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AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10163,
THE ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, including my authority as Commander in
Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered
that Executive Order No. 10163, as amended, is further amended by
striking out sections 3 and 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following new sections 3 and 4:
"3. The Armed Forces Reserve Medal may be awarded to members or
former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the
United States who meet one or more of the following three criteria.
The member has completed a total of
10 years of honorable service in one or more of
such reserve components, including annual active
duty and inactive duty training as required by
appropriate regulations, provided that (1) such
10 years of service was performed within a period
of 12 consecutive years, (2) such service shall not
include service in a regular component of the armed
forces, including the Coast Guard, but (A) service
in a reserve component that is concurrent, in whole
or in part, with service in a regular component of
the armed forces shall be included in computing the
required 10 years of reserve service, and (B) any
period of time during which reserve service is
interrupted by service in a regular component of
the armed forces shall be excluded in computing,
and shall not be considered a break in, the said
period of 12 consecutive years, and (3) such
service shall not include service for which the
Naval Reserve Medal or the Marine Corps Reserve
Medal has been or may be awarded.
On or after August 1, 1990, the member
was called to active duty and served under
sections 12301(a), 12302, 12304, 12406 (formerly
sections 672(a), 673, 673b, 3500, and 8500) and
Chapter 15 of title 10, United States Code, or, in
the case of the United States Coast Guard Reserve,
section 712 of title 14, United States Code.
On or after August 1, 1990, the member
volunteered and served on active duty in support of
specific U.S. military operations or contingencies
designated by the Secretary of Defense.
Not more than one Armed Forces Reserve Medal may be awarded to
any one person. The member shall receive the medal with the distinctive
design of the reserve component with which the person served at the time
of award or in which such person last served. The medal is awarded with
the appropriate appurtenance that denotes the manner in which the award
was earned, either through completion of 10 years of service,
mobilization, or volunteering for, and serving on, active duty in
support of operations or contingencies designated by the Secretary of
Defense. For each succeeding mobilization, volunteering for, and
serving on, active duty in support of operations or contingencies, or
10-year period of service as above described, and a suitable
appurtenance may be awarded, to be worn with the medal in accordance
with appropriate regulations."