Mini Remote Combat Effects Campaign

Criteria and Eligibility.  Awarded as an extension of the NASR
to officers and enlisted personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps, or 
civilians (including resident aliens of the U. S.) who are assigned
to: 
    (a)  A unit that conducted an ice-covered strait transit (e.g., 
Bering Strait, Barrow Strait). 
    (b)  A unit that conducted a transit of the North Pole (defined 
by operating north of latitude 82N). 
    (c)  A submarine that conducted a vertical surfacing through
ice, including through an arctic polynya, or ice picked against
the ice canopy. 
    (d)  A submarine that conducted at least seven days of
classified military operations while under the marginal ice zone or 
pack ice. 
    (e)  An ice camp or operations center established on an ice
floe, as determined by the unit's Commanding Officer. 
(2)  Award Elements.  The NASM consists of a medal with a suspension
ribbon of identical design to the NASR.  Initial award will be 
represented by a single North Star/Compass Rose device on
the suspension or service ribbon. No citation or certificate will
be issued. 
(3)  Subsequent Awards.  Indicated by an additional North 
Star/Compass Rose device on the suspension or service ribbon.  A
maximum of four North Star/Compass Rose devices may be worn. 
(4) Authorized Devices.  The North Star/Compass Rose.

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