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<p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to review the qualifying criteria for the
Accumulated Service Medal (ACSM).</p><p>The ACSM was instituted in January 1994 (for
all three Services) with a qualifying period of 36 months to recognise aggregated
operational Service in Northern Ireland since 14 August 1969. The qualifying criteria
were last amended in 2010 when it was agreed that the method of recognising repeat
tours through the accumulation of operational service remained valid, but that the
qualifying period should be reduced to 24 months from 1 January 2008. From that date,
operational service has been rewarded, when eligible, by the award of the ACSM (2011),
rather than ACSM (1994).</p><p>Issues surrounding the ACSM were looked at during Sir
John Holmes's review of Military Medals, as part of work to consider claims for further
medallic recognition. The conclusion of that review was announced in the House of
Lords on 29 July 2014 (Official Report, column WS147).</p>
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