Wider Service Medal Ribbon

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The Wider Service Medal is a British award intended to recognise the service of members of the armed forces and civilians on operations classed as being "below the threshold for war", with a level of risk regarded as lower than that for which personnel might be eligible to receive either a relevant Operational Service Medal, or the General Service Medal with appropriate clasp
The criteria for receipt of the Wider Service Medal were laid out upon the announcement of its release. Award of the medal is retrospective from 11 December 2018.[note 1] Personnel must have served 180 days aggregated (not necessarily continuous) service on eligible operations. Additional service up to another 180 days will see individuals receive a bar to the medal, with a maximum of three bars capable of being awarded.[6]
The initial set of operations eligible for the award of the Wider Service Medal were:[7][8]
- Operation AZOTIZE - the UK contribution to the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission[9][10]
- Operation BILOXI - the UK contribution to the NATO Southern Air Policing mission[11][10]
- Operation CABRIT - the forward deployment of UK land forces to Estonia and Poland as part of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence[12]
- Operation KIPION - the ongoing UK presence in the Persian Gulf region[13][14]
- Operation ORBITAL - the UK operation to provide training and support to Armed Forces of Ukraine from 2015 to 2022[15]
- Operation RELENTLESS - the UK's Continuous At-Sea nuclear deterrent operation[16]
- Operation WOODWALL - the UK's forward deployment of two offshore patrol vessels to the Indo-Pacific region[17]