What qualifications are needed to be awarded the Overseas Service Ribbon?

AR 600-8-22:
5–4. Overseas Service Ribbon
a. The Overseas Service Ribbon (OSR) was established by the Secretary of the Army on 10 April 1981 as announced in Department of the Army General Order 15, 10 October 1990. It is awarded to members of the U.S. Army for successful completion of overseas tours.
b. Effective 1 August 1981, all members of the active Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve in an active Reserve status are eligible for this award. The ribbon may be awarded retroactively to those personnel who were credited with a normal overseas tour completion before 1 August 1981 provided they had an active Army status as
defined above on or after 1 August 1981.
c. Soldiers must be credited with a normal overseas tour completion according to AR 614–30. Service members who have overseas service with another branch of service (USN, USAF, or USMC) must be credited with a normal overseas tour completion by that service to qualify for award of the Army OSR.
d. Numerals will be used to denote second and subsequent awards of the OSR. (See para 6–4.)
e. Posthumous award of the OSR. For first award of the OSR only, an individual may be posthumously awarded (on or after 1 August 1981) the OSR before completion of the overseas tour, provided the Soldier’s death is ruled "Line of duty-Yes."

I thought you got it during a time of war, an a normal deployment rotation.

So can someone break this down for me: I have 49 months of deployment with 33 months stationed in Germany. What number am I suppose to wear in my OSR?

I served in Korea from 77-78 I never received any overseas ribbons for my service in Korea in the 2nd Inf. Div. at times I had to patrol in the DMZ area north of the Im Jim river. How or who do I need to contact

Upon COMPLETION of your full overseas tour.

I think you mentioned Kuwait? So yes once you have completed your assignment when you return to wherever you are from, you need to inquire.

It really doesn't matter. I did an internal resume for a job for a company I worked for. I had a manager look it over. I listed all my awards from the military as follows. 6 army achievement medals, 3 army comendation medals, good conduct ribbon, overseas

If I remember correctly it is one year for the active duty one, and two weeks for the reserve.

This might sound like something out of the mouth of Captain Obvious, but since it is called the Overseas Service Ribbon, I would think that service overseas would be sufficient.

As I am (medically) retired, I no longer keep current on regulations, but it occurs to me, that there is a regulation that spells out the criteria for awards and decorations, including the Overseas Service Ribbon.

You can be awarded your OSR upon completion of any overseas tour and you should get a star for the ribbon for each additional completion.

The Overseas Service Ribbon (OSR) was established by the Secretary of the Army 10 April 1981. It is awarded for successful completion of overseas tours. According to AR 614-30, it must be a normal tour. Numerals can be added for additional tours. Usually it is an extent of 9 months per award. So if you serve 7 months on the first tour, then another 8, that just counts as one. I could be wrong by that one but my last tour in Afghanistan that's what my J1 said. Anyone can look this up if they would like.