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==Campaign stars== Campaign stars are authorized for these United States [[campaign medal]]s (bronze and silver campaign stars are worn to denote participation in a designated campaign or campaign phase or period):<ref name=DODM1348.33V3-CS>{{cite web|title=Manual of Military Decorations and Awards, Volume 3|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|access-date=March 13, 2015|at=Paragraph 15f-g (Page 67-68)}}</ref> * [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]] * [[American Defense Service Medal]] * [[American Campaign Medal]] * [[Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal]] * [[European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] * [[Korean Service Medal]] * [[Vietnam Service Medal]] * [[Southwest Asia Service Medal]] * [[Kosovo Campaign Medal]] * [[Afghanistan Campaign Medal]] * [[Iraq Campaign Medal]] * [[Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal]] For each designated campaign participated in, one star is worn on the ribbon. For example, when a member is authorized to wear the Iraq Campaign Medal, the potential addition of bronze and silver service stars for the seven designated Iraq Campaign phases would be:<ref name=medalfaq>{{cite web|title=Afghanistan Campaign Medal or Iraq Campaign Medal|url=https://www.hrc.army.mil/TAGD/Afghanistan%20Campaign%20Medal%20or%20Iraq%20Campaign%20Medal|work=Awards and Decorations Branch Article|publisher=[[Army Human Resource Command]]|access-date=3 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911070806/https://www.hrc.army.mil/TAGD/Afghanistan%20Campaign%20Medal%20or%20Iraq%20Campaign%20Medal|archive-date=11 September 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100529200003/http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13366 Additional Phases Identified for Iraq Campaign Medal]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14619 |title=News Release: Additional Phases Identified for Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign Medals |publisher=Defense.gov |access-date=2012-05-31}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- | {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Any one of the seven phases |- | {{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Two of the seven phases |- | {{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Three of the seven phases |- | {{ribbon devices|number=4|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Four of the seven phases |- | {{ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Five of the seven phases |- | {{ribbon devices|number=6|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} Six of the seven phases |- | {{ribbon devices|number=7|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} All seven campaign phases |} For many of these awards, service stars are earned by participation in ''campaign phases'' and all eligible periods for the award fall within those defined phases. In these cases, the campaign medal cannot be earned alone, and is always to be worn with at least one campaign star.
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