ALCOAST 485/22 - DEC 2022 CLOSURE OF THE AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITONARY MEDAL FOR OPERATION ENDURING SENTINEL

R 071537Z DEC 22 MID200080567781U
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST
BT
UNCLAS
ALCOAST 485/22
SSIC 1650
SUBJ: CLOSURE OF THE AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND AUTHORIZATION
TO AWARD THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITONARY MEDAL FOR
OPERATION ENDURING SENTINEL
A. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Memo 18 Mar 2022
B. Coast Guard Military Medals and Awards Manual, COMDTINST
M1650.25E
1. This ALCOAST provides new criteria for award of the Afghanistan
Campaign Medal (ACM) and the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal (GWOT-EM) in accordance with REF (A).
2. The authorization to award the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (ACM)
to members of the U.S. Armed Forces has been terminated effective
31 August 2021, which coincides with the withdrawal of the last U.S.
military forces from Afghanistan, the closure of Operation FREEDOM'S
SENTINEL (OFS), and the President's announcement on 31 August 2021
that the war in Afghanistan was over.
3. The authorization to award the Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal (GWOT-EM) is hereby authorized for Operation
ENDURING SENTINEL (OES) effective 1 September 2021. The associated
OES GWOT-EM area of eligibility is the same as it was for OFS.
4. This change will be included in the next revision of REF (B),
which will be released within the next year.
5. Questions regarding the ACM and GWOT-EM should be directed to
CG PSC-PSD-mua-ma at: ARL.Medals@uscg.mil.
6. RADM B. K. Penoyer, Assistant Commandant for Human Resources,
(CG-1), sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.