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TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS  //N01650//
NAVADMIN 119/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO N09B//
 
SUBJ/CHANGE IN CRITERIA ICO SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBON (SSDR) AND
OVERSEAS SERVICE RIBBON (OSR) FOR NAVY COMMANDS//
 
REF/A/MSG/CNO 021556ZDEC99/NAVADMIN 324-99//
 
REF/B/DOC/SECNAVINST 1650.1F/08AUG91//
 
REF/C/LTR/SECNAV/991005/BDM506//
 
NARR/REF A ADDRESSED CHANGES TO THE SSDR AND OSR RIBBONS AND IS
HEREBY CANCELLED.  REF B IS THE NAVY AWARDS MANUAL.  REF C
AUTHORIZED DELEGATION OF THE SSDR AND OSR TO CNO AND CMC
RESPECTIVELY.//
POC/CNO/N09B33/AWARDS BRANCH/TEL: (202) 685-1770//
 
RMKS/1. REF A, WHICH ADDRESSED CHANGES TO REF B FOR THE SSDR AND THE
OSR RIBBONS, IS HEREBY CANCELLED.
 
2.  THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ARE APPROVED TO REF B FOR NAVY COMMANDS
ONLY IAW REF C.  GENERAL GUIDELINES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) AWARD OF BOTH RIBBONS FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF SERVICE IS
PERMISSABLE IF ALL SPECIFIC CRITERIA ARE MET.
(B) THESE CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE FOR NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL
ASSIGNED TO NAVY UNITS ONLY.  NAVY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO MARINE
CORPS COMMANDS MUST FOLLOW THE CRITERIA SET BY THE MARINE CORPS
COMMAND.
 
3.  SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR THE SSDR FOR NAVY COMMANDS:
(A) FOR NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO U.S. (INCLUDING
HAWAII AND ALASKA) HOMEPORTED SHIPS/DEPLOYING UNITS OR FLEET MARINE
FORCE (FMF) COMMANDS, 12 MONTHS ACCUMULATED SEA DUTY OR DUTY WITH
FMF WHICH INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE 90 CONSECUTIVE DAY DEPLOYMENT.  THE
12 MONTH ACCUMULATED SEA DUTY REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED FOR THOSE NAVY
AND MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL WHO WERE CALLED TO SEA DUTY OR DEPLOYED
FOR OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD OR DESERT STORM TO QUALIFY FOR THIS
INITIAL AWARD.  THIS WAIVER DOES NOT AFFECT SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT
AWARDS OF THIS AWARD.  SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT AWARDS WILL BE EARNED
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS OF QUALIFYING SERVICE IN WHICH A 90
CONSECUTIVE DAY DEPLOYMENT OCCURS.
(B) FOR NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO OVERSEAS
HOMEPORTED SHIPS/DEPLOYING UNITS OR FMF COMMANDS, 12 MONTHS
ACCUMULATED SEA DUTY OR DUTY WITH THE FMF.  SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT
AWARDS WILL BE EARNED FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 12-MONTH PERIOD OF
QUALIFYING SERVICE.
 
4.  SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR THE OSR FOR THE NAVY COMMANDS:
(A) THE OSR IS FOR ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL WITH 12 MONTHS CONSECUTIVE
OR ACCUMULATED DUTY AT A NAVY OVERSEAS DUTY STATION.  THE OSR IS
ALSO AUTHORIZED FOR INACTIVE RESERVISTS WITH 30 DAYS CONSECUTIVE OR
45 CUMULATIVE DAYS OF ACDUTRA OR TAD AT OVERSEAS NAVY DUTY STATIONS,
INCLUDING DEPLOYED NAVY SHIPS, AVIATION SQUADRONS, OR OTHER AFLOAT
UNITS.  SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT AWARDS WILL BE EARNED FOR EACH
ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS QUALIFYING SERVICE IN WHICH THE ABOVE
DEPLOYMENT CRITERIA IS MET.
(B) OVERSEAS IS DEFINED AS DUTY OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES (MAINLAND
ALASKA AND HAWAII ARE NOT ELIGIBLE DUTY STATIONS; SERVICE IN ADAK,
ALASKA DOES QUALIFY).
(C) QUALIFYING SERVICE PERFORMED BETWEEN 15 AUGUST 1974 AND 01
JANUARY 1979 WILL BE CREDITED TOWARD THE INITIAL AWARD OF THE
RIBBON.  SUBSEQUENT TO 01 JANUARY 1979, ONE AWARD FOR EACH
QUALIFYING PERIOD WILL BE AWARDED.  NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL
SERVING ON OVERSEAS HOMEPORTED NAVY SHIPS, AVIATION SQUADRONS, OR
OTHER AFLOAT UNITS ON OR SUBSEQUENT TO 01 OCTOBER 1999 ARE ELIGIBLE.
(D) AN INDIVIDUAL MAY RECEIVE THE SSDR AND THE OSR FOR THE SAME
PERIOD.  IN ADDITIION, THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME CAN BE USED TO EARN
ELIGIBILITY FOR BOTH THE NAVAL RESERVE SEA SERVICE RIBBON AND THE
OSR.
 
5.  NO WAIVERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO THE ABOVE CRITERIA.  THESE CHANGES
SHALL BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT UPDATE TO REF (B) AND SHOULD BE
FILED WITH THE MANUAL UNTIL THE OFFICIAL CHANGE IS RECEIVED.
 
6. RELEASED BY RADM G. L. TALBOT, JR., DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF (N09B).//
 
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