Criteria The National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service as a member of the Armed Forces during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf, and for service... The National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service as a member of the Armed Forces during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf, and for service during the current War on Terrorism. In addition, all members of the National Guard and Reserve who were part of the Selected Reserve in good standing between August 2, 1990, to November 30, 1995, are eligible for the National Defense Service Medal. In the case of Navy personnel, Midshipment attending the Naval Academy during the qualifying periods are eligible for this award, and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipmen ae only eligible if they participated in a summer cruise that was in an area which qualified for a campaign medal. MoreHide
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recieved while serving in the National Guards during the Gulf War
Criteria The Army Service Ribbon is awarded to members of the Regular Army, National Guard, or Army Reserve for successful completion of initial entry training. In the case of personnel who receive a Military ... The Army Service Ribbon is awarded to members of the Regular Army, National Guard, or Army Reserve for successful completion of initial entry training. In the case of personnel who receive a Military Occupational Specialty identifier based on civilian or other-service acquired skills, the ribbon is awarded upon honorable completion of four months active service. Only one award of this ribbon is authorized, even if an individual completes both officer and enlisted initial entry training. MoreHide
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Activated for the Gulf War while in the National Guards
Criteria The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, f... The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, for 12 months accumulated sea duty, or for duty with the Fleet Marine Force that includes at least one deployment of 90 consecutive days. MoreHide
Criteria The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal is awarded on a selective basis to enlisted members in the Regular Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve to recognize good behavior and faithful service in the U.S. ... The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal is awarded on a selective basis to enlisted members in the Regular Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve to recognize good behavior and faithful service in the U.S. Marine Corps while on active duty for a specified period of time. MoreHide
Criteria The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal is awarded to Marine Corps personnel who land on foreign territory, engage in operations against armed opposition, or who operate under circumstances deemed to mer... The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal is awarded to Marine Corps personnel who land on foreign territory, engage in operations against armed opposition, or who operate under circumstances deemed to merit special recognition and for which no campaign medal has been awarded. MoreHide
Criteria The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, f... The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, for 12 months accumulated sea duty, or for duty with the Fleet Marine Force that includes at least one deployment of 90 consecutive days. MoreHide
Description Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled in each year as part of diplomacy to encourage the Government of North Korea to disable the North Korean nuclear weapons program. The North Korea regime abandoned talks following the January 1986 Team Spirit exercises, and in late 1992, North Korea unilaterally withdrew from the South-North High-Level Talks on the pretext of the 1993 Team Spirit exercise.
Until 2007 the exercise had been called "Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration of Forces" (RSOI). As of March 2008, it is called Key Resolve. North Korea has denounced the joint military exercise as a "war game aimed at a northward invasion."... More
Criteria The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, f... The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, for 12 months accumulated sea duty, or for duty with the Fleet Marine Force that includes at least one deployment of 90 consecutive days. MoreHide
Description Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled in each year as part of diplomacy to encourage the Government of North Korea to disable the North Korean nuclear weapons program. The North Korea regime abandoned talks following the January 1986 Team Spirit exercises, and in late 1992, North Korea unilaterally withdrew from the South-North High-Level Talks on the pretext of the 1993 Team Spirit exercise.
Until 2007 the exercise had been called "Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration of Forces" (RSOI). As of March 2008, it is called Key Resolve. North Korea has denounced the joint military exercise as a "war game aimed at a northward invasion."... More
Description Operation Eagle Claw (or Operation Evening Light or Operation Rice Bowl) was a United States Armed Forces operation ordered by US President Jimmy Carter to attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis by reOperation Eagle Claw (or Operation Evening Light or Operation Rice Bowl) was a United States Armed Forces operation ordered by US President Jimmy Carter to attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran on 24 April 1980. Its failure, and the humiliating public debacle that ensued, damaged US prestige worldwide. Carter himself blamed his loss in the 1980 US presidential election mainly on his failure to win the release of U.S. hostages held captive in Iran.
The operation encountered many obstacles and was eventually aborted. Eight helicopters were sent to the first staging area, Desert One, but only five arrived in operational condition. One encountered hydraulic problems, another got caught in a cloud of very fine sand, and the last one showed signs of a cracked rotor blade. During planning it was decided that the mission would be aborted if fewer than six helicopters remained, despite only four being absolutely necessary. In a move that is still discussed in military circles, the field commanders advised mission abort, which President Carter accepted and confirmed.
As the U.S. force prepared to leave, one of the helicopters crashed into a transport aircraft which contained both servicemen and jet fuel. The resulting fire destroyed both aircraft and killed eight servicemen. Operation Eagle Claw was one of Delta Force's first missions.... More
Description OPERATION: KANGAROO ‘Gator Navy’ Above Australian C-rations are deli- veredaboard USS
Juneau. Right: A land- ing craft “parks” on beach. Facing page top: USS Fort Fisher launches amphibious laOPERATION: KANGAROO ‘Gator Navy’ Above Australian C-rations are deli- veredaboard USS
Juneau. Right: A land- ing craft “parks” on beach. Facing page top: USS Fort Fisher launches amphibious landing craft. Facing page bottom: Sim- ulatad obstacle mines are detonated.
ONE a hazy mid-June sky in Lying uoised under .” Queenslands Shoalwater Bay, the “Gator Navy” was ready to strike in Kangaroo One, largest multination, multiservice peacetime exercise held in Australia.
Sailing through the Coral Sea, the seven-ship am- phibious task group of 2300 sailors and nearly 2000 embarked marines had rendezvoused in the remote bay 500 miles north of Brisbane to launch an amphibi-ous landing as their role in the exercise.
Minesweepers and mine hunters of the Royal Aus- tralian Navy led the U. S. group into Shoalwater Bay after clearing a simulated minefield. The group con- sisted of the aphibious transport dock uss Juneau (LPD lo), dock landing ships uss Alamo (LSD 33) and uss Fort Fisher (LSD 40), and the tank landing ship uss Bristol County (LST 1198).
Commander of the task group, which also included uss Waddell (DDG 24), uss Gurke (DD 783) and uss Buusell (DD 845), was Captain William H. Meanix, commanding officer of Juneuu. During the course of the 14-day exercise this past summer, some 38 ships, more than 120 aircraft and 15,000 personnel from the four participating nations sqw action in a variety of military maneuvers. Early in’ the exercise, the amphibious task group played a giant game of tactical hide-‘n-seek in the Solomon Sea east of New Guinea and south of New Britain in an effort to avoid simulated air, surface and submarine attacks by British, Australian and New Zealand warships.
Then the signal came: “Land the landing force.” Landing craft and LVTs from the well decks of Fort Fisher, Alamo, Juneau and Bristol County moved into the bay. Like mother hens, boats from Juneau lined up the landing craft and LVTs in columns and guided them in assault waves toward the beach 3000 yards distant. Strategists in the primary control ship, Fort Fisher, and in the task group command,Juneau, monitored the landing force’s advance to the beach, radioing orders to the craft as they plowed through the surf, As the assault craft approached, SEAL and Underwater De- molition Teams swam in ahead and exploded simu- lated obstacle mines in the surf line. A salvo of blank rounds boomed from the guns of the destroyer Gurke, followed by simulated strafing runs over the beach by fighter aircraft launched by the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. In a coordinated effort, the landing craft and LVTs rolled onto the beach and U. S. Marines Corps helicop- ters flying overhead started shuttling troops to prear- ranged landing zones inland. Leathernecks of the 33rd Marine Amphibious Unit, commanded by Colonel Laverne Larson, scrambled from the landing craft and LVTs, charged across the sand and scattered into rug- ged bush.
The U. S. Navy’s Beachmaster Unit One, Hotel Team, from Coronado, Calif., assumed traffic control duties on the beach directing succeeding waves of various amphibious vehicles, weaponry and support equipment throughout the afternoon. Later, Assault Craft Unit One and Bristol County teamed to place a ciuseway on the beach under cover of darkness to facilitate the movement of marine support vehicles and equipment ashore. Kangaroo One officials termed the precision am- phibious landing by the U. S. Navy-Marine Corps sea-air-land team of the naval amphibious task group the highlight of the exercise. .And, in terms of the technical aspects of the U. S. Navy-Marine Corps team amphibious concepts, the landing was an unqualified success.
During the final five days of the exercise, a 1500-man contingent of U. S. marines and army troops from Australia, New Zealand and the United States clashed in the bush with an “enemy” force while the U. S. Naval Amphibious Task force remained stationed offshore to provide tactical support. While the marines were engaged in mock battle ashore, the three U. S. destroyers Waddell, Gurke, and Bausell joined British, Australian and New Zealand combatants in Shoalwater Bay patrols to protect the amphibious task group from simulated patrol boat and submarine attacks. Each of the U. S. destroyers also took a turn at naval gunfire support. Following Kangaroo One, the U. S. Navy Ships made port calls at several cities, including Sydney. “Gator Navy” had success in the exercise and also gained new friends “Down Under.”... More
Memories Night of the attack of the killer Kangaroo. The friendly snakes. Giant frogs at the Ranch. Pushing GNight of the attack of the killer Kangaroo. The friendly snakes. Giant frogs at the Ranch. Pushing Gunny's jeep out of the Mud. The dusty trail that made us look like old men. And the big party with the Aussies and swapping uniforms with them.... More
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