CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 031217Z MAR 23 MID200080777985U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 063/23 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/FEB// SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPROVAL OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL (AFSM) FOR OPERATIONS ALLIES REFUGE (OAR) AND ALLIES WELCOME (OAW)// REF/A/DOC/DOD/27JAN2023// REF/B/DOC/DOD/20JUN19// REF/C/DOC/SECNAV/16AUG2019// NARR/REF A ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF THE AFSM FOR OPERATIONS ALLIES REFUGE (OAR) AND ALLIES WELCOME (OAW). REF B IS DOD 1348.33M VOL2, SECDEF MANUAL OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND AWARDS. REF C IS SECNAV M-1650.1, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AWARDS MANUAL.// RMKS/1. As required by reference (a), the following guidance is provided for award of the Armed Forces Service Medal (AFSM). 2. AFSM Eligibility Criteria. a. The AFSM has been approved by the award authority for award to eligible Service members for qualifying participation in Operation ALLIES REFUGE (OAR)and Operation ALLIES WELCOME (OAW) during the period 31 August 2021 to 1 April 2022. b. Per references (b) and (c), the AFSM is a deployed service medal awarded to members who, after 1 June 1992 participate or have participated, as members of U.S. military units, in a designated U.S. military operation deemed to be a significant activity and encountered no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action. c. As an exception, the requirement that a Service member deploy in order to qualify for award of the AFSM is waived for members at locations providing direct support, such as those physically receiving, housing, sustaining, or providing medical support, to evacuees, provided the member was reassigned from their primary duties to provide full-time support to the evacuees for at least 30 days, consecutively or non-consecutively, during the designated period of award. d. Area of Eligibility (AOE). AOE locations: Qatar - Al Udeid Air Base, Camp As Sayliyah, Camp Doha Kuwait - Camp Buehring and Ali Al Salem Air Base; Bahrain - Shaikh Isa Air Base United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi, Al Dhafra Saudi Arabia - Prince Sultan Air Base Kosovo - Ferizaj, Camp Bondsteel Germany - Stuttgart; Wiesbaden; Kaiserslautern, Ramstein Air Base, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Spain - Rota Italy - Sigonella Colorado - Peterson Space Force Base Florida - Tampa Indiana - Camp Atterbury New Jersey - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst New Mexico - Holloman Air Force Base Pennsylvania - Philadelphia International Airport Texas - Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston Virginia - Dulles International Airport, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Fort Lee, Fort Pickett Wisconsin - Fort McCoy; e. As an exception, due to the expansive nature of OAR and OAW, award is authorized to Service members at non-listed AOE locations, provided the member: (1) was at a location providing direct support, such as physically receiving, housing, sustaining, or providing medical support, to evacuees; and (2) meets the additional AFSM award criteria, to include criteria outlined in reference (a). 3. Awarding Authority. a. Active/Reserve personnel. Determination for personnel is delegated to the command level of O-6/civilian equivalent or above. Awarding authorities must confirm individual participation by verifying assignment via orders, evaluations/fitness reports, or other official documentation which verifies participation in support of OAR and OAW. Once verified, commands should submit the appropriate service record documentation via their personnel office. b. Navy veterans. Navy personnel honorably discharged or retired before announced approval of these awards and who meet the criterion above may submit a written request for consideration for award of the AFSM. Written request must indicate the qualifying unit and dates assigned, a copy of the Service Members unredacted DD-214, and any supporting documentation (evaluation, fitness report, TAD or PCS orders) showing service with the qualifying unit or individual participation. Requests may be mailed to: Navy Personnel Command (PERS 312), 5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38055. c. Only one award of the AFSM may be received for participation in the OAR and OAW. 4. Participating Units and Personnel. a. As required by reference (c), commanding officers whose units meet the criteria for award of the AFSM must submit a completed OPNAV 1650/14 which should include a list of qualified personnel to cnoawards@us.navy.mil. These units will be entered into the awards database. This is to facilitate documentation only and does not imply unit-wide approval. Individual service record documentation continues to be a command responsibility. b. Navy personnel attached to DoD, Joint, or other non-Navy commands who meet the criteria outlined above should have their DoD or Joint command confirm eligibility and submit the appropriate service record documentation. 5. Released by Mr. Andrew S. Haeuptle, Director, Navy Staff.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//