Resolute Support VS ISAF; the NATO medal.

2015-02-17T11:46:59-05:00

So now that the ISAF mission has concluded, will Soldiers who deploy to Afghanistan under Operation Resolute Support (still a NATO mission) continue to recieve the ISAF NATO award, or will it be the basic NATO medal?

Update * Neither G-1 nor NATO's awards section has responded to inquiries yet. Once they do, I'll copy paste the answer in the hopes it becomes useful to someone else later on.*

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Apr 16 at 2015 12:44 PM

2015-04-16T12:44:23-04:00

***UPDATE***

Resolute Support has been added to the list of approved operations for the NATO medal, and the ISAF variant has been closed out. No word yet on whether or not RS will have it's own variant of the medal, or if the generic version will be used...

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2015 4:40 AM

2015-08-09T04:40:57-04:00

Okay, folks, here is the answer. The Non-Article 5 NATO Medal is still being awarded for Operation Resolute Support. There is one difference between the Medals for ISAF and the new one: the bar that goes across the front. The old NATO medal for ISAF had an "ISAF" bar across the front. The new one has an "Afghanistan" bar across the front. Other than that, they are exactly the same.