A service medal is a military award generally of the lowest degree. A service medal is awarded to a member of the military who joins the military, or is already serving, during a designated time period. No other requirement is needed to obtain the service medal other than a person must simply be a member of the armed forces.
Campaign medals are similar to service medals (and are sometimes even referred to as service medals), however the main difference is that a campaign medal is awarded to a military member who participates in a military operation whereas a service medal is blanket awarded to everyone in the military regardless of campaign credit. A Campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of the military who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater. ...
Examples of service medals currently issued by the United States armed forces are the National Defense Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, both of which are presently automatically awarded to a service member upon joining the military usually after completion of boot camp. The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... The National Defense Service Medal is a military decoration of the United States military and was the brainchild of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. ... The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal is a military decoration of the United States military which was created by Presidential Order of George W. Bush in March 2003. ... U.S. Army recruits learn about bayonet fighting skills in an infantry Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, Georgia. ...
The Korean ServiceMedal is the primary United States decoration for participation in the Korean War and is awarded to any U.S. service member, who performed duty in the Republic of Korea, between June 27, 1950 and June 27, 1954.
Although the Korean War ended in 1953, the Korean ServiceMedal was issued until June of 1954 due to the tense nature of the occupation and garrison duty immediately after the Korean War as well as the high possibility of a renewed attack by North Korea.
As of 2004, a new medal known as the Korea Defense ServiceMedal was authorized for all post-Korean War service in the Republic of Korea.
The decoration recognizes those military service members who have performed service in the War on Terrorism from September 11, 2001 to a date to be determined.
Future operations, for which the Global War on Terrorism ServiceMedal may be authorized, are at the discretion of United States component commanders upon approval from the United States Department of Defense.
The primary difference between the two awards is that the servicemedal is intended for those who performed support duty within the United States while the expeditionary medal recognizes those who were deployed to foreign countries.
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