Public Health Service Foreign Duty Award

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Public Health Service Foreign Duty Award
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The obverse (left) and reverse sides of the medal.
TypeService award
Awarded forService outside the United States and its territories
CountryUnited States
Presented by United States Public Health Service
EligibilityMembers of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Public Health Service Foreign Duty Service Award ribbon.png
Ribbon of the PHS Foreign Duty Award
Precedence
Next (higher) Hazardous Duty Award [1]
Next (lower) Special Assignment Award [1]

The Public Health Service Foreign Duty Award is a decoration of the United States Public Health Service presented to members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. It recognizes service outside the United States and its territories.

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Criteria

The PHS Foreign Duty Award is awarded to officers who serve on permanent or temporary assignment to a foreign duty station, excluding training assignments. [2] [3] For purposes of the award, a "foreign duty station" is defined as a duty station that lies outside the United States and its territories and specifically excludes duty stations in any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or any area formerly encompassed by the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, including the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

An officer qualifies for the award by meeting either of the following criteria: [2] [3]

There are various restrictions on how days of service on a foreign duty station can be calculated to qualify an officer for multiple awards of the Foreign Duty Award:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wear of Awards and Badges" (PDF). 2 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service: Commissioned Officers’ Awards Program Types of Recognition & Awards Criteria Accessed 9 November 2022
  3. 1 2 "Commissioned Officers' Awards Program" (PDF). Commissioned Officer Corps of the US Public Health Service. 28 July 2020.