Another update:
UNCLAS CANFORGEN 080/10 CMP 037/10
SIC WAK
SECTION 1 OF 2
SUBJ: GCS AND GSM WITH SOUTH-WEST ASIA RIBBON
BILINGUAL MESSAGE / MESSAGE BILINGUE
REF. A. CANFORGEN 066/10 CMP 030/10 171715Z MAR 10
B. CANFORGEN 072/10 CMP 033/10 261730Z MAR 10
C. PC 2010-079 OF 14 JAN 2010
D. PC 2010-250 OF 10 MAR 2010
E. PC 2010-253 OF 10 MAR 2010
1. FURTHER TO THE CANFORGEN AT REF A WHICH ANNOUNCED THE NEW OVERSEAS RECOGNITION FRAMEWORK, THIS CANFORGEN DESCRIBES THE CHANGES MADE TO THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE GENERAL CAMPAIGN STAR WITH SOUTH-WEST ASIA RIBBON (GCS-SWA) AND THE GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL WITH SOUTH-WEST ASIA RIBBON (GSM-SWA). SPECIFIC CHANGES ARE AS FOLS:
A. WITH THE END OF SOUTH-WEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL (SWASM) QUALIFICATION AND THE CHANGE OF FOCUS FROM MISSION TO THEATRE-BASED RECOGNITION, THE GCS SWA IS NOW AWARDED TO RECOGNIZE:
(1) SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE (ISAF) IN AFGHANISTAN FOR AT LEAST 30 CUMULATIVE DAYS BETWEEN 24 APRIL 2003 AND 31 JULY 2009, IN THE
THEATRE OF OPERATIONS WHICH CONSISTED OF THE POLITICAL BOUNDARIES AND AIRSPACE OF AFGHANISTAN AND/OR
(2) SERVICE IN THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS CONSISTING OF THE POLITICAL BOUNDARIES OF AFGHANISTAN, THE PERSIAN GULF, THE GULF OF OMAN, THE GULF OF ADEN, THE RED SEA, THE SUEZ CANAL AND THOSE PARTS OF THE
INDIAN OCEAN AND THE ARABIAN SEA THAT ARE WEST OF SIXTY-EIGHT DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE AND NORTH OF FIVE DEGREES SOUTH LATITUDE, AS WELL AS THE AIRSPACE ABOVE THOSE AREAS FOR AT LEAST 30 CUMULATIVE
DAYS COMMENCING ON 01 AUGUST 2009, PROVIDED THAT THE SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED BY ANOTHER SERVICE MEDAL
B. ALL SERVICE IN THEATRE FROM 01 AUGUST 2009 ONWARDS, WHICH NOW INCLUDES THE NAVAL OPS THEATRE IN SWA (TO COVER OP ALTAIR BUT NOT OP ALLIED PROTECTOR WHICH WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY A NEW NATO MEDAL), IS RECOGNIZED WITH THE AWARD OF THE GCS REGARDLESS OF CHAIN OF COMMAND (THIS INCLUDES MIL PERS AT THE CANADIAN EMBASSY IN KABUL FOR EXAMPLE). THOSE WHO SERVE WITH UNAMA (OP ACCIUS) OR PERSONNEL ON
EXCHANGE WITH THE BRITISH FORCES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE AS THEY RECEIVE A MEDAL FOR THEIR SERVICE FROM EITHER THE UN OR THE UK. ALTHOUGH ONLY ISAF SERVICE BEFORE 01 AUGUST 2009 CAN BE CREDITED FOR THE GCS
(OTHER SERVICE BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE SWASM), ELIGIBLE GCS SERVICE DURING BOTH PERIODS MAY BE CUMULATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING ELIGIBILITY FOR ROTATION BARS
C. WITH THE END OF SWASM QUALIFICATION, THE CHANGE OF FOCUS FROM MISSION TO THEATRE BASED RECOGNITION AND THE REDUCTION OF THE SUPPORT CRITERIA FROM 90 TO 30 DAYS, THE GSM-SWA IS NOW AWARDED TO:
(1) CANADIAN CITIZENS OTHER THAN MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN FORCES (CF) WHO SERVED EITHER:
(A) IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE CANADIAN PARTICIPATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE (ISAF) IN AFGHANISTAN WHILE DEPLOYED INSIDE THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS CONSISTING OF THE POLITICAL BOUNDARIES OF AFGHANISTAN AND ITS AIRSPACE FOR AT LEAST 30 CUMULATIVE DAYS BETWEEN 24 APRIL 2003 AND 31 JULY 2009 AND/OR
(B) IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE CANADIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS WHILE DEPLOYED INSIDE THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS CONSISTING OF THE POLITICAL BOUNDARIES OF AFGHANISTAN, THE PERSIAN GULF, THE GULF OF OMAN, THE GULF OF ADEN, THE RED SEA, THE SUEZ CANAL AND THOSE PARTS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE ARABIAN SEA THAT ARE WEST OF SIXTY-EIGHT DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE AND NORTH OF FIVE DEGREES SOUTH LATITUDE, AS
WELL AS THE AIRSPACE ABOVE THE AFORESAID AREAS FOR AT LEAST 30 CUMULATIVE DAYS COMMENCING ON 01 AUGUST 2009
(2) MEMBERS OF THE CF, MEMBERS OF ALLIED FORCES AND CANADIAN CITIZENS OTHER THAN MEMBERS OF THE CF WHO SERVED WITH THE CF EITHER:
(A) IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE CANADIAN PARTICIPATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE (ISAF) IN AFGHANISTAN FROM OUTSIDE THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS CONSISTING OF THE POLITICAL BOUNDARIES OF AFGHANISTAN AND ITS AIRSPACE FOR AT LEAST 30 CUMULATIVE DAYS BETWEEN 24 APRIL 2003 AND 31 JULY 2009 AND/OR
(B) IN DIRECT SUPPORT, PROVIDED FROM OUTSIDE THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS, OF THE CANADIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS CONSISTING OF THE POLITICAL BOUNDARIES OF
AFGHANISTAN, THE PERSIAN GULF, THE GULF OF OMAN, THE GULF OF ADEN, THE RED SEA, THE SUEZ CANAL AND THOSE PARTS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE ARABIAN SEA THAT ARE WEST OF SIXTY-EIGHT DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE AND NORTH OF FIVE DEGREES SOUTH LATITUDE, AS WELL AS THE AIRSPACE ABOVE THOSE AREAS FOR AT LEAST 30 CUMULATIVE DAYS COMMENCING ON 01 AUGUST 2009
D. IAW PARA 1F OF REF B, SOME RECIPIENTS WHO HAD TO RELINQUISH THEIR GSM IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE GCS ON THE BASIS OF THE FORMER CRITERIA MAY BE ABLE TO CLAIM THEIR GSM BACK PROVIDED THEY DID NOT QUALIFY
FOR BOTH AWARDS WITHIN THE SAME SIX-MONTH PERIOD
2. UPDATED ELIGIBILITY LISTS AND OTHER DETAILS MAY BE FOUND ON THE DH R WEB SITE AT HTTP://HR.OTTAWA-HULL.MIL.CA/DHR-DDHR/ENG/HOME_E.ASP
3. SIGNED BY MGEN W. SEMIANIW, CMP
Kinda weird IMO that pers who were on the same tour but might have been there a few days longer get the bar. Would have thought a second roto would have gotten it.
