Armed Forces Reserve Medal#For service .E2.80.93 the Hourglass device

In the Army Reserve and National Guard, a service member qualifies for the medal after completing a total of ten years' service in the active reserve. This service may be cumulative, provided that the combined ten years of service was performed over a period of twelve consecutive years. Voluntary recalls to active duty are not counted within the ten years of service. In addition, unlike the Reserve Good Conduct Medal, a service member's disciplinary history is not a factor when awarding the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. In the Navy Reserve, members of the Individual Ready Reserve are eligible for the medal after 10 years of service.{{cite web|title=United States Navy Personnel Command|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/career/reservepersonnelmgmt/IRR/Pages/GuidetotheIRR.aspx|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118095156/http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/career/reservepersonnelmgmt/IRR/Pages/GuidetotheIRR.aspx|archive-date=18 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Commissioned officers with reserve commissions serving on active duty for 10 years or longer are eligible for the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.

Periods of service for the Armed Forces Reserve Medal are denoted through the use of the hourglass device. The length of the period for which the Armed Forces Reserve Medal is awarded is indicated using a bronze hourglass, silver hourglass, gold hourglass, or bronze and gold hourglasses together.[https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/US-Navy-Uniforms/Uniform-Regulations/Chapter-5/5301-Awards/#5301 Navy Personnel Command, U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, Chapter 5, 5301–5319 Awards], accessed 3 March 2022[http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/sites/mcub/PAGES/Uniform%20Regs%20Chapters/Chapter%205_files/Chapter%205.asp Permanent Marine Corps Uniform Board, Chapert 5, Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226105349/http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/sites/mcub/PAGES/Uniform%20Regs%20Chapters/Chapter%205_files/Chapter%205.asp |date=December 26, 2008 }}, last updated 29 October 2009, accessed 1 April 2012[https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/r600_8_22.pdf U.S. Army Regulation 600-8-22, Military Awards], dated 11 December 2006, revised 15 September 2011, last accessed 1 April 2012[http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/UniformedServices/Accoutrements.aspx The Institute of Heraldry, Uniformed Services ~ Army > Service Ribbons Accoutrements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423065748/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/UniformedServices/Accoutrements.aspx |date=2012-04-23 }}, accessed 1 April 2012[http://www.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFI36-2803.pdf U.S. Air Force Instruction 36-2803, The Air Force Awards and Decorations Program]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, published 15 June 2001, last accessed 3 May 2012[http://www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7825 Air Force Personnel Center, Armed Forces Reserve Medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915155807/http://www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7825 |date=2012-09-15 }}, posted 23 August 2010, last accessed 3 May 2012 The initial presentation of the Armed Forces Reserve Medal is authorized with the bronze hourglass device denoting ten years of reserve service. At twenty years of service, the hourglass is upgraded to silver and at thirty years the hourglass becomes gold. For those who complete forty years of reserve service, a gold and bronze hourglass device are worn simultaneously. This is the only case where hourglasses are worn together; in all other cases the hourglass device is upgraded to the next higher award degree and is worn as a single device.

Prior to {{Executive Order|13013}} issued on August 6, 1996, a bronze hourglass device was presented only upon the second and subsequent awards of the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, as in a bronze hourglass for twenty years of service, two bronze hourglasses for thirty, and three bronze hourglasses for forty. Executive Order 13013 provided awarding a bronze hour glass after 10 years' service, a silver hourglass after 20 years of service and a gold hourglass after 30 years of service. Personnel discharged or retired, prior to the change of the Hourglass Device award criteria, are not eligible for a correction of records or an upgrade of the Hourglass Device, as the Hourglass Device would have originally been presented under the original award specifications.

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The Armed Forces Reserve Medal is also awarded to any member of the Reserve or National Guard who is involuntarily mobilized for a contingency operation under Title 10 or Title 14, or volunteers for federal active duty during any such mobilization. In such cases, the medal with an "M" device (for mobilization) are both awarded together without regard to the period or length of service.{{cite web|title=Manual of Military Decorations and Awards: DoD-Wide Performance and Valor Awards; Foreign Awards; Military Awards to Foreign Personnel and U.S. Public Health Service Officers; and Miscellaneous Information|url=http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134833vol3.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322212501/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134833vol3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2011|publisher=Department of Defense|date=23 November 2010|access-date=3 February 2013}} The "M" device is a bronze "M" quarter of an inch in height.

Subsequent mobilizations for a different executive order call-up authorize a numeral device ("2", "3", etc.), sometimes called an award numeral, to be worn with the initial "M" device on the service ribbon and suspension ribbon of the medal. However, in the Army, multiple deployments for different operations during a call-up for the same executive order only qualify for a single award of the "M" device.{{cite web|title=Manual of Military Decorations and Awards: DoD Service Awards – Campaign, Expeditionary, and Service Medals|url=http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134833vol2.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322212453/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134833vol2.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2011|work=DoD Manual 1348.33, Vol. 2|publisher=Department of Defense|access-date=23 November 2010}} See paragraph 6i(2)(c) which establishes that multiple periods of service during one designated contingency under paragraph 6c(1)(a)3 counts as one "M" device award. For example, if a soldier mobilized multiple times under {{Executive Order|13223}}, once for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and twice for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, the soldier would still only be awarded one "M" device despite having been mobilized three times.{{cite web|title=United States Army Human Resources Command|url=https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/Active/TAGD/awards/FAQs/AFRM.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074843/https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/Active/TAGD/awards/FAQs/AFRM.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2018|access-date=3 January 2012}} (See example given.)

If no "M" device is authorized, the appropriate hourglass shall be positioned in the center of the ribbon. If no hourglass is authorized, the "M" device shall be positioned in the center of the ribbon, followed by Arabic numerals indicating the number of times the device has been awarded (e.g., 2 to 99—no number is worn for the first award). If both the hourglass and the "M" device are awarded, the hourglass(es) shall be positioned in first position on the ribbon (at the wearer's right), the "M" device in middle position, and the number of times the "M" device has been awarded in the remaining position (at the wearer's left).

The table below lists designated U.S. military operations that have been approved for award of the "M’ device on the AFRM under the provisions of Section 12301 of Title 10, U.S.C, provided the member meets other award criteria designated contained in DoDM 1348.33, Volume 2, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards: DoD Service Awards – Campaign, Expeditionary, and Service Medals. The Military Departments are responsible for determining individual eligibility for the "M" device based on award criteria. Please refer individual eligibility questions to your respective Military Department.{{cite web|url=https://prhome.defense.gov/Portals/52/Documents/RFM/MPP/OEPM/docs/ACM-Approved%20Campaign%20Phases-Feb%202015.pdf|title=Armed Forces Reserve Medal - Approved Operations for "M" device|website=PRHome.Defense.gov|access-date=30 June 2021}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121028120213/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/awards/armed_forces_reserve.aspx Department of The Army Institute of Heraldry website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20170303065937/http://foxfall.com/gcrm-dod-afrm.htm Armed Forces Reserve Medal]

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