Posted on Jun 14, 2017
If I was deployed to Kuwait from Jan 2016 to May 2016 as part of OEF-OSS, and received the GWOT-EM, am I authorized to wear combat patch?
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If I was deployed to Kuwait (Camp Buehring) from Jan 2016 to May 2016 as part of OEF-OSS, and received the GWOT-EM, am I authorized to wear a combat patch?
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Kuwait
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Kuwait
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SFC Stockstill is correct. I was there in the same time frame. Kuwait regardless of what camp you were at, for me it was arifjan, does not reward a combat patch, more simply put because as of fy14 Kuwait is regarded as an active duty PCS location.
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read AR 670-1 regarding SSI FWTS i could copy and paste it for you, but you know the saying about teaching someone to fish.
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Kuwait is not a declared hostile environment. It's like being "deployed" to Korea as an augmentee. No.
You weren't in combat, you don't get a combat patch. I was in Kuwait for nine months under the same circumstances as yourself. It's a rotation, not a combat deployment.
It is technically a deployment, but the key verbiage is hostile zone.
You weren't in combat, you don't get a combat patch. I was in Kuwait for nine months under the same circumstances as yourself. It's a rotation, not a combat deployment.
It is technically a deployment, but the key verbiage is hostile zone.
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