Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Ribbon

The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (GWOTE) is a decoration of the United States Armed Forces presented to members of the U.S. military who have served in the War on Terror while on foreign shores from September 11, 2001 to a yet to be determined date. As of May 2005 the Iraq Campaign Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal replace the GWOTE Medal for service members who are deployed in either of these two locations. Personnel who received the GWOTE Medal for service in Iraq or Afghanistan may choose to exchange their it for one of the new models. For all other approved anti-terrorism locations the GWOTE Medal is still utilized. As of February 9th, 2015 service members are authorized to wear Service Stars on their Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medals (GWOT-EM) to represent deployments in support of approved GWOT operations.

The five GWOT-EM approved operations are:

Operation                                      Inclusive Dates ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF)  Sep 11, 2001 – TBD IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)               Mar 19, 2003 – Aug 31, 2010 NOMAD SHADOW (ONS)          Nov 5, 2007 – TBD NEW DAWN (OND)                     Sep 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2011 INHERENT RESOLVE (OIR)     June 15, 2014 – TBD