Posted on Feb 23, 2016

What is the NAVY instruction for use/ wear of the NATO Meritorious Service Medal?

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I am being awarded the NATO meritorious Service Medal. I am inquiring about the instruction for proper wear. The DOD Instruction 134833 VOL 3 ENCL 3 section (7)(e) talks about all other NATO members except the MSM. It states that the NATO MSM is to be processed by the proper Military Department. The issue is I have not found a Navy Instruction and the award was approved for wear in 2003.

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Posted 8 y ago

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CPO (Join to see)

Posted 8 y ago

It is after your Seaservice and if you have seaservice and overseas it would be after that. I am sure they will give you the medal and ribbon. You need to know that there are a couple of NATO medals they are not all the same. I am assuming that this is from AFG so if you have one from lets say Bosnia they are two different medals and believe it or not you would wear the two, they are not the same.

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I seem to remember seeing something about only one NATO medal being allowed at a time in our uniforms...

Maj David Wright

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So if you have a UN former Yugoslavia Medal and UN ISAF Non-Artical 5 Medal you can wear them both as they are two completely different awards?

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Maj David Wright - Sir I am confused, but I know some SEAL's that have both, I have both but a Star. They are if like you say same as mine are two total different campaigns. To be clear I am a Support element type for SEAL's and other SOF, not claiming to be one, but did some cool shit.

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Maj David Wright

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CPO, to clarify: I have both the NATO Yugoslavia and NATO ISAF medals. Can I wear both or just the Yugo with a star? Txs Chief...

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Posted 8 y ago

It's a tail-ender when it comes to other medals and ribbons. For you, being Navy, it would come before the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, which comes right before the Navy Rifle and Navy Pistol Medals. If you're not "old" enough to have the RVN medal, but have either of the two weapons’ medals, it would go right before them.

kepler.pratt.duke.edu/usnribbons.html

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