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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, including my authority as
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it
is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 10163, as amended, is
further amended by striking out sections 3 and 4 and inserting in
lieu thereof the following new sections 3 and 4:

     "3.  The Armed Forces Reserve Medal may be awarded to
members or former members of the reserve components of the Armed
Forces of the United States who meet one or more of the following
three criteria.

     a. The member has completed a total of 10 years of honorable
service in one or more of such reserve components, including
annual active duty and inactive duty training as required by
appropriate regulations, provided that (1) such 10 years of
service was performed within a period of 12 consecutive years,
(2) such service shall not include service in a regular component
of the armed forces, including the Coast Guard, but (A) service
in a reserve component that is concurrent, in whole or in part,
with service in a regular component of the armed forces shall be
included in computing the required 10 years of reserve service,
and (B) any period of time during which reserve service is
interrupted by service in a regular component of the armed forces
shall be excluded in computing, and shall not be considered a
break in, the said period of 12 consecutive years, and (3) such
service shall not include service for which the Naval Reserve
Medal or the Marine Corps Reserve Medal has been or may be
awarded.

     b. On or after August 1, 1990, the member was called to
active duty and served under sections 12301(a), 12302, 12304,
12406 (formerly sections 672(a), 673b, 3500, and 8500) and
Chapter 15 of title 10, United States Code, or, in the case of
the United States Coast Guard Reserve, section 712 of title 14,
United States Code.

     c. On or after August 1, 1990, the member volunteered and
served on active duty in support of specific U.S. military
operations or contingencies designated by the Secretary of
Defense.

4. Not more than one Armed Forces Reserve Medal may be awarded to
any one person.  The member shall receive the medal with the
distinctive design of the reserve component with which the person
served at the time of award or in which such person last served. 
The medal is awarded with the appropriate appurtenance that
denotes the manner in which the award was earned, either through
completion of 10 years of service, mobilization, or volunteering
for, and servicing on, active duty in support of operations or
contingencies designated by the Secretary of Defense.  For each
succeeding mobilization, volunteering for, and serving on, active
duty in support of operations or contingencies, or 10-year period
of service as above described, and a suitable appurtenance may be
awarded, to be worn with the medal in accordance with appropriate
regulations."

                    /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 6, 1996.