New ribbon available for deployed airmen

(EXCERPT) , By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition,
Wednesday, October 1, 2003

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Force has a new ribbon for active-duty,
Reserve and Guard members who have served in support of an air
expeditionary force deployment.

Called the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon, the multicolored
decoration will be awarded to any airman who has completed a
contingency deployment after Oct. 1, 1999, and who was deployed for
either 45 consecutive days or a total of 90 nonconsecutive days,
according to officials at the Air Force’s Personnel Center at Randolph
Air Force Base, Texas.

Deployments that qualify towards the 90 days would have had OIF
[Operation Iraqi Freedom, OEF [Operation Enduring Freedom or CEM
[Contingency Exercise and Mobility on the airman’s o...

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