy personnel who served in support of the defense of the Republic of Korea from 28 July 1954 to a future date to be determined by the Secretary of Defense. The area of eligibility (AOE (ATA Over Ethernet) A protocol for transferring data from an ATA (IDE) hard disk directly over the network. Developed by Coraid Inc. (www.coraid.com), AoE allows a storage area network (SAN) to be constructed economically within a LAN subnet. ) encompasses all land area of the Republic of Korea, the contiguous water out to 12 nautical nau·ti·cal adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water. [From Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from miles and all air spaces above the land and water areas. Service members must have been assigned, attached or mobilized to units operating in the AOE and have been physically deployed in the AOE for 30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days. Further eligibility and awarding authority information is contained in NAVADMIN 099/04. EDITED BY WENDY LELAND |
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