Name/Title
2003/2009 - Original Canadian Armed Forces General Campaign Star (GCS) with ISAF+FIAS (Afghanistan) Bar and service in Southwest Asia ribbon - Name erasedDescription
Original Canadian Armed Forces General Campaign Star (GCS) with ISAF+FIAS (Afghanistan) Bar and service in Southwest Asia ribbon - unattributed (name erased)
A total of no less than 41 CGG Officers, Warrant Officers, Senior NCOs and Other Ranks participated in the War on Terror (2001-2017) and helped earn CGG's most recent Battle Honour (Afghanistan) awarded to The Regiment in 2014. As of 1 June 2012, Thirty Thousand one hundred and fourteen (30,114) awards had been made to Canadian Military personnel.
CGG active and regimental family members who were also recipients include:
Colonel Brock Millman, CD
Brigadier General D. Anderson,
Colonel Canavan
Captain Dave Morrow
The General Campaign Star (GCS) is awarded to members of the Canadian Forces and members of allied forces working with the Canadian Forces who deploy into a defined theatre of operations to take part in operations in the presence of an armed enemy.
The GCS is always issued with a ribbon specific to the theatre or type of service being recognized, and each ribbon has its own criteria.
The GCS with South-West Asia ribbon is awarded to Canadian Forces members and members of allied forces working with the Canadian Forces who served either:
With the Canadian contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for at least 30 days cumulative 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 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 August 1, 2009, provided that the service has not been recognized by another service medal.
BARS:
Rotation Bars are awarded to recognize a further 180 days of eligible service following qualification for the Star or the last Rotation Bar the person has earned. One bar bearing five maple leaves is worn in lieu of five bars bearing one maple leaf.
ABOUT THE ISAF - FIAS MISSION:
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014. It was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 pursuant to the Bonn Agreement, which outlined the establishment of a permanent Afghan government following the U.S. invasion in October 2001. ISAF was a NATO-led security mission whose main purpose was to train the Afghan forces and assist in rebuilding government institutionsCreated By
Zarina CarlevarisCreate Date
July 18, 2022Updated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Update Date
July 18, 2026
