[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 49 (Monday, December 6, 2004)]
[Pages 2872-2873]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13363--Establishing the Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign 
Medals

November 29, 2004

    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 and Public 
Law 108-234, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Afghanistan Campaign Medal. There is hereby established 
the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with suitable appurtenances. Except as 
limited in section 3 of this order, and under uniform regulations to be 
prescribed by the Secretaries of the military departments and approved 
by the Secretary of Defense, or under regulations to be prescribed by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when 
it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Afghanistan Campaign 
Medal shall be awarded to members of the uniformed services of the 
United States who serve or have served in Afghanistan or contiguous air 
space, as defined by such regulations, on or after October 24, 2001, and 
before a terminal date to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 2. Iraq Campaign Medal. There is hereby established the Iraq 
Campaign Medal with suitable appurtenances. Except as limited in section 
3 of this order, and under uniform regulations to be prescribed by the 
Secretaries of the military departments and approved by the Secretary of 
Defense, or under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not 
operating as a service in the Navy, the Iraq Campaign Medal shall be 
awarded to members of the uniformed services of the United States who 
serve or have served in Iraq or contiguous waters or air space, as 
defined by such regulations, on or after March 19, 2003, and before a 
terminal date to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 3. Relationship to Other Awards. Notwithstanding section 1 of 
Executive Order 13289 of March 12, 2003, establishing the Global War on 
Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, any member who qualified for that medal 
by reason of service in Afghanistan between October 24, 2001, and a 
terminal date to be determined by the Secretary of Defense, or in Iraq 
between March 19, 2003, and a terminal date to be determined by the 
Secretary of Defense, shall remain qualified for that medal. Upon 
application, a member by reason of service may be awarded either the 
Afghanistan Campaign Medal or the Iraq Campaign Medal in lieu of the 
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. A member may be awarded 
either the Afghanistan Campaign Medal or the Global War on Terrorism 
Expeditionary Medal by reason of service in Afghanistan. A member may be 
awarded either the Iraq Campaign Medal or the Global War on Terrorism 
Expeditionary Medal by reason of service in Iraq. No member shall be 
entitled to the award of more than one of these three medals for the 
same period of service.
    Sec. 4. Posthumous Award. The Afghanistan Campaign Medal and Iraq 
Campaign Medal may be awarded posthumously to any person covered by and 
under regulations prescribed in accordance with this order.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 November 29, 2004.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:47 a.m., December 1, 
2004]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
December 2.

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