Love the latest videos! Very informative. One thing I'd like to suggest is decreasing the volume of the music just a bit. It makes it a little hard hard to hear the video in some places.
You teased at the beginning about the US Merchant Marine, but never followed up. The US Merchant Marine Expeditionary Medal was awarded to Licensed and Unlicensed (officer/enlisted equivalent) mariners AND cadets who worked on ships supporting OIF. This includes ships both operated directly by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and those contracted (time or voyage charter) to MSC. The medal has been authorize with the same requirements for Desert Shield/Storm, OEF, Restore Hope and United Shield. When I received it, I received a certificate only, and had to buy my own medal for display.
I was awarded the GWOTSM and the GWOTEM and swapped the GWOTEM for the ICM. My main confusion is with the "phases" that allows you to add the stars on the medal. I served in OIF from February to December 2003 so technically, I am allowed to add two service stars to denote the two of the seven phases - Liberation of Iraq and Transition of Iraq, but that has been a fuzzy point of my service record. Also, i was in the US Army Reserves, so i also was awarded the AFRM with the bronze hourglass for 10 years of service, the M and number 2 devices for my deployment during both Operation Noble Eagle and OIF. Thank you to all for your service to our country. God Bless.
Question for the channel, possibly the community as a whole: I served in Iraq from December 2007 - January 2009 which puts me in two of the categories the Iraqi Surge and Iraqi Sovereignty. Does this mean I am allowed two stars for my ribbon?
yes, 2 stars, the Iraqi surge campaign ran from 10 January 2007 to 31 December 2008; the Iraqi sovereignty campaign Ran from one January 2009 to 31 August 2010.
Many of us are still struggling(and some have given up) understanding our country's participation. It's hard to display stuff you don't really know was worth the sacrifice. My Dad fought in Viet Nam, and never displayed his military medals either.
The GWOTEM wasn't rolled out yet for the earliest to deploy, but the AFEM was available and was awarded. Later the GWOTEM and GWOTSM came into existence along with the ACM and ICM. He even mentions in the video that that GWOTEM wasn't available yet.
@@RottenCore69 apparently they weren’t army. When the ICM came out, we had the option to switch the GWOTEM for that. However, never seen or heard of any army service members getting the AFREM. The last day the AFREM could be awarded was 18MAR03. Unfortunately I can’t post screenshots but you can look up when that medal was authorized for yourself.
We were told we were getting the GWOTEM in Iraq in 2003. We had been to Afghanistan the year before. We were told we were only getting the GWOTEM for both campaigns.
Is there anyone who can help me figure out my ribbon and metal's. I have some like the NDSM. How many stars am I supposed to have on it. Or do I get a Korean ribbon for being stationed in Korea in the late 90es early 2000s. I did a lot and have a lot to figure out that my dd214 doesn't cover
@@ernestpaniagua1210 why? This ain’t the first misinformation he’s put out. It’s all open source and completely pathetic he can’t tell if he’s putting out facts or not. It makes you wonder what his references are.
Love the latest videos! Very informative. One thing I'd like to suggest is decreasing the volume of the music just a bit. It makes it a little hard hard to hear the video in some places.
When I deployed to Iraq in 2004, I was awarded the GWOTEM (Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal)
You teased at the beginning about the US Merchant Marine, but never followed up. The US Merchant Marine Expeditionary Medal was awarded to Licensed and Unlicensed (officer/enlisted equivalent) mariners AND cadets who worked on ships supporting OIF. This includes ships both operated directly by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and those contracted (time or voyage charter) to MSC. The medal has been authorize with the same requirements for Desert Shield/Storm, OEF, Restore Hope and United Shield.
When I received it, I received a certificate only, and had to buy my own medal for display.
check out our Merchant Marine video ruclips.net/video/1YQCXaJtfLk/видео.html
@@veteransmedalsworkshop-moa4376 I did, and left a comment
I was awarded the GWOTSM and the GWOTEM and swapped the GWOTEM for the ICM. My main confusion is with the "phases" that allows you to add the stars on the medal. I served in OIF from February to December 2003 so technically, I am allowed to add two service stars to denote the two of the seven phases - Liberation of Iraq and Transition of Iraq, but that has been a fuzzy point of my service record. Also, i was in the US Army Reserves, so i also was awarded the AFRM with the bronze hourglass for 10 years of service, the M and number 2 devices for my deployment during both Operation Noble Eagle and OIF.
Thank you to all for your service to our country. God Bless.
Thank you for your service
Great video, but at 10:39 you mentioned his Iraqi campaign medal when it's actually the Afganistan medal.
ah, you caught me, thank you for the heads up.
Been there
Question for the channel, possibly the community as a whole:
I served in Iraq from December 2007 - January 2009 which puts me in two of the categories the Iraqi Surge and Iraqi Sovereignty. Does this mean I am allowed two stars for my ribbon?
yes, 2 stars, the Iraqi surge campaign ran from 10 January 2007 to 31 December 2008; the Iraqi sovereignty campaign Ran from one January 2009 to 31 August 2010.
Great video once again. Thank you sir ! SEMPER FI !
Good stuff keep it up.
Many of us are still struggling(and some have given up) understanding our country's participation. It's hard to display stuff you don't really know was worth the sacrifice. My Dad fought in Viet Nam, and never displayed his military medals either.
I got the Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal prior to the Iraq Campaign Medal
Not the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, they were awarded the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.
The GWOTEM wasn't rolled out yet for the earliest to deploy, but the AFEM was available and was awarded.
Later the GWOTEM and GWOTSM came into existence along with the ACM and ICM.
He even mentions in the video that that GWOTEM wasn't available yet.
@@RottenCore69 that's funny. I was in the invasion during 03' and no one was authorized the AFEM. We all got both GWOT awards when we returned in 04'.
@@ejmolloy2954 that's odd, I met a bunch of early dudes who transferred their AFEM for campaigns later
@@RottenCore69 apparently they weren’t army. When the ICM came out, we had the option to switch the GWOTEM for that. However, never seen or heard of any army service members getting the AFREM. The last day the AFREM could be awarded was 18MAR03. Unfortunately I can’t post screenshots but you can look up when that medal was authorized for yourself.
We were told we were getting the GWOTEM in Iraq in 2003. We had been to Afghanistan the year before. We were told we were only getting the GWOTEM for both campaigns.
Question for the channel: I'd served in Iraq March 2005 to September 2005 and September 2006 to March 2007. How many campaign stars would I rate?
You rate two stars on your ICM.
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Is there anyone who can help me figure out my ribbon and metal's. I have some like the NDSM. How many stars am I supposed to have on it. Or do I get a Korean ribbon for being stationed in Korea in the late 90es early 2000s. I did a lot and have a lot to figure out that my dd214 doesn't cover
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Video has plenty misinformation.
Let me know what looked wrong to you, thanks!
@@veteransmedalsworkshop-moa4376 if you don't know the misinformation you're putting out, then you need to stop making videos.
@@ejmolloy2954then inform him unlike you he doesn't know everything .
@@ernestpaniagua1210 why? This ain’t the first misinformation he’s put out. It’s all open source and completely pathetic he can’t tell if he’s putting out facts or not. It makes you wonder what his references are.
I agree why don’t you inform him, instead of just criticizing