George and Army G-1 Lt. Gen. Brian Eifler are to be commended for both the unprecedented administrative speed and pragmatic ...

The routine awarding of GWOT-S, or Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, has become so perfunctory that it's now essentially meaningless.

If you’ve served in the military for the past 20 years, you likely received a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. That is changing.

Starting Sept. 11, 2022, a service member must have worked directly for a counterterrorism operation for at least 30 days to receive the award. The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Won't Be ...

Gunnery Sgt. Emmanuel Sable, a ground communications technician with Headquarters Battery, 10th Marine Regiment, measures a corporal’s Global War on Terrorism Service Medal ribbon during a ...

The service star policy is retroactive to Sept. 11, 2001, but does not adjust the criteria for the award of the Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign Medals, nor does it change the criteria and procedures ...

The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal was considered an essentially automatic award for troops since its introduction in 2003, with the Army, for example, stating in 2004 that all active duty ...

Active-duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen who earned the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for more than one of the five Defense Department-approved Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary ...

The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal was considered an essentially automatic award for troops since its introduction in 2003, with the Army, for example, stating in 2004 that all active duty ...

Service members participating in operations against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are now authorized to receive the Global War on Terrorism Service and Expeditionary Medals. (Bernat ...