Navy Expeditionary Medal

Navy Expeditionary Medal
Navy Expeditionary Medal (Front)       Navy Expeditionary Medal (Back)

Authorization. Navy Department General Order (N.D.G.O.) No. 84 of 5 August 1936.

Eligibility Requirements. Awarded to U.S. Navy service members who have actually landed on foreign territory and engaged in operations against armed opposition, or operated under circumstances deemed to merit special recognition and for which no service or campaign medal was awarded. Only personnel who were attached to one of the ships/units listed in the notice/instruction at some time during the respective periods shown, and who actually participated in the given operation, are eligible for the Navy Expeditionary Medal. This includes personnel attached to a squadron or unit embarked in a ship during the eligible period for that ship. Members of rear echelons, transients, observers and personnel assigned for short periods of Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) or Training Duty (TD) are not normally eligible for the award. However, consideration will be given in those instances when the local commander certifies a particular and significant contribution by an individual. Such certification should be submitted to the CNO/CMC via the fleet commander who exercised operational control in the area involved. CNO maintains a list of eligible ships/units.

The following are recently authorized expeditions:

CUBA 03 Jan 61 - 23 Oct 62
THAILAND 16 May 62 - 10 Aug 62
INDIAN OCEAN/IRAN/YEMEN 08 Dec 78 - 06 Jun 79
IRAN/INDIAN OCEAN 21 Nov 79 - 20 Oct 81
LEBANON 20 Aug 82 - 31 May 83
LIBYA 20 Jan 86 - 27 Jun 86
PERSIAN GULF 01 Feb 87 - 23 Jul 87
LIBYA (Operation SHARP EDGE) 05 Aug 90 - 21 Feb 91
DISTANT RUNNER (Rowanda) 07 Apr 94 - 18 Apr 94

Commanding officers shall make appropriate service record entries for eligible enlisted personnel and issue letters of eligibility for eligible officer personnel. No citation or certificate will be issued.



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