NATO ISAF Medal

NATO Non-Article Five Medals are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they are presented by the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. These military medals are a specific issue for service in the Balkans after the beginning of 2003. For U.S. Forces, eligibility for these military medals for the Balkans requires service of 30 days either continuous or accumulated. Aircrew members will receive credit for only one day of service for the first sortie flown during any day of the operation, toward these military ribbons and medals. The Balkans area is delineated as the political boundaries and airspace of Bosnia-Hersegovina, Croatia, Yugoslavia (including Kosovo), the Republic of Macedonia and Albania. Service members who are entitled to more than one NATO medal during the same period will only be awarded one NATO Medal. The NATO chain of command will deem which military awards are appropriate.
There are other NATO medals approved for US service persons including the Kosovo Medal, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal to name just two. The multiple award insignia that NATO has authorized to be worn on these medals are not always approved by the US military which prefers the display of the more traditional stars for additional awards. The NATO Non-Article Five Medal is worn as the lowest ranking medal or ribbon in the general order of precedence that the US military has established for the proper display of all of its medals and ribbons. These military awards can be worn as traditional full size military medals and mini medals, military ribbons and lapel pins. Like all military decorations available from commercial suppliers they are available as traditional slide-on, full size military medals, mini-medals, and slide-on military ribbons. Nowadays however, more and more military service personnel are realizing the value to their career goals of always having their uniform decorations looking their best, and have turned to the slimmer and trimmer thin military medals and mini medals and the ultra thin military ribbons to provide them with the smartest looking military award displays possible.
NATO Non-Article Five Medals are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they are presented by the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. These military medals are a specific issue for service in the Balkans after the beginning of 2003. For U.S. Forces, eligibility for these military medals for the Balkans requires service of 30 days either continuous or accumulated. Aircrew members will receive credit for only one day of service for the first sortie flown during any day of the operation, toward these military ribbons and medals. The Balkans area is delineated as the political boundaries and airspace of Bosnia-Hersegovina, Croatia, Yugoslavia (including Kosovo), the Republic of Macedonia and Albania. Service members who are entitled to more than one NATO medal during the same period will only be awarded one NATO Medal. The NATO chain of command will deem which military awards are appropriate.
There are other NATO medals approved for US service persons including the Kosovo Medal, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal to name just two. The multiple award insignia that NATO has authorized to be worn on these medals are not always approved by the US military which prefers the display of the more traditional stars for additional awards. The NATO Non-Article Five Medal is worn as the lowest ranking medal or ribbon in the general order of precedence that the US military has established for the proper display of all of its medals and ribbons. These military awards can be worn as traditional full size military medals and mini medals, military ribbons and lapel pins. Like all military decorations available from commercial suppliers they are available as traditional slide-on, full size military medals, mini-medals, and slide-on military ribbons. Nowadays however, more and more military service personnel are realizing the value to their career goals of always having their uniform decorations looking their best, and have turned to the slimmer and trimmer thin military medals and mini medals and the ultra thin military ribbons to provide them with the smartest looking military award displays possible.