Amending Executive Order No. 10163, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Signed August 6, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 41483
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Amends Executive Order 10163 to revise the eligibility rules for the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. It replaces the medal's criteria so it may be awarded to current or former reserve component members who either complete 10 years of honorable service within a 12-year period, were called to active duty under specified provisions of federal law on or after August 1, 1990, or volunteered for and served on active duty in support of military operations or contingencies designated by the Secretary of Defense on or after that date. It also revises the rules on awarding the medal, specifying that only one may be given per person, that it carries the design of the recipient's reserve component, and that appurtenances denote how it was earned, with additional appurtenances possible for further qualifying service.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including my authority as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered
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Amends: EO 10163, September 25, 1950
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Executive Order 13013 of August 6, 1996
Amending Executive Order No. 10163, the Armed
Forces
Reserve Medal
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States,
including my authority as Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered
that Executive Order No. 10163, as amended, is further
amended by striking out sections 3 and 4 and inserting
in lieu thereof the following new sections 3 and 4:
“3. The Armed Forces Reserve Medal may be awarded
to members or former members of the reserve components
of the Armed Forces of the United States who meet one
or more of the following three criteria.
a. The member has completed a total of 10 years
of honorable service in one or more of such reserve
components, including annual active duty and inactive
duty training as required by appropriate regulations,
provided that (1) such 10 years of service was
performed within a period of 12 consecutive years, (2)
such service shall not include service in a regular
component of the armed forces, including the Coast
Guard, but (A) service in a reserve component that is
concurrent, in whole or in part, with service in a
regular component of the armed forces shall be included
in computing the required 10 years of reserve service,
and (B) any period of time during which reserve service
is interrupted by service in a regular component of the
armed forces shall be excluded in computing, and shall
not be considered a break in, the said period of 12
consecutive years, and (3) such service shall not
include service for which the Naval Reserve Medal or
the Marine Corps Reserve Medal has been or may be
awarded.
b. On or after August 1, 1990, the member was
called to active duty and served under sections
12301(a), 12302, 12304, 12406 (formerly sections
672(a), 673, 673b, 3500, and 8500) and Chapter 15 of
title 10, United States Code, or, in the case of the
United States Coast Guard Reserve, section 712 of title
14, United States Code.
c. On or after August 1, 1990, the member
volunteered and served on active duty in support of
specific U.S. military operations or contingencies
designated by the Secretary of Defense.
4. Not more than one Armed Forces Reserve Medal may
be awarded to any one person. The member shall receive
the medal with the distinctive design of the reserve
component with which the person served at the time of
award or in which such person last served. The medal is
awarded with the appropriate appurtenance that denotes
the manner in which the award was earned, either
through completion of 10 years of service,
mobilization, or volunteering for, and serving on,
active duty in support of operations or contingencies
designated by the Secretary of Defense. For each
succeeding mobilization, volunteering for, and serving
on, active duty in support of operations or
contingencies, or 10-year period of service as above
described,
and a suitable appurtenance may be awarded, to be worn
with the medal in accordance with appropriate
regulations.”
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 6, 1996.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed August 6, 1996. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.