|
The Service concerned may award the Kosovo Campaign Medal (KCM) to a member only if at least one of the following is true:
- The member was permanently assigned, attached, or detailed to a unit that participated in or was engaged in direct support of the Kosovo Air Campaign or Kosovo Defense Campaign for thirty consecutive days in the Area of Eligibility (AOE).
- The member was permanently assigned, attached, or detailed to a unit that participated in or was engaged in direct support of the Kosovo Air Campaign or Kosovo Defense Campaign for sixty non-consecutive days, provided this support involved entering the AOE.
- The member was engaged in actual combat, or duty that is equally hazardous as combat duty, with armed opposition, regardless of time in the Kosovo Air Campaign or Kosovo Defense Campaign.
- The member was killed, wounded, or injured requiring medical evacuation from the operation while participating in the Kosovo Air Campaign or Kosovo Defense Campaign.
- The member participated as a regularly assigned aircrew member flying sorties into, out of, within, or over the AOE in direct support of the Kosovo Air Campaign or Kosovo Defense Campaign for thirty consecutive days or sixty non-consecutive days. |