The Arctic Service Medal was authorized in 2023 as an extension to the Arctic Service Ribbon, a decoration that sailors have long been awarded for clocking 28 days of duty above the Arctic Circle.

The Virginia-class fast attack submarine Illinois moors to Arctic sea ice during ICEX 2022. (MC1 Alfred Coffield/Navy) The Navy is rolling out a Navy Arctic Service Medal this year, serving as an ...

Franchetti awarded the Arctic Service Medal to the Indiana crew on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2024, during a ceremony at Navy Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. (Scott Barnes/Navy) The ...

The crew of the USS Indiana, a Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine that spent three weeks in the seas near the North Pole during Operation Ice Camp 2024, were awarded the Navy's Arctic Service ...

Capt. Henry Cho made history as the first U.S. Space Force Guardian to receive the Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal by spending 21 freezing cold days in the Arctic aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – History has been made. The first U.S. Space Force Guardian received an Arctic Service Medal. Captain Henry Cho spent 21 freezing cold days in the Arctic aboard the U.S. Coast ...

WHEN the Government confirmed last month that it would award service medals to veterans of the wartime Arctic Convoy, it marked a victory for men who had waited almost 70 years to hear it.

The Virginia-class fast attack submarine Illinois moors to Arctic sea ice during ICEX 2022. (MC1 Alfred Coffield/Navy) The Navy is rolling out a Navy Arctic Service Medal this year, serving as an ...