By Lisa Ferdinando DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2018 — Eligible military members who
served in disaster relief efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma or Maria are to
receive the Humanitarian Service Medal.
The Joint Staff recently approved the military honor for
qualified members in any branch of the armed services. The military departments
are responsible for determining individual eligibility. Service members are
advised to direct any questions to their respective military department.
For Hurricane Harvey, the award period starts Aug. 23, 2017,
and ends Oct. 31, 2017, for the geographic area of Texas and Louisiana.
The Texas counties are: Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Bee,
Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston,
Goliad, Gonzales, Hardin, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, Kleberg,
Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Polk,
Refugio, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Tyler, Victoria, Waller and
Wharton.
The Louisiana parishes are: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard,
Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine,
Vermilion and Vernon.
For Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the dates for eligibility run
from Sept. 8, 2017, to Oct. 20, 2017, and cover the state of Florida and the
Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters from Barbados northward to Anguilla, and then
westward to the Florida Straits.
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