![[SGT] Weigel Benjamin Franklin, Icm Acm Ndsm
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X Installation Svc; Marine Corp Air Station Yuma
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- 1. [SGT] Weigel Benjamin Franklin, Icm Acm Ndsm 1001 McDonald Way #39 Bakersfield CA 93309 571613996 / benjamin.weigel79@gmail.com / 6093505789 YOUR MILITARY AWARD AUTHORIZATION REPORT DISPLAY RECOGNITIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, BADGES Where to obtain Replacement Certificates, Medals, Ribbon, Patches & Badges: http:/www.amervets.com/replacement Telephone/Telecopier: 1-562-422-4100 Follow on Twitter: https:/twitter.com/warlibrary Follow on Facebook: https:/www.facebook.com/americanwarlibrary Your awards are also listed under your name on The American War Library: http:/www.amervets.com/library.htm RECORDS CHIEF (REC-AMW) THE AMERICAN WAR LIBRARY 817 EAST VIA CARMELITOS VIRGINIA BUILDING 319 LONG BEACH CA 90805-7549 PHONE/FAX 1-562-422-4100 ~ amerwar@amervets.com C e r t i f i c a t e M e d a l R i b b o n M i n i a t u r e B a d g e + P i n + P a t c h + ELIGIBILITY X=You are now Eligible, See: www.amervets.com/replacement X=Pending shipment/not charged yet S=Items that have been sent to you by this office A=You fulfilled Criteria for this post-Svc award P=Please clarify these items by email to The War Library O=Not now eligible, See: americanwarlibrary.com/retroactive ABBREVIATIONS Ack=Acknowledgment B/C/S=Battle/Campaign/Service Cpn=Campaign FSA=Foreign Service Acknowledgment IRR=Individual Ready Reserve NASU=Non-Award Subordinate/Superior Organization NMA=National Military Accomplishment NSA=National Security Alert / Activity No Military Photograph of this Veteran XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- 2. D e v i c e NSE=National Security Event OP=Operation QT=Armed Forces Qualification MOS Evaluator Score Svc=Service TC=Training Completion Unnamed=Did not serve during award period X X X X Achievement Navy & Marine X Advanced Individual Training Base; (P) X X X X Afghanistan Cpn Medal 04/16/2009-04/12/2010 X Appreciation of Honorable Svc; WJ Clinton X Appreciation of Honorable Svc; GW Bush X Appreciation of Honorable Svc; BH Obama X Basic Training Base; (P) X X Battle Participation (P) X X Combat Action Ribbon X Crossing the Line (Date); Atlantic X Crossing the Line (Date); Pacific X FMFPAC; Fleet Marine Force, Pacific P FSA; X FSA; Ethiopia 07/01/2000 10/01/2001 X FSA; Japan 12/28/1997 02/01/1999 X FSA; Singapore 04/01/1999 07/01/2000 X Fulfillment of Military Svc Obligation; 06/11/2003 X Global War Terror, Era X X X X Global War Terror, Expeditionary X X X X Global War Terror, Svc X X X X Good Conduct X X Honorable Svc Lapel Pin, US X Hostile Fire Pay Period; P Installation Svc; X Installation Svc; American Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia X Installation Svc; American Embassy Singapore X Installation Svc; Cp Lejuene X Installation Svc; Marine Corp Air Station Futemna X Installation Svc; Marine Corp Air Station Yuma X X X X Iraq Cpn Medal [ICM]; 09/05/2005-04/26/2006 X Job Performance Evaluation; Excellent X Letter of Appreciation X Letter of Commendation X MARFORPAC; Marine Forces, Pacific
- 3. X MC Enlisted Promotion; E1-Private X MC Enlisted Promotion; E2-Private 1st Class X MC Enlisted Promotion; E3-Lance Corporal X MC Enlisted Promotion; E4-Corporal X MC Enlisted Promotion; E5-Sergeant X Meritorious Mast X X Meritorious Unit Commendation P Military Spouse Appreciation X Military Svc Discharge USMC; 06/11/1997 06/07/2010 X Multi-National Force, Iraq (MNF-IQ) Unit Svc X X X X National Defense X NATO Medal; Afghanistan X X Navy Unit Commendation X X Navy/Marine Overseas Svc X NSA: 11 09/2001 Svc Period X NSA: A week of protests in Tibet have left people dead and soldiers in control of city streets Svc Period X NSA: African heads of state elect Muammar Gaddafi of Libya as leader of the Africa Union Gaddafi favors a single military for Africa Svc Period X NSA: Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in Pakistan Svc Period X NSA: Boris Yeltsin resigns as Russia's president Vladimir Putin becomes "acting president Svc Period X NSA: Bush administration sends ultimatum to Saddam Hussein that he and his sons leave Iraq or their refusal "will result in military conflict” Svc Period X NSA: Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany meets in Russia with President Dmitry Medvedev to strengthen economic Svc Period X NSA: China launches its 1st manned space mission Svc Period X NSA: China launches its third manned mission into space, to include its first spacewalk Svc Period X NSA: China's space program lauches a moon probe Svc Period X NSA: Col Ibrahim Baré Maînassara in Niger, who took power through force and fraud in 1996, is assassinated Military coup led by Maj Daouda Malam Wanké establishes a transitional National Reconciliation Council Svc Period X NSA: Foreign ministers of Germany, Russia and France oppose any UN authorization of war against Iraq Hans Blix reports Iraq is cooperating with inspectors Svc Period X NSA: Former NATO commander and Marine Corps Commandant
- 4. General James Jones says "NATO is not winning in Afghanistan." Canada threatens towithdraw Germany rejects a US plea to send more troops Svc Period X NSA: France announces it is increasing force of 2,600 in Afghanistan Svc Period X NSA: General Agwai, leader of the UN and African Union peacekeeping force ends war between Darfur rebels and government forces Svc Period X NSA: General McChrystal, commander of US Forces in Afghanistan says Taliban insurgests will no longer be targeted Svc Period X NSA: General Petraeus speaks of not foreseeing a military victory over the insurgents Svc Period X NSA: In Baghdad, military responsibility for the Green Zone formally passes from US to Iraq Svc Period X NSA: In Guinea-Bissau, soldiers shoot and kill President Joao Bernardo Vieira Svc Period X NSA: In response to North Korea beginning to disable its Yongbyon nuclear facility, President Bush lifts some trade sanctions and acts to remove the country from a terrorist sponsor list Svc Period X NSA: In Sri Lanka, artillery bombardment by government forces against Tamil rebels 1,000 civilian dead Svc Period X NSA: In the US, four are arrested, accused of passing secret defense information to China Svc Period X NSA: India forces a retreat of Pakistani Army forces from Kargil and claims victory in that two-month conflict Svc Period X NSA: International report describes Georgia as having started its war with Russia in August 2008 Russia is described as the aggressor Svc Period X NSA: Iran announces productions of low-enriched uranium Svc Period X NSA: Iraq votes in favor of US troops leaving by end of 2011Svc Period X NSA: Iraq's Prime Minister Maliki meets President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who pledges to help Iraq's security Svc Period X NSA: Israel begins its ground Cpn Svc Period X NSA: Israel opens Operation Defensive Shield, the largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 War Svc Period X NSA: Jay Garner opposes Bremer's plan to purge Baathists from
- 5. Iraqi public offices Svc Period X NSA: Kargil war has begins as thousands of infiltrators from Pakistan move into India-ruled Kashmir territory Svc Period X NSA: Major Nidal Malik Hasan, US Army psychistrist kills 13 and wounds 28 at Ft Hood, TX Svc Period X NSA: More than 100 countries, including Britain, have approved a ban on cluster bombs Not joining is Russia, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and the US Svc Period X NSA: NATO launches air strikes against Yugoslavia It is the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country Svc Period X NSA: North Korea conducts underground nuclear weapons test “in self defense” Svc Period X NSA: Norway's Police Security Svc (PST) reports Russian spying in Norway has reached Cold War levels Svc Period X NSA: Pakistan's army launches its largest offensive against al- Qaeda Svc Period X NSA: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attempts to dismiss Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf Senior Army generals refuse to accept dismissal Musharraf takes control of the government Sharif is no longer prime minister Svc Period X NSA: President Bush summons SecState Colin Powell to say he has decided to go to war against Iraq Svc Period X NSA: President Musharraf suspends the constitution and declares a state of emergency Svc Period X NSA: President Obama describes his strategy regarding Afghanistan and Pakistan He plans to send an extra 4,000 US personnel to train and bolster the Afghan army and police Svc Period X NSA: President Obama visits China Svc Period X NSA: President plans troop surge in Afghanistan Taliban vows to fight on Svc Period X NSA: President Saddam Hussein of Iraq negotiates an agreement with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Svc Period X NSA: President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania is overthrown by a military coup Svc Period X NSA: President Yeltsin appoints Vladimir Putin prime minister Chechnyans respond by setting off bombs across Russia Svc Period X NSA: Rebel Gps in Chad sign ceasefire and prisoner exchange aggreement with the government The accord is brokered by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi Svc Period X NSA: Russia accuses Georgia of planning to invade Abkhazia
- 6. Georgia warns more Russian troops in Abkhazia will be considered aggressors Svc Period X NSA: Russia cancels all military cooperation with NATO Svc Period X NSA: Russia resumes long-range bomber flights shadowed by NATO aircraft Svc Period X NSA: Russia signs treaties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia that include pledges of military support Svc Period X NSA: Russia threatens to react "with military-technical means" against a planned US anti-missile shield near its borders Svc Period X NSA: Saddam Hussein executed Svc Period X NSA: Saddam Hussein is captured by American troops Svc Period X NSA: Saddam Hussein's army ends its resistance and US forces advance into central Baghdad Svc Period X NSA: SecState Powell addresses the UN SecCouncil accusing Iraq of hiding WMD Svc Period X NSA: Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr announces his cabinet members will leave the government in protest over the government's failure to support a timetable for a US military withdrawal Svc Period X NSA: The UN's largest peacekeeping force – 17,000 – is fighting against rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo against the army led by renegade general Laurent Nkunda Svc Period X NSA: The US lands a spacecraft on Mars Svc Period X NSA: Three Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft mistakenly bombs the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade China claims it was intentional Svc Period X NSA: Two nuclear submarines, one British and the other French, collide underwater in the Atlantic Svc Period X NSA: U.S air strike kills Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Svc Period X NSA: Unity government in Zimbabwe is agreed to Svc Period X NSA: US Navy Seals rescue Captain Svc Period X NSA: US Senate Republicans defeat ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the first time an arms control treaty has been rejected by the Senate Svc Period X NSA: US soldiers kill Saddam Hussein's sons and a grandson Svc Period X NSA: US turns over complete administration of the Panama Canal to Panama Svc Period
- 7. X NSA: US, British, Australian and Polish troops invade Iraq Svc Period X NSA: Violence in Kosovo continues, peace talks in France collapse President of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, launches a Serb offensive in Kosovo Svc Period X NSA: Violent protests in Guinea to oust President Lansana Conté from power Svc Period X NSA: War has been averted as Colombia's right-of-center president, Alvaro Aribe, apologizes to Ecuador's President Correa and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez Svc Period X NSA: Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority, dies Svc Period X NSA: Zimbabwe withdraws from Commonwealth of Nations Svc Period X NSE: Barack Hussein Obama II is inaugurated the 44th US president Svc Period X NSE: Disclosures at the Abu Gharib prison dramatically changes US position in Iraq Svc Period X NSE: George HW Bush makes his axis of evil declaration, disparaging the governments of North Korea, Iraq and Iran Svc Period X NSE: Hans Blix becomes Executive Chairman of the new UN weapons inspection organization, UNMOVIC Svc Period X NSE: Hong Kong returns to China Svc Period X NSE: Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic join NATO Svc Period X NSE: Jean-Bertrand Aristide deposed in Haiti Svc Period X NSE: Knight Ridder Newspapers reports that "Senior US officials say they have detected no alarming increase in the threat that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein poses to American security and Middle East stability." A UN weapons says "no one has backed up any allegations that Iraq has reconstituted WMD capability Svc Period X NSE: Kosovo's parliament declares Kosovo an independent and sovereign state Svc Period X NSE: More than half of Iraq's parliament signs legislative petition calling on the US to withdrawal all forces Svc Period X NSE: North Korea ends nuclear weapon program for aid Svc Period X NSE: People's Republic of China launches the first spacecraft, Shenzhou One Svc Period X NSE: President Bush announces deployment of 21,500 more US troops Svc Period
- 8. X NSE: President Clinton signs a bill extending normal trade status to China Svc Period X NSE: Russia ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Svc Period X NSE: Senate Intelligence Committee declares Americans were mislead about Iraq WMD threat Svc Period X NSE: Sudanese government signs ceasefire with two rebel Gps in Darfur Svc Period X NSE: Switzerland becomes the 47th nation to signed and ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Bolivia, Mexico and Romania follow Svc Period X NSE: Syria ends it 29 year occupation of Lebanon Svc Period X NSE: The move to control Baghdad – part of the so-called surge – begins Svc Period X NSE: The Open Skies mutual surveillance treatygoes into effect Svc Period X NSE: The US Congress passes a joint resolution authorizing Bush to use military forceas he deems necessary and appropriate against Iraq Svc Period X NSE: Turkish National Intelligence Agency, with assistance from US diplomacy and the CIA, capture Kurdish rebel leader, Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya Kurds attack emabassies Svc Period X NSE: US and British influence contribute to the creation of Resolution 1441, urging Iraq to disarm or face "serious consequences." Iraq submits a 12,000 page declaration denying that is has weapons banned by the UN Svc Period X NSE: US ends search for WMD in Iraq Svc Period X NSE: Vladimir Putin is elected President Svc Period X Ocean Crossing/Geneva Convention; Atlantic X Ocean Crossing/Geneva Convention; Pacific X OP Allied Force Svc Period X OP Desert Fox (Iraq) Svc Period X OP Determined Response (USS Cole) Svc Period X OP Enduring Freedom Svc Period X OP Iraqi Freedom Svc Period X OP Joint Forge Svc Period X OP Noble Eagle Svc Period X OP Northern Watch Svc Period X Professional Basic Rifleman; 0300 X Professional Food Svc, Spec; 3381 X Professional Recruiter 8411
- 9. X X Professional Security Guard 8152 P QT CL; Clerical; Category (P) of 8 (BTR Basic Training Record not on file) P QT CO; Combat; Category (P) of 8 P QT EL; Electronics; Category (P) of 8 P QT FA; FA; Category (P) of 8 P QT GM; General Maint; Category (P) of 8 P QT GT; General; Category (P) of 8 P QT MM; Mechanical Maint; Category (P) of 8 P QT OF; Operators & Food; Category (P) of 8 P QT SC; Surveillance & Communications; Category (P) of 8 P QT ST; Skilled Technical; Category (P) of 8 X Re-enlistement Status: Highest all Svc Branches (1) X X Sea Svc X Security Clearance Authorization: CONFIDENTIAL X Security Clearance Authorization: SECRET P Ship/Boat Svc/Cutter; X Ship/Boat/Cutter/Unit; 7th Fleet, Pacific X Svc Stripe / Hash Mark (3) X TC; Ambush Defensives X TC; Basic Living Skills X TC; Battlefield Indoctrination X TC; Brown Belt X TC; Chemical, Biological, Radiological X TC; Code of Conduct X TC; Combat Life Saver X TC; Compass Reading X TC; Constructing Barriers P TC; CPR 1st Aid X TC; Field Hygiene & Sanitation X TC; Green Belt X TC; Grey Belt X TC; Hand-to-hand Combat X TC; Individual Tactical Techniques X TC; Live-fire Infiltration X TC; Map Reading X TC; Military Drill & Order X TC; Military Justice X TC; Military Organization & Culture X TC; Minefield Safety
- 10. X TC; Mines & Booby Traps X TC; Preparing Fighting Positions X TC; Rifle Firing Exercise; Moving Target X TC; Rifle Firing Exercise; Night Conditions X TC; Rifle Firing Exercise; Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Conditions X TC; Strategic Deployment X TC; Tan Belt P TC; Vehicle OP & Maint X Training Credit (ACE); 1st Aid X Training Credit (ACE); Marksmanship X Training Credit (ACE); Military Science X Training Credit (ACE); Outdoor Skills X Training Credit (ACE); Physical Conditioning P Unit Svc Ack; X Unit Svc Ack; 2nd MLG X Unit Svc Ack; HQ and HQ Sq Marine Corp Air Station Yuma 12/20/2001-04/01/2005 X Unit Svc Ack; Marine Security Guard Bn 04/01/1999-10/01/2001 X Unit Svc Ack; 1st Tank Bn 06/01/2006-08/01/2007 X Unit Svc Ack; 6th Fleet X Unit Svc Ack; Fleet Marine Force X USCENTCOM Svc Ack X USLANTFLT, Atlantic Fleet Svc X USPACFLT, US Pacific Fleet X USPACOM, US Pacific Command P Vehicle Qualification; X Weapons Qualification; MC Expert, Rifle X Weapons Qualification; MC Marksman, Bayonet X Weapons Qualification; MC Marksman, Grenade X Weapons Qualification; MC Marksman, Pistol ~ This Document & any Registered & Certified Certificates you may obtain are a Personal Testament of Your Individual, Faithful & Loyal Svc to Your Country This Document & your Medals & Certificates are Your Family’s Military Legacy & Heritage & will be enormously important to your children, grandchildren & future descendants You Are Instructed To Forever Faithfully Keep & Preserve This Document & your Medals & Certificates in such a manner that they can be passed down from Generation To Generation Place Copies of Your Certificates into Your Personnel File: http:/www.americanwarlibrary.com/personnel/form4187.htm REC-AMW FORM 201-A (Attach this document to your DD214)-1/13/16 15:11:46
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