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The Service concerned may award the Armed Forces Service Medal (AFSM) to a member only if each of the following is true:
- The member's service during the qualifying period was honorable.
- At least one of the following is true:
- The member was assigned, attached, or detailed to a unit participating for thirty or more consecutive days in an operation approved for the AFSM within the designated area of eligibility.
- The member was assigned, attached, or detailed to a unit participating for sixty or more non-consecutive days in an operation approved for the AFSM within the designated area of eligibility.
- The member was engaged in direct support of an approved operation for thirty consecutive days in the area of eligibility.
- The member was engaged in direct support of an approved operation for the full period of the operation in the area of eligibility, if the duration of the operation was less than thirty days.
- The member was engaged in direct support of an approved operation for sixty non-consecutive days, if the support involved entering the area of eligibility.
- The member participated as a regularly assigned crew member of an aircraft flying into, out of, within, or over the area of eligibility in support of an approved operation for thirty consecutive or sixty non-consecutive days. |