This ribbon will display Multiple Award devices automatically based on the total number of awards listed
Details Behind Award
Assigned VAW-122, IO-MED Cruise Nov 1980-June 1981. BACKGROUND: "The medal will be awarded," reads the Orders, "to the officers and enlisted men of the Navy who shall have actually landed on foreign territory and engaged in operations against armed opposition, or operated under circumstances which, after full consideration, shall be deemed to merit special recognition and for which service no campaign medal has been awarded. Additional awards of the Navy Expeditionary Medal are denoted by service stars.