Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal

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{{Infobox award

|name=Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal

|image=120px

90px

|caption=Obverse of medal (with bar) and ribbon

|presenter=Australia

|type=Long Service Medal

|eligibility=officers and instructors in the Australian Defence Force Cadets

|awarded_for=15 years service

|campaign=

|status=Currently awarded

|description=

|clasps=every 5 years additional service

|established=15 December 1999

|firstawarded=1999

|lastawarded=

|total_awarded=1,700{{cite book |title=Medal Yearbook 2013 |year=2013 |publisher=Token |location=Honiton, Devon |isbn=978-1-908-828-00-2 |page=399 }}

|total_awarded_posthumously=

|total_recipients=

|individual=

|precedence_label = Order of Wear

|higher= Australian Defence Medal{{cite web|title=The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf|publisher=Government House|accessdate=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211203319/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf|archive-date=11 February 2014|url-status=dead}}

|same=

|lower= Champion Shots Medal

|related=Cadet Forces Medal (Commonwealth)

|image2 = 90px – 15 years

90px – 20 years

90px – 25 years

90px – 30 years

90px – 35 years

90px – 40 years

|caption2 = Ribbon with Rosette(s) (top four),
Ribbon with Federation Star (bottom)

}}

The Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal is awarded to recognise long and efficient service by officers and instructors in the Australian Defence Force Cadets. It is awarded for 15 years service. Additional clasps are issued for every 5 years additional service.

The medal is the successor to the Cadet Forces Medal which is awarded by the United Kingdom and New Zealand and ceased to be awarded by Australia in 1974,{{cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/australian_cadet_forces_service_medal.cfm |title=Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191016/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/australian_cadet_forces_service_medal.cfm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} following the institution of the Australian Honours System.

Recipients of the Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal do not earn an entitlement to use post-nominal letters.