Military service medal
The military service medal is a state award of the Republic of Austria and represents the lowest category of military awards in the Austrian Armed Forces . The military service medal is one of the orders of merit of the Republic of Austria .
The name Military Service Medal has only existed since 1989, initially it was called the Military Service Memorial Medal .
Such awards are also common in other countries. In the United States, a comparable service is recognized in the form of the Army Service Ribbon .
history
With the Federal Law on Military Awards (MAG) of June 28, 1989, it was stipulated that “loyal service in the armed forces [...] is to be recognized by the award of the military service award”. A distinction was made between the military service medal in bronze (WDMB), silver (WDMS) and gold (WDMG) as well as the military service mark third, second and first class. The level awarded depends on how long you belonged to the armed forces.
The military service medal in bronze was to be awarded to those persons who had completely done basic military service.
The military service medal in silver was to be awarded to those persons who had either completed 30 days of troop or cadre exercises after completing six months of basic military service, or to those who completed a cadre exercise after completing eight months of basic military service.
The military service medal in gold was to be awarded to those persons who had either completed 60 days of military or cadre exercises after completing the six-month basic military service, or to those who had completed 30 days of cadre exercises after completing the eight-month basic military service completed.
Since "troop or cadre exercises" were expressly mentioned in the law, times that a soldier performed in the form of a voluntary weapon exercise could not be counted towards the total time required.
Persons who were convicted of one or more acts that were more criminally criminal under the 1970 Military Criminal Act or were punished for a breach of duty under the 1985 Army Disciplinary Act (with the exception of reprimands, fines and an exit ban for a maximum of seven days) were not granted the military service medal locked out.
Current legal situation
The military service medal is currently awarded to people based on the following principles:
- Military service medal in bronze: Complete basic military or training service over a period of six months
- Military service medal in silver: performance of troop, cadre or militia exercises after basic military service for a total of 30 days
- Military service medal in gold: performance of troop, cadre or militia exercises after basic military service for a total of 60 days
Multiple awarding of a military service medal is not permitted.
The reasons for the exclusion from the award of the military service medal originally given in Section 13 of the Federal Law on Military Awards (MAG) were removed with an amendment to the Military Awards Act 2002 in 2005. The MAG does not currently contain a paragraph prohibiting the award of the military service medal.
Awarding and dissemination
The military service medal in bronze is the most widespread, as every military servant receives this at the end of his or her full service life. For this reason, this order is also jokingly referred to as “Adabei” (also included). Special achievements or misconduct have no influence on the award of this medal, but previously only soldiers promoted to private were awarded. In the meantime, however, it is given to every basic military servant when disarming.
The grades in gold and silver can only be awarded to militiamen or former militiamen, as you have to show weapons training days for these awards, which a military servant cannot do in the first few months.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ §9 of the Federal Law on Military Awards (MAG) from the Federal Law Gazette 361/1989
- ↑ §10 of the Federal Law on Military Awards (MAG) from the Federal Law Gazette 361/1989
- ↑ §13 of the Federal Law on Military Awards (MAG) from the Federal Law Gazette 361/1989
- ↑ §10 of the Military Awards Act 2002 on bundesheer.at
- ↑ Bundesgesetzblatt 58/2005 , page 13, Article 6, amendment of the Military Awards Act 2002