Establishing the Global War on Terrorism Medals
Signed March 12, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 12567
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Establishes two new military decorations: the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, for members of the Armed Forces who serve or have served in expeditions or operations combating terrorism on or after September 11, 2001, until an end date set by the Secretary of Defense. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments, with approval of the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when not operating under the Navy, to issue rules governing eligibility. Allows service members who already qualified for the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or Armed Forces Service Medal for such service to instead apply for one of the new medals, but bars anyone from receiving more than one medal for the same service and limits recipients to a single award of each new medal. Permits posthumous awards. States that the order does not set official start or end dates for hostilities against global terrorism.
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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
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Disposition
See: EO 10977, December 4, 1961; EO 12985, January 11, 1996; EO 13363, November 29, 2004; EO 13723, March 30, 2016
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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.
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.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 12, 2003. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.