Amendment to Executive Order 10448, Establishing the National Defense Service Medal
Signed March 28, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 15917
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Plain-language summary
Amends Executive Order 10448, which established the National Defense Service Medal, to extend eligibility for the medal to members in good standing in the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces of the United States. It does this by inserting language covering Selected Reserve service alongside references to active military service throughout the earlier order, and by revising wording about additional periods of duty so it no longer refers specifically to active duty. The order states that it does not affect authority granted under Executive Order 12776 of October 8, 1991. It applies to the armed forces and to reservists whose service status determines their eligibility for the medal.
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Claimed authority
By the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, and in order to extend eligibility for the award of the National Defense Service Medal to members in good standing in the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Amends: EO 10448, April 22, 1953;; ; See: EO 12776, October 8, 1991
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13293 of March 28, 2003
Amendment to Executive Order 10448, Establishing
the National Defense Service Medal
By the authority vested in me as President of the
United States and as Commander in Chief of the Armed
Forces of the United States, and in order to extend
eligibility for the award of the National Defense
Service Medal to members in good standing in the
Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces of the United
States, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 10448
of April 22, 1953, as amended, is further amended:
1. by inserting “or service in good standing in the
Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces” after “active
military service” each place it appears; and
2. by striking “additional period of active duty” and
inserting in lieu thereof “additional period.”
Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or
otherwise affect the exercise of authority granted by
Executive Order 12776 of October 8, 1991.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 28, 2003.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 28, 2003. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.