Humanitarian Service Medal (HSM) APPROVED OPERATIONS ...

1 Humanitarian Service Medal (HSM) APPROVED OPERATIONS The table below lists APPROVED OPERATIONS for award of the HSM. The Military Departments are responsible for determining individual eligibility for APPROVED HSM OPERATIONS . Please refer individual eligibility questions to your respective Military Department. OPERATIONS Start Date End Date GEOGRAPHIC AREA1 Evacuation of Laos 1-Apr-1975 15-Aug-1975 Laos New Life 1-Apr-1975 1-Nov-1975 Vietnam Baby Lift 4 4-Apr-1975 9-May-1975 Vietnam Eagle Pull 12-Apr-1975 12-Apr-1975 Cambodia Frequent Wind 29-Apr-1975 30-Apr-1975 Vietnam Guatemala Earthquake Disaster Relief 4-Feb-1976 30-Jun-1976 Guatemala Typhoon Pamela Disaster Relief 1-May-1976 15-Jun-1976 Guam Lion Assistance 7-May-1976 4-Jun-1976 Italy NMCB 40 10-May-1976 31-Jul-1976 Typhoon Olga Disaster Relief 25-May-1976 1-Jun-1976 Philippines Teton Dam Disaster Relief

2 5-Jun-1976 19-Jun-1976 ID Beirut Evacuation 20-Jun-1976 27-Jul-1976 Lebanon NMCB 1 29-Jul-1976 15-Sep-1976 Big Thompson Flood Disaster Relief 31-Jul-1976 3-Aug-1976 CO Bolivian Commercial Air Disaster 13-Oct-1976 21 Oct 1976 Bolivia Turkey Earthquake Disaster 24-Nov-1976 22-Jan-1977 Turkey Eniwetok Radiological Cleanup 24-Jan-1977 15-Apr-1980 Eniwetok Snow-Go 30-Jan-1977 8-Feb-1977 NY Port-au-Prince Disaster Relief 22-Mar-1977 1-Jun-1977 Haiti Canary Islands Commercial Aircraft Disaster 28-Mar-1977 30-Mar-1977 Canary Islands Aircraft Disaster (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology) 28-Mar-1977 22-Apr-1977 Appalachian Flood Relief 6-Apr-1977 30-Jun-1977 KY, VA, and WV Johnstown Flood Relief 20-Jul-1977 16-Aug-1977 PA North Carolina Flood Relief 6-Nov-1977 21-Dec-1977 NC Washington State Flood Relief 2-Dec-1977 31-Jan-1978 WA Snow Blow/Snow Blow II 26-Jan-1978 18-Feb-1978 CT, IN, MA, ME, MI, NH, OH, and RI Naples Relief 18-Apr-1978 21-Apr-1978 Italy Zaire Airlift 19-May-1978 27-May-1978 Zaire Operation Boat People -- REASONER (FF 1063) 7-Jun-1978 7-Jun-1978 Operation Boat People -- FLASHER (SSN 613)

3 14-Jul-1978 15-Jul-1978 Texas Flood Relief 3-Aug-1978 15-Aug-1978 TX OPERATIONS Start Date End Date GEOGRAPHIC AREA1 Operation Boat People -- FRANCIS HAMMOND (FF 1067) 9-Aug-1978 14-Aug-1978 Operation Boat People -- WHIPPLE (FF 1062) 22-Aug-1978 22-Aug-1978 Jonestown, Guyana Disaster Relief 20-Nov-1978 20 Dec 1978 Guyana Sri Lanka Disaster Relief 27-Nov-1978 13-Dec-1978 Sri Lanka Louisiana Tornado Disaster Relief 3-Dec-1978 31-Dec-1978 LA Iran Evacuation 8-Dec-1978 20-Feb-1979 Iran North Illinois Snow Removal 19-Jan-1979 25-Jan-1979 IL Iran Evacuation -- KINKAID; HOEL; DECATUR; LASALLE; TALBOT; and Admin.

4 Support Unit Bahrain 19-Feb-1979 25-Feb-1979 Iran Operation Boat People -- DOWNES (FF 1070) 3-Apr-1979 3-Apr-1979 Jackson, Mississippi, Flood Relief 8-Apr-1979 9-Jul-1979 MS Falls - Vernon, Texas Tornado Disaster Relief 10-Apr-1979 21-Apr-1979 TX Red River of the North Flood Relief -- Minnesota 17-Apr-1979 2-May-1979 MN Red River of the North Flood Relief -- North Dakota 20-Apr-1979 30-Apr-1979 ND Operation Boat People -- ROBERT E. PERRY (FF 1073) 5-May-1979 9-May-1979 Operation Boat People -- LYNDE McCORMICK (DDG-8) 9-Jun-1979 31-Jul-1979 Nicaragua Evacuation (Noncombatants) 11-Jun-1979 31-Jul-1979 Nicaragua Operation Boat People -- SAFEGUARD (ARS 25)

5 13-Jun-1979 17-Jun-1979 Cheyenne Tornado Disaster 16-Jul-1979 29-Jul-1979 WY Operation Boat People -- Naval Station, Cubi Point 21-Jul-1979 18-Jan-1980 Philippines Operation Boat People 21-Jul-1979 30-Jun-1984 Southeast Asia Graves Registration Effort 10-Aug-1979 15-Sep-1979 Panama Jamaican Disaster Relief 14-Aug-1979 23-Dec-1979 Jamaica Dominica Disaster Relief 31-Aug-1979 30-Nov-79 Dominica Dominican Republic Disaster Relief 1-Sep-1979 26-Oct-1979 Dominican Republic Hurricane Frederick Relief 12-Sep-1979 23-Feb-1980 AL Gallup Indian Medical Center Relief 3-Oct-1979 15-Apr-1980 NM Indochina Refugee Relief 26-Oct-1979 30-Apr-1980 Thailand Majuro Atoll Disaster Relief 27-Nov-1979

6 8-Jan-1980 Marshall Islands OPERATIONS Start Date End Date GEOGRAPHIC AREA1 Colombia Earthquake Relief 13-Dec-1979 30-Dec-1979 Colombia Nicaragua Disaster Relief 17-Dec-1979 8-Jan-1980 Nicaragua Azores Earthquake Disaster 1-Jan-1980 15-Jan-1980 Azores San Bernardino Flood and Mud Slide Disaster 8-Feb-1980 15-Mar-1980 CA Liberian Assistance ( Military Mission, Liberia) 12-Apr-1980 22-May-1980 Liberia Costa Rica 21-Apr-1980 27-Apr-1980 Costa Rica Iran Hostage Rescue 24-Apr-1980 25-Apr-1980 Iran Cuban Refugee Resettlement 27-Apr-1980 19-Feb-1982 florida Straits Mount St. Helens Volcano Relief 18-May-1980 28-May-1980 WA Island, Nebraska, Tornado Relief 3-Jun-1980 18-Jun-1980 NE Haiti Hurricane Relief 6-Aug-1980 21-Aug-1980 Haiti Saint Lucia Hurricane Relief - PATTERSON (FF1061)

7 7-Aug-1980 9-Aug-1980 Saint Lucia Hurricane Relief 12-Sep-1980 22-Sep-1980 MS Haitian Refugee Resettlement 23-Sep-1980 30-Apr-1982 Puerto Rico Algeria Earthquake Disaster 12-Oct-1980 21-Oct-1980 Algeria Italian Disaster Relief 1-Nov-1980 7-Dec-1980 Italy Typhoon Dinah Disaster Relief 26-Nov-1980 13-Dec-1980 Saipan Federal Aviation Agency Air traffic Controller Support 3-Aug-1981 1-Jul-1983 United States RPS DATU KALANTIAW (PS 1976) Rescue 21-Sep-1981 24-Sep-1981 Luzon Straits San Francisco Area Flood Relief 4-Jan-1982 12-Mar-1982 CA Air florida crash Recovery 13-Jan-1982 27-Jan-1982 Washington, DC Ft.

8 Wayne, Indiana Flood Relief 19-Mar-1982 21-Mar-1982 IN Paris, Texas Tornado Disaster Relief 25-Apr-1982 29-Apr-1982 TX Bridge Disaster Relief 21-May-1982 2-Jul-1982 Panama Lebanon Evacuation 23-Jun-1982 25-Jun-1982 Lebanon Tunisia Flood Relief 2-Nov-1982 22-Apr-83 Tunisia Hurricane Iwa Relief 25-Nov-1982 29-Nov-1982 Hawaii New Baden, Illinois Tornado Disaster Relief 2-Dec-1982 12-Dec-1982 IL Mississippi River Flood 2-Dec-1982 30-Jun-1983 Lower Valley Mississippi (AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, & TN) Southeast Missouri Flood Relief (1 of 2 qualifying periods) 3-Dec-1982 10-Dec-1982 MO Southeast Missouri Flood Relief (2 of 2 qualifying periods) 21-Dec-1982 22-Dec-1982 MO California Flood Relief 24-Jan-1983 15-Jul-1983 CA OPERATIONS Start Date End Date GEOGRAPHIC AREA1 Medical Support to Central America (Project Green Earth)

9 9-Feb-1983 25-May-1984 El Salvador Fiji Islands Cyclone Disaster Relief 9-Mar-1983 26-Mar-1983 Fiji Islands Popayan Earthquake Disaster Relief 31-Mar-1983 8-Apr-1983 Colombia Utah Flood Relief 30-Apr-1983 1-Jul-1984 UT Coalinga Earthquake Relief OPERATIONS 2-May-1983 18-May-1983 CA Peru Flood Relief 26-Jun-1983 1-Jul-1983 Peru Costa Rica Earthquake Disaster Relief 5-Jul-1983 13-Jul-1983 Costa Rica Cholera Epidemic - Truk Island 7-Sep-1983 12-Dec-1983 Micronesia Merchant Vessel LICA LU Rescue: WHITEPLAINS (AFS 4), Helicopter Combat Support, Sqdn Three, Det 106 25-Oct-1983 25-Oct-1983 Pratas Islands Grenada Rescue (URGENT FURY), USFORCARIB Disaster Relief, Survey Team 27-Oct-1983 6-Nov-1983 Grenada Turkey Earthquake Disaster Relief 31-Oct-1983 14-Nov-1983 Turkey Animal Disease Eradication 10-Nov-1983 12-Mar-1984 IN, MD, NJ, PA & VA Agalega Island Disaster Relief -- FIFE (DD 91991); Helicopter Anti-Submarine Sqdn Light 37, Det 3 13-Dec-1983 13-Dec-1983 Mauritius Beirut Evacuation 10-Feb-1984 12-Feb-1984 Lebanon Water Disaster Relief NAVFAC Antigua.

10 NMCB 62 Det 15-Mar-1984 18-Jun-1984 Antigua North Carolina Tornado Disaster 28-Mar-1984 19-Apr-1984 NC Cyclone Kamisy Disaster Relief HECTOR (AR 7) 23-Apr-1984 30-Apr-1984 Madagascar Barnveld, Wisconsin, Tornado 8-Jun-1984 8-Jun-1984 WI Eastern Nebraska Flood 13-Jun-1984 15-Sep-1984 NE Operation INTENSE LOOK 8-Aug-1984 1-Oct-1984 Suez Canal & Red Sea Hurricane Diana Relief Operation 10-Sep-1984 8-Oct-1984 MC OPERATIONS TRANSFER & SHEEBA 1 29-Sep-1984 30-Sep-1984 South Korea Rescue of Survivors of Pacific Protector 19-Oct-1984 19-Oct-1984 Persian Gulf Preventive Medicine Operation 21-Apr-1985 14-May-1985 Somalia Mali Raft Famine Relief Operation 23-May-1985 31-Oct-1985 Mali Mercer County Tornado Relief 31-May-1985 1-Jun-1985 PA Cheyenne, Wyoming.