Vietnam Staff Service Medal

Vietnam Staff Service Medal
Awarded by  South Vietnam
Type Two-class award
Eligibility Soldiers who have served at least six months on military staff
Awarded for exemplary service while performing military duty on the staff of a major Vietnamese military command
Status No longer awarded
Statistics
First awarded 1964
Last awarded 1973
Order of Wear[1]
Next (higher) Leadership Medal
Next (lower) Technical Service Medal

First class medal ribbon

Second class medal ribbon

The Staff Service Medal (Tham Mưu Bội Tinh) was a military award of South Vietnam established in 1964. The medal was awarded in two classes and was awarded for outstanding initiative and devotion an individuals assigned staff duty.

Criteria

To be awarded the Staff Service Medal, a service member must have performed military duty, while serving on a military staff, of the Republic of Vietnam. Recipients must have shown, "...outstanding initiative and devotion to their assigned staff duty".[1] The Staff Service Medal was presented in two classes for such service with the first class for officers and the second class for non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. The two different grades were annotated by border coloring on the medal’s ribbon, the first class being green and the second class blue.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 HUY CHUONG AN THUONG TRONG QUAN-LU'C VlET-NAM CONG-HOA (Medals and Decorations of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces). Government of the Republic of Vietnam. 1967. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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