Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal

rdf:langString Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal

rdf:langString Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal

rdf:langString Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal

rdf:langString Involvement in operations on the Northern Theater of Eelam War IV

rdf:langString One

rdf:langString Suspended from a plain suspension bar

rdf:langString All ranks of the regular and volunteer forces of the Military of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Police, and civilians

rdf:langString Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal ribbon bar.svg

rdf:langString No longer awarded

rdf:langString The Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal was a Sri Lankan campaign medal for action during Eelam War IV, presented to: * The Minister of Defence, the deputy Minister of Defence, the Defence Secretary, Service Commanders and the Inspector General of Police, by virtue of their appointments, * All service personnel on active service during the period covering 26 February 2007 – 18 May 2009 and had been formally recommended by their service commanders, * All police personnel who served in the Eastern theater of operations during the specified period and formally recommended by the Inspector General of Police, * Civilians employed by the armed services who served in the Eastern theater during the specified period and formally recommended by the relevant authority, and * Civilian medical staff employed by the armed services who were physically present in the Eastern theater for a minimum period of seven days during the specified period and had been formally recommended by the relevant authority. A clasp was awarded to: * The Minister of Defence, the Deputy Minister of Defence, the Defence Secretary, Service Commanders and the Inspector General of Police, by virtue of their appointments, * All service personnel that took part in combat, fire support, logistics, medical services, planning, direction or other related activities during the military actions in the Eastern theater for a minimum of 90 days during the period specified. The 90-day minimum was waived for Army, Navy and Air Force personnel that sustained casualties during the 90-day period, and * Air Force and Navy personnel not physically present in the Eastern theater (restricted to combat or logistics-related activities, with a service period decided on by their service commanders). The clasp is denoted by a silver color disk on the ribbon bar.