CSM Private RallyPoint Member 469244 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-22164"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdod-has-new-rules-for-iraq-afghanistan-medals%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=DoD+has+new+rules+for+Iraq%2C+Afghanistan+medals&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdod-has-new-rules-for-iraq-afghanistan-medals&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADoD has new rules for Iraq, Afghanistan 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</div> DoD has new rules for Iraq, Afghanistan medals 2015-02-11T01:08:55-05:00 CSM Private RallyPoint Member 469244 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-22164"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdod-has-new-rules-for-iraq-afghanistan-medals%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=DoD+has+new+rules+for+Iraq%2C+Afghanistan+medals&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdod-has-new-rules-for-iraq-afghanistan-medals&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADoD has new rules for Iraq, Afghanistan medals%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/dod-has-new-rules-for-iraq-afghanistan-medals" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="440974542069fb181806765116309878" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/022/164/for_gallery_v2/635590833036859753-070206M-GWOT-story.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/022/164/large_v3/635590833036859753-070206M-GWOT-story.jpg" alt="635590833036859753 070206m gwot story" /></a></div></div>Defense officials announced Monday that effective immediately, troops who have deployed more than once in support of a major operation in the Middle East and have earned more than one Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal will be authorized to wear a small bronze "service star" on their GWOT Expeditionary Medal.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/02/09/dod-has-new-rules-for-iraq-afghanistan-medals/23123785/">http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/02/09/dod-has-new-rules-for-iraq-afghanistan-medals/23123785/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/789/qrc/635590833036859753-070206M-GWOT-story.jpg?1443033500"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/02/09/dod-has-new-rules-for-iraq-afghanistan-medals/23123785/">DoD has new rules for Iraq, Afghanistan medals</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">With the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan technically over, the Pentagon is drawing up new rules for recognizing troops who are currently deployed in</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> DoD has new rules for Iraq, Afghanistan medals 2015-02-11T01:08:55-05:00 2015-02-11T01:08:55-05:00 SGM Mikel Dawson 469433 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well at least they're not creating something new and using the one that's there. Some times they do get it right. Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Feb 11 at 2015 5:51 AM 2015-02-11T05:51:51-05:00 2015-02-11T05:51:51-05:00 2015-02-11T01:08:55-05:00