The Australian Service Medal is an Australian military decoration. It was authorised 13 September 1988 to recognise prescribed service in peacekeeping and non-warlike operations. It is awarded with a clasp to denote the prescribed operation and subsequent awards of the medal are made in the form of additional clasps. The Australian Service Medal 1945–1975 recognises non-warlike service prior to February 1975. The Australian Service Medal was replaced in 2012 by the Australian Operational Service Medal, except for ongoing missions.[1]
The reverse of the medal shows clusters of mimosa blossoms surrounding a Federation Star with the inscription "For Service" in capital letters.
The medal ribbon is 32mm wide and has a central brown stripe symbolising the earth. It is flanked by two stripes of dark green which in turn are flanked by stripes of light green, gold and silver-green.
A nickel-silver clasp with the name of the theatre or action for which the award is made is presented with the medal.
Related medals
Personnel who receive this medal may also be entitled to receive a service or campaign medal from an international organisation or the host country, if they meet the eligibility criteria for those medals. These are treated as foreign medals in the Australian system, and if approved for wear on service uniforms, are worn after Australian medals in the order they are received. Recipients of the ASM may be authorised to wear up to two further medals from an international organisation and a host nation for the same period of service.
Some of these medals have been granted a blanket authority for all recipients to wear. Others are approved on an individual basis.
30 days service with the United Nations or North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Operation OSIER) in the Balkans region with effect from 25 January 1997 – 16 April 2012
Bougainville
30 days service with the Truce Monitoring Group in Bougainville (Operations BEL ISI I and II) with effect from 20 November 1997 – 26 August 2003
Cambodia
30 days service in Cambodia with the United Nations Military Liaison Team/Cambodian Mine Action Centre from 8 October 1993 – 4 October 1999
CT/SR
60 days continuous/consecutive service:
in a Tactical Assault Group or Recovery Force with effect from 31 August 1979 until 31 October 2020.
assigned to Operation Bursa, in the Bass Strait, from 1980 until 1990, including Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Australian Navy personnel assigned to aviation units supporting the operation. Eligible service for aviation personnel consists of service with a unit assigned to the operation, on a reduced notice-to-move, for both aircrew and maintenance personnel.[3][4]
30 days service with the Royal Australian Navy activity in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman between 17 November 1986 and 31 October 1988; and the continuing mine countermeasures operations within the Persian Gulf between 1 November 1988 and 28 February 1989
Haiti
30 sorties or 30 days service on authorised third country deployments with the United Nations Mission in Haiti from 1 July 1994 – 30 June 1996
7 days service with the multinational military deployment in the Middle East (Op POLLARD) for the period 15 February 1998 – 30 June 1998, and for 30 days service 1 July 1998 – 1 October 2001
30 days service with authorised 3rd country deployments with UK and US Iraq/Persian Gulf Ops – imposing sanctions on Iraq from 16 July 1991 – 1 October 2001
30 days service with Operation BOLTON, the UK component imposing the No Fly Zones over Iraq, and based in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Incirlik airbase, Turkey, from 13 May 1999 to 12 January 2003
30 days service with Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, the US component imposing the No Fly Zones over Iraq, and based in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Incirlik airbase, Turkey, from 23 September 1999 to 12 January 2003
note: for Ops BOLTON and SOUTHERN WATCH, service over Iraq receives the AASM
Irian Jaya
30 days service on Operation CENDARAWASIH, between 1976 and 1981 (Survey Operations)
14 days service with Operation RAMP from 20 July 2006 to 25 August 2006 (members of the ADF who rendered service in the area comprising Lebanon only)
30 days service with Operation RAMP II from 13 November 2007 to 5 December 2008 (members of the ADF who rendered service in the area comprising Lebanon only)
30 days service with the First and Second United Nations Operations in Somalia (including activities associated with those operations in the areas extending 20 kilometres into Ethiopia and Kenya, 10 kilometres into Djibouti and 12 nautical miles (22 km) into the territorial waters of Somalia) between 17 October 1992 and 30 April 1993
SE Asia
30 days service:
on land in Malaysia from 14 February 1975 – 31 December 1989
on land in Singapore from 14 February 1975 – 30 April 1975
on RAN ships with ANZUK force from 14 February 1975 – 30 April 1975
on land in Laos, Cambodia from 14 February 1975 – 13 March 1975
with ADF activities on Operation GADING 5 on Sumatra from 6 May 1975 – 22 August 1975
Note: Those eligible for the Australian Service Medal 1945–75 with Clasp SE ASIA or Australian Service Medal 1945–75 with Clasp FESR are not eligible for the Australian Service Medal with Clasp SE ASIA.[2]
S Pacific 2006
30 days service with Operation Quickstep to ensure the safety of Australian Nationals in Fiji during the period 31 October 2006 and 22 December 2006.[10]
Note: was originally issued as the FIJI 2006 clasp, named changed on 3 March 2010.
Special Ops
For service after 14 February 1975 in certain special non-warlike Australian Defence Force operations as determined by the Chief of the Defence Force. A member who received this clasp was not eligible to receive the CT/SR clasp for the same period.
Sudan
30 days service:
with Operation AZURE, the ADF contingent with the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) from 10 April 2005 – 31 December 2011.
with Operation HEDGEROW, the ADF contingent with the United Nations and African Union Mission in the Darfur (UNAMID) from 28 July 2008 – 21 June 2011[11]
Originally issued with the ASM, but the period has since been deemed to be warlike service, and the Australian Active Service Medal with appropriate clasp issued instead. Recipients of the original clasp could replace it, and the ASM medal if they had no other clasps, with the AASM.
Rwanda
30 days service with the United Nations Operation in Rwanda with effect from 29 July 1994.
Originally issued with the ASM, but the period has since been deemed to be warlike service, and the Australian Active Service Medal with appropriate clasp issued instead. Recipients of the original clasp could replace it, and the ASM medal if they had no other clasps, with the AASM.
Originally issued with the ASM, but the period has since been deemed to be warlike service, and the Australian Active Service Medal with appropriate clasp issued instead. Recipients of the original clasp could replace it, and the ASM medal if they had no other clasps, with the AASM.
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