The Australian Active Service Medal is an Australian military decoration. It was authorized 13 September 1988 to recognise prescribed service in warlike operations. It is awarded with a clasp to denote the prescribed operation and subsequent awards of the medal are made in the form of additional clasps.

Description

• The AASM is a nickel-silver medal ensigned with the Crown of St Edward. The obverse has a Federation Star within a wreath of mimosa.
• The reverse bears a laurel wreath surrounding the inscription 'FOR ACTIVE SERVICE'.
• The medal ribbon has a central red stripe to symbolise the danger of warlike operations. It is flanked by stripes of silver-green which in turn are flanked by stripes of light green, gold, dark green and brown.

Clasps

VIETNAM 1975

1 day's service associated with RAAF activities with Transport Support Flight Butterworth or HQ Richmond Detachment 'S' to UNICEF, from 29 March1975 to 28 April1975.

NAMIBIA

30 days' service with the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG) from 18 February1989 to 10 April1990.

KUWAIT

Service with the multinational deployment in the Persian Gulf from 17 January1991 to 28 February1991.

CAMBODIA

1 day's service (or 1 sortie) with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) from 20 October1991 to 7 October1993.

BALKANS

1 day's service (or 1 sortie) with the United Nations Peacekeeping activities in the former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR, UNMIBH, UNCRO, UNPREDEP, UNTAES) from 12 January1992 to 24 January1997.

SOMALIA

1 day's service (or 1 sortie) with the:

* Battalion Group for OP SOLACE as a part of UNOSOM I from 10 January1993 to 21 May1993.

* Land components of the United Nations Operation in Somalia II from 1 May1993 to 28 March1995.

* Air components of the United Nations Operation in Somalia II from 1 May1993 to 28 March1995.

RWANDA

1 day's service with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, OP TAMAR, from 25 July1994 to 8 March1996.

EAST TIMOR

1 day's service (or 1 sortie) with the:

* United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), OP FABER, from 16 September1999 to 23 February2000.

* ADF contribution to the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET), OP WARDEN, from 16 September1999 to 10 April2000.

See also INTERFET Medal.

* UN mandated International Force for East Timor (INTERFET), OP STABILSE, from 16 September1999 to 23 February2000.

* United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), OP TANAGER, from 20 February2000 to 19 May2002.

* United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor (UNMSIT), OP CITADEL, from 20 May2002 to 17 August2003.

ICAT

1 day's service (or 1 sortie) as part of the International Coalition Against Terror:

* with the ADF contribution deployed overseas to the United States-led military response to international terrorism, OP SLIPPER, from 11 October2001 to the present.

* in Diego Garcia (for 30 days/30 sorties) from 11 October2001 to 1 August2002.

* as part of the ADF Support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, OP PALATE, from 18 April2003 to 4 July2004.

* as part of the ADF Support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, OP PALATE II, from 27 June2005 to the present.

See also Afghanistan Medal.

IRAQ 2003

1 day's service (or 1 sortie) in the Middle East Area as part of the:

* ADF contribution deployed overseas to the United States-led military coalition operations to remove the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, OP FALCONER, from 18 March2003 to 22 July2003.

* ADF participation in United States-led coalition in Iraq, to support the effort to assist with the rehabilitation of Iraq, and to remove the threat posed to world security by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capability, OP CATALYST, from 16 July2003 to Present

See also Iraq Medal.

See also

• Australian campaign medals
• Australian Honours Order of Precedence
• Gulf War Military Awards
• List of United Nations peacekeeping missions

References

• It's an Honour - Australian Government site
• ADF Honours and Awards site