[Title 3 CFR 12985]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - January 1, 1997 Edition]
[Title 3 - Presidential Documents]
[Executive Order 12985 - Executive Order 12985 of January 11, 1996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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Executive Order 12985 of January 11, 1996
Establishing the Armed Forces Service Medal
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States of America, including my authority as 
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is 
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established the Armed Forces 
Service Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances, for award to 
members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, on or after June 
1, 1992, in the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: (a) Participate, 
or have participated, as members of United States military units in a 
United States military operation in which personnel of any Armed Force 
participate that is deemed to be significant activity; and
    (b) Encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile 
action.

Sec. 2. Approval and Award. The medal, with ribbons and appurtenances, 
shall be of an appropriate design approved by the Secretary of Defense 
and shall be awarded by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating 
as a service in the Navy, under uniform regulations, as prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense. The regulations shall place the Armed Forces 
Service Medal in an order of precedence immediately before the 
Humanitarian Service Medal.
Sec. 3. Criteria. The medal shall be awarded only for operations for 
which no other United States service medal is approved. For operations 
in which personnel of only one Military Department or the Coast Guard 
participate, the medal shall be awarded only if there is no other 
suitable award available to the department or the Coast Guard. No more 
than one medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for each 
succeeding operation justifying such award a suitable device may be 
awarded to be worn on the medal or ribbon as prescribed by appropriate 
regulations.
Sec. 4. Posthumous Provision. The medal may be awarded posthumously and, 
when so awarded, may be presented to such representative of the de

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ceased as may be deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Defense or the 
Secretary of Transportation.
                                                    WILLIAM J. CLINTON  
THE WHITE HOUSE,
    January 11, 1996.
                                                                EO 12986