Posted on Jul 17, 2016
What qualifications are needed to be awarded the Overseas Service Ribbon?
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Probably depends on the service. The Coast Guard has the Overseas Deployment Ribbon and you have to be deployed Overseas for at least 6 months ( not counting travel time to and from ).
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SPC Robby Robinson
With the Coast guard not being under the DoD, wouldn't they have a completely different set of regs?
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SPC Robby Robinson
They were under the Department of transportation and are now under my employer, DHS
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FN Charlie Spivey
Coast Guard Regs are generally the same. We are under the UCMJ and all that. When I first joined, we were under the Treasury Dept. When we were in Vietnam, we were under ComWesPac 7th Fleet. The Sea Service Ribbon differs from the Navy a little.
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Normally, the Overseas Ribbon covers a satisfactory completion of a PCS tour overseas to continents other than North America. Since I did not handle personnel records for duty relating to deployments, I'm not sure whether the OSR covers them or not. Keep in mind that the OSR is not recognition for combat service so much as service in a location "overseas."
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SPC Wanda Vergara-Yates
After reading more in depth on content brought from the Q&A, I'd say you need to contact your MILPO representative and ask them how it works. Your unit S-1 may or may not have the best answers but a good MILPO will.
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You would need to complete an overseas assignment. Overseas tour length varies from place to place (i.e., Germany, Korea, Kuwait, etc.), so check the AR to be certain, sergeant.
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When I was in, it was 3 years in a non conus station. May have changed
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I have been stationed in Korea (twice), Iraq, Kuwait, Djibouti, Bosnia, Italy, Hawaii and Fort Irwin (ok last one doesn't count, but seriously isolated from the world while there). I think I qualified for the OSR at some point in my career.
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SFC (Join to see)
I hope so Sir... 11 of my 17 years have been OCONUS. Even if didn't, I have seen the world for free. But, I am at the stage of my career that awards are a lot less meaningful to me now.
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SPC Robby Robinson
Would someone wounded/injured overseas be entitled to the OSR if their tour was cut short from said wounded/injured?
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I not sure because it been many years, but I think you must serve 1 year over seas to qualify
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Serving outside CONUS for at least 10 duty days. CONUS is the continuous United States, Alaska and Hawaii aren't included.
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SFC John Hill
An OSR is awarded for successful completion of an overseas tour. The length of time required to serve is determined by the guidance in JTR app Q. Minimum unaccompanied tour length is 12 months. Depending on location it can be 15, 18, or 24 months minimum (unaccompanied). FYI, CONUS stands for: continental United States, OCONUS: outside the continental United States. From Joint Publication (JP) 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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LTC Paul Labrador
SFC John Hill - table 3-2 of AR 614-30 has the rules for tour completion. Generally if you are within 60 days of what was your established DEROS, you are considered tour complete (for non-combat tours). There are different time frames for TCS/TDY orders OCONUS, which are also outlined on this table.
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SFC Byron Perry first, thank you for the vote up and everyone else who did. I sure hope you read all my comments for which (to the one you voted up) that I admitted that I had showed the lack of professionalism towards MCPO Roger Collins when he disrespected a CAPT and I let him know about it. My first post to him was professional and respectful. His was not.
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The Army Overseas Service Ribbon (OSR) was established by the Secretary of the Army on April 10, 1981. Effective August 1, 1981, the Army OSR is awarded to all members of the Active Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve in an active Reserve status for successful completion of overseas tours.
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