Got GWOT? Iran Listed in "Area of Eligibility" for Award of Bush-Created Medal

[CorpGovActivist]

http://www.usmc.mil/maradmins/maradmin2000.nsf/d50a617f5ac75ae085256856004f3afc/3d800a10830de39f85256e5c0075ce46?OpenDocument

See the "Areas of Eligibility," which includes Iran.

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Currently, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal may be awarded for approved operations performed in any of the following geographical areas: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria (Bourgas), Chad, Colombia, Crete, Cyprus, Diego Garcia, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo (only specified GWOT operations not associated with operations qualifying for the Kosovo Campaign Medal), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Romania (Constanţa), Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Syria, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, that portion of the Arabian Sea north of 10 degrees north of latitude, and west of 68 degrees of longitude, Bab-el-Mandeb, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Suez, that portion of the Mediterranean Sea ("boarding and searching" operations"), Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Straight of Hormuz, and the Suez Canal.
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For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_War_on_Terrorism_Expeditionary_Medal

Now, mind you, we're not conducting operations inside Iran.

; )

- Dave

[Gatchaman]

1. Ironically enough

the banner ad on this page came up for a place selling replica military medals.