The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is a military service medal of the United States Armed Forces originally commissioned by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Created in 1953, the National Defense Service Medal was intended to be a "blanket campaign medal" awarded to any member of the United States Armed Forces who served honorably during a designated time period of which a "national emergency" had been declared.
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| - The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is a military service medal of the United States Armed Forces originally commissioned by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Created in 1953, the National Defense Service Medal was intended to be a "blanket campaign medal" awarded to any member of the United States Armed Forces who served honorably during a designated time period of which a "national emergency" had been declared.
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| - National Defense Service Medal
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- Service medal
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| - National Defense Service Medal
- Ribbon & Streamer for the National Defense Service Medal
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| - Member of the United States Armed Forces during qualifying periods of national emergency
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| - National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg
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| - Army: Army of Occupation Medal
- Coast Guard: Navy Occupation Service Medal
- Marine Corps: Navy Occupation Service Medal
- Navy: Navy Occupation Service Medal
- Air Force: Medal for Humane Action
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| - Obverse: Shows the American bald eagle, perched on a sword and palm. Above this, in a semicircle, is the inscription "National Defense".
- Ribbon: The ribbon has a wide yellow stripe in the center, flanked by narrow stripes of red, white, blue, white and wide red stripes.
- Reverse: Shows a shield, taken from the Coat of Arms of the United States; it is half encircled below with an open wreath, the right side of oak leaves and laurel leaves the left.
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| - Military service during periods of national emergency
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| - The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is a military service medal of the United States Armed Forces originally commissioned by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Created in 1953, the National Defense Service Medal was intended to be a "blanket campaign medal" awarded to any member of the United States Armed Forces who served honorably during a designated time period of which a "national emergency" had been declared. As of 2010, with an issuance span of sixty years, the National Defense Service Medal is the oldest service medal still being awarded by the United States Armed Forces, followed second by the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal which has been awarded since 1961. Combat and meritorious decorations (such as the Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Purple Heart and Commendation Medals) are older still, but are considered personal decorations and are classified under separate award criteria from service medals.
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