medals

[Ian Murray]

[Federal Register: March 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 50)]
[Presidential Documents]               
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Part VIII

The President

Executive Order 13289--Establishing the Global War on Terrorism Medals

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The President

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                Executive Order 13289 of March 12, 2003

 

                Establishing the Global War on Terrorism Medals

                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. Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. 

                There is hereby established the Global War on Terrorism 

                Expeditionary 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 Global War on Terrorism 

                Expeditionary Medal shall be awarded to members of the 

                Armed Forces of the United States who serve or have 

                served in military expeditions to combat terrorism, as 

                defined by such regulations, on or after September 11, 

                2001, and before a terminal date to be prescribed by 

                the Secretary of Defense.

                Sec. 2. Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. There is 

                hereby established the Global War on Terrorism Service 

                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 

                Global War on Terrorism Service Medal shall be awarded 

                to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who 

                serve or have served in military operations to combat 

                terrorism, as defined by such regulations, on or after 

                September 11, 2001, and before a terminal date to be 

                prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.

                Sec. 3. Relationship to Other Awards. Notwithstanding 

                section 3 of Executive Order 10977 of December 4, 1961, 

                establishing the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and 

                section 3 of Executive Order 12985 of January 11, 1996, 

                establishing the Armed Forces Service Medal, any member 

                who qualified for those medals by reason of service in 

                operations to combat terrorism between September 11, 

                2001, and a terminal date to be determined by the 

                Secretary of Defense, shall remain qualified for those 

                medals. Upon application, any such member may be 

                awarded either the Global War on Terrorism 

                Expeditionary Medal or the Global War on Terrorism 

                Service Medal in lieu of the Armed Forces Expeditionary 

                Medal or the Armed Forces Service Medal, but no person 

                may be awarded more than one of these four medals by 

                reason of service in the same approved Global War on 

                Terrorism expedition or operation to combat terrorism, 

                and no person shall be entitled to more than one award 

                of the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal or 

                the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

                Sec. 4. Posthumous Award. The Global War on Terrorism 

                Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism 

                Service Medal may be awarded posthumously to any person 

                covered by and under regulations prescribed in 

                accordance with the first or second sections of this 

                order.

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                Sec. 5. Nothing in this Executive Order shall be 

                construed for any purpose as fixing, or authorizing the 

                fixing of, the dates of initiation or termination of 

                armed hostilities between the United States and 

                terrorists of global reach.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     March 12, 2003.

[FR Doc. 03-6445
Filed 3-13-03; 12:27 pm]

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