*Administration of Barack Obama, 2014 *

**Executive Order 13666—Expanding Eligibility for the Defense Meritorious Service Medal **

*April 18, 2014 *

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Executive Order 12019 of November 3, 1977 (Establishing the Defense Meritorious Service Medal), is amended by inserting ", or to any member of the armed forces of a friendly foreign nation," after "any member of the Armed Forces of the United States".

BARACK OBAMA

The White House,

April 18, 2014.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., April 22, 2014]

NOTE: This Executive order was published in the *Federal Register* on April 23.

*Categories:* Executive Orders : Defense Meritorious Service Medal, eligibility expansion*.*

*Subjects:* Decorations, medals, and awards : Defense Meritorious Service Medal.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201400278.