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Authorization. E.O. 10163, 25 September 1950, as
amended by E.O. 10439, 19 March 1953.
Eligibility
Requirements. Issued to any officer or enlisted member or former member of the Reserve
Components of
the Armed Forces of the United States who completes or has
completed a total of 10 years of honorable satisfactory service,
under the following conditions:
(1) The required 10
years must have been performed within a period of 12 consecutive years.
(2) Such service shall
not include service in a Regular component of the Armed Forces; however,
any period of time
during which Reserve service is interrupted by service in a
Regular component of the Armed Forces (including Naval Academy
Midshipman service) shall not be considered a break in the said
period of 12 consecutive years but will not count as qualifying
service.
(3) Any period during
which Reserve service is interrupted by one or more of
the following will be excluded in computing, but will not be considered
as a break in the period of 12-years:
(a) During a tenure
of office as any State official
chosen by the voters of the entire state, territory, or possession.
(b) During tenure of
office as a member of the legislative body of the United States or
of any state, territory, or possession.
(c) While serving as
judge of a court of record of the United States, or of any state, territory,
possession,
or the
District of Columbia.
(4) Service in the
Retired Reserve (with or
without pay), or on the Inactive Status List shall not count toward
eligibility.
(5) U.S. Naval
Reserve Midshipmen are not eligible, after 1 July 1950, for
the medal since they are not in a position to earn 50 points per anniversary
year.
(6) Reserve Aviation
Cadet time is considered to fulfill the requirements for
this medal subsequent to 1 July 1950, since such Reservists are on
active
duty
and are thus
earning the yearly 50 points.
(7) In
order to achieve a year of honorable satisfac tory service, a
Reservist must accumulate during each anni versary
year of service subsequent to 30 June 1949, a total
of at least 50 retirement points. All honorable
service prior to
1 July 1949, active or inactive, as a member of a Reserve
component of the Armed Forces is qualifying service.
The 50 required points may be
accumulated by one
of the following methods, or by any combination thereof,
and the points will be credited on the basis indicated:
(a) One point for each
authorized drill period
in an organized or volunteer unit.
(b) One point for
each period of appropriate duty, or equivalent instruction, or equivalent
duty.
(c) One point for
each day of training duty, served with or without
pay.
(d) One point for each
day of active duty.
(e) A varying number
of points for completion of each correspondence course.
(f) Members
of a Reserve component
are credited with points for
such membership
at a rate of 15 points per year or proportional
part thereof provided that they are not on active duty, the Inactive-Status,
or the Honorary
Retired List of
the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve.
(8) Naval
Reserve personnel who, prior to 12 September 1958, were eligible
to receive
the Naval Reserve
Medal, may at their
election be awarded in lieu thereof the
Armed Forces Reserve Medal, provided they have met the foregoing
require ments; however, both medals shall
not be awarded for the same period of service.
(9) Marine Corps Reserve
personnel who,
until 17 December 1965, are eligible to
receive the Marine Corps Reserve Ribbon, may at their election be awarded
in lieu thereof the Armed Forces
Reserve Medal,
provided they have met the foregoing requirements;
however, both awards shall not be issued for the same period of service.
(10) Marine Corps
Reserve personnel
serving in a Full Time Support (FTS)
billet may continue to count service for the award to which they were
qualifying
for upon entering in FTS
but may not
commence a new period of qualifying service.
Hour
Glass and M Devices
(1) Upon completion of the first 10-year period,
a bronze hour
glass
shall be awarded
for the AFRM. Upon completion of the
second 10-year period, a silver hour glass shall be awarded. Upon
completion of the third 10-year period,
a gold hour glass
shall be awarded. Upon completion of
the
fourth 10-year period, a gold hour glass followed by a bronze shall
be awarded.
(2) Executive Order
13013 authorizes the
M Device for the AFRM for participation
in designated contingency operations. Members must have been
mobilized as a unit or individual and performed
active duty on or after 01 August
1990 as follows:
(a) The member was
called to active service under Sections 12301(A),
12302, 12304, 12406 of Title 10 U.S.C. (formerly Sections 672(A),
673, 673(B), 3500, and 8500) or Chapter 15
of Title 10 U.S.C.
(b) The member volunteered
and served
on active duty in support of the designated operations.
(c)
Designated operations include:
- DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM
(Persian Gulf War)
- RESTORE HOPE (Somalia)
- UPHOLD DEMOCRACY (Haiti)
- JOINT ENDEAVOR (Bosnia)
(d) Upon qualification, a bronze M shall be awarded for wear on the
AFRM. A bronze numeral indicating the number of the award shall be included
after the initial award. Multiple periods of service during one contingency
shall count as only one M Device award (no additional numerals). The
ribbon is authorized upon receipt of the M Device despite having served
less than ten years.
Appropriate Wear of the Ribbon
(1) Only one AFRM is authorized for
any one person.
(2) Not entitled to M Device, entitled to AFRM: AFRM
with appropriate bronze/silver/gold hour glass centered on the ribbon
bar and suspension ribbon.
(3) Not otherwise entitled to AFRM, entitled
to the M Device: AFRM worn with M Device centered on the ribbon bar and
suspension ribbon.
(4) Entitled to
M Device and AFRM: M Device is centered and appropriate hour glass
is to wearer’s right on the ribbon bar
and suspension ribbon.
(5) Entitled to
numerous M Devices and AFRM: M Device centered, appropriate hour
glass to wearer’s right, and bronze arabic
numeral to the wearer’s left on the ribbon bar and suspension ribbon.
Numerals begin with the second award (2).
Active guard and reserve
members who receive orders changing their current duty status (legal
authority under which they perform duty) or their duty location or
assignment to support a designated contingency operation are eligible
for the award
of the M Device. All components of the Naval Reserve (i.e., TAR, ADSW,
O4R, and CANREC) are eligible for the M Device provided all other eligibility
requirements are met.
Awarding
Authority. Commanding officers determine
eligibility from service records, affidavits or upon completion of
eligibility requirements at current command/activity and make appropriate
service
record entries for enlisted personnel and issue letters of eligibility
for officer personnel. Questions regarding eligibility are addressed
via Commander, Naval Reserve
Force to CNO (N09B13).
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