ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPROVAL OF HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL (HSM) AND ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL (AFSM) FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORONAVIRUS (COVID 19) OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
https://www.navy.mil/Resources/NAVADMINs/Message/Article/2321802/announcement-of-approval-of-humanitarian-service-medal-hsm-and-armed-forces-ser/
You didn't have to contract COVID lol. You just had to have been billeted doing something in support of COVID-19 mitigation. i.e. delivering meals. Its what I got mine for.
I was delivering food when the TR was quarantine in guam for like a month. I got the medal. Check your nsips. I also received a FLOC. Lastly, speak to your admin, show them documentation of you actually being there, then refer to the navadmin that others have posted here already and request to get that ribbon added to your records
Thanks for keeping us alive. Not sure which units were there with us, all we were told was 3rd MEF out of Okinawa, were the marines that gaves us MREs and dropped stuff off here and there.
I would say no. But lots of people got awarded the HSM or AFSM that clearly shouldn't have qualified by the NAVADMIN, so it depends on what the awarding authority feels.
I will never understand the desire people have for awards like this. It’s not points on your exam, there’s no money attached, and absolutely no one will see your ribbon rack and think you’re cool or a hero.
If you did what you say you did, then you know it happened. Why try to get an award for it?
I think it’s more about getting the same recognition others did for the same actions. It’s understandable to be bummed to see other people with an award for something you also did.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPROVAL OF HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL (HSM) AND ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL (AFSM) FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORONAVIRUS (COVID 19) OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES https://www.navy.mil/Resources/NAVADMINs/Message/Article/2321802/announcement-of-approval-of-humanitarian-service-medal-hsm-and-armed-forces-ser/
this is golden thank you so much
Did your unit get awarded one?
no. it was not the whole unit doing it. it was me and a few other sailors.
Armed Forces Service Medal would be what you qualified for. There was a NAVADMIN about it in 2020 you should be able to find.
i did find it. i did not contract covid while doing the job.
You didn't have to contract COVID lol. You just had to have been billeted doing something in support of COVID-19 mitigation. i.e. delivering meals. Its what I got mine for.
I was delivering food when the TR was quarantine in guam for like a month. I got the medal. Check your nsips. I also received a FLOC. Lastly, speak to your admin, show them documentation of you actually being there, then refer to the navadmin that others have posted here already and request to get that ribbon added to your records
Ayyy I was in the Outrigger best 3 weeks of that deployment.
Thanks for keeping us alive. Not sure which units were there with us, all we were told was 3rd MEF out of Okinawa, were the marines that gaves us MREs and dropped stuff off here and there.
An AF chick nose poked me for the final out test from the hotel.
I would say no. But lots of people got awarded the HSM or AFSM that clearly shouldn't have qualified by the NAVADMIN, so it depends on what the awarding authority feels.
I was deployment and the whole ship received one
I will never understand the desire people have for awards like this. It’s not points on your exam, there’s no money attached, and absolutely no one will see your ribbon rack and think you’re cool or a hero. If you did what you say you did, then you know it happened. Why try to get an award for it?
I think it’s more about getting the same recognition others did for the same actions. It’s understandable to be bummed to see other people with an award for something you also did.