NATO Medal w/ ISAF clasp and Ribbon bar, photograph and ISAF shoulder patch
2023.7.5.1r
NATO medal with ISAF bar
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NATO Medal w/ ISAF clasp and Ribbon bar, photograph and ISAF shoulder patchEntry/Object ID
2023.7.5Description
NATO medal & ribbon with ISAF clasp, NATO ribbon bar, ISAF shoulder patch and photograph of former RSL President W.C. Parry (L) and Lt Commander Paul Whetstone RAN (R).Use
Officially known as the 'Non-Article 5 NATO Medal for Service on NATO-LED ISAF Operations', the NATO Medal with clasp ‘ISAF’ is awarded for participation in NATO-led operations conducted in Afghanistan. The medal was awarded for participation in NATO-led operations conducted in Afghanistan. ADF members must have completed 30 continuous days (or sorties) within a single tour, while force assigned to Operation Slipper and serving in the NATO area of operations (AOO) commencing on or after 28 July 2006. From 1 January 2011, personnel could accumulate their service, but must have completed 60 days (or sorties) within a 2-year period. Aircrew accumulated 1 day of service for the first sortie flown of any day in the designated AOO. Additional sorties flown on the same day received no further credit. This requirement existed for support as well as combat aircraft. The medal was not awarded to any member convicted of serious misconduct or crimes during their period of service within the AOO. The qualifying period was not required in the event of death in action, missing presumed killed in action or evacuation from the operational area in the event of injury while on duty within the AOO. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan, established by the United Nations Security Council in December 2001 by Resolution 1386, as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement. Its main purpose was to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding key government institutions, but was also engaged in the 2001– 2021 Taliban insurgency. Australia was one of the largest non-NATO contributors to the War in Afghanistan.Called "Operation Slipper", the core of the Australian contingent was based in the southern province of Uruzgan. Australia had joint command of Uruzgan Province with the United States (Combined Team Uruzgan). Australia provided the majority of combat forces in Uruzgan. This included an infantry-based Battle Group known as the Mentoring Task Force, which also includes cavalry, engineers, artillery, and other supporting assets. The Battle Group's main effort is Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLTs), which are embedded with Afghan National Army units at remote Combat Outposts and Forward Operating Bases. The OMLTs conduct almost daily patrolling in the Green Zone with the Afghan National Army and have been involved in the heaviest combat experienced by regular Australian Defence Force members since the Vietnam War.Category
Medal, War Memorabilia