Criteria
The Navy Expeditionary Medal is awarded to Navy personnel who have landed on foreign territory and engaged in operations against armed opposition
or who have operated under circumstances deemed to merit special recognition and for which no campaign medal has been awarded.
This medal is only awarded to personnel attached to one of the ships or units listed in the notice or instruction at some time during the respective periods shown, and who actually participated in the operation. This includes personnel attached to a squadron or unit embarked in a ship during the eligible period for that ship. Members of rear echelons, transients, observers, and personnel assigned for short periods of Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) or Training Duty (TD) are not normally eligible. However, consideration will be given in those instances when the local commander certifies a particular and significant contribution by an individual.
Navy Expeditionary Medals awarded after Wake Island 1941;
Thailand: May 16 - August 10, 1962
Cuba: January 3, 1961 - October 23, 1962
Iran, Yemen, & Indian Ocean: December 8, 1978 - June 6, 1979
Iran, Yemen, & Indian Ocean: November 21, 1979 - October 1, 1981
Lebanon: August 20, 1982 - May 31, 1983
Lebanon: June 1, 1983 to March 4, 1984*
Libya: January 20 - June 27, 1986
Persian Gulf: February 1 - July 23, 1987
Monrovia, Liberia (Sharp Edge): August 5, 1990 - February 21, 1991
Rwanda (Distant Runner): April 7-18, 1994
USS Cole Operations (Determined Response): October 12 2000 to December 15, 2002
* For service in Lebanon between June 1, 1983 and March 4, 1984, the service member may choose either the Navy Expeditionary Medal (or Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, depending on Service component) or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
In which of the above operations have the Navy personnel, not Marines, "landed on foreign territory and engaged in operations against armed opposition"?
