The Military Civic Action Medal is a

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of the

Armed Forces of the Philippines The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ( fil, Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy (including the Marine Corps). The P ...

. It is awarded for meritorious achievement in the conduct of humanitarian civic actions in direct support military operations.

Criteria

The Military Civic Action Medal is awarded to both military and civilian personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It may also be awarded to foreign nationals from allied nations. It is awarded for "...meritorious achievement in the field of civic action in duty responsibility or in direct support to military operations". The medal may be awarded by the

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP) is the highest-ranking military officer (except for the President of the Philippines, who holds the position of Commander-in-Chief equivalent to a five-star general) and the head ...

, Area Commanders, Armed Forces of the Philippines-Wide Support and Separate Units, and the Commanders of the

Philippine Army The Philippine Army (PA) ( Tagalog: ''Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas''; in literal English: ''Army of the Ground of the Philippines''; in literal Spanish: ''Ejército de la Tierra de la Filipinas'') is the main, oldest and largest branch of the ...

Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) ( tgl, Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas, , Sea Army of the Philippines) ( es, Armada de Filipinas, , Ejército del Mar de las Filipinas) is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an e ...

, or

Philippine Air Force The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forc ...

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and

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commanders, and their equivalents in the Philippine Air Force and Navy, may also award the medal.

Appearance

The medal is a golden colored disc, bearing the stylized image of a gear being held up by a pair of hands. The disc is surrounded by a green wreath encircling the entire

obverse Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, ''o ...

. Four rays emanate from behind the medal, pointing in the

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, overlapping the wreath. The medal is suspended from a blue ribbon, with a central stripe of green, bordered on each side by equal stripes of white and red.

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Bibliography

* The AFP Adjutant General, ''AFP Awards and Decorations Handbook'', 1995, 1997, OTAG. Military awards and decorations of the Philippines {{orders-medals-stub

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