Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory

• Name — Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory • Type — Military Award • Awarded For — Internal security operations • Status — Currently Awarded • Established — 13 July 2015 • Higher — French commemorative medal • Caption2 — Ribbon of the Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory • Illustration — Reverse of the Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory

The medal is always awarded with a clasp and multiple clasps may be worn simultaneously. Five clasps are currently approved for wear on the ribbon of the Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory: • CYBER for thirty months of service in units whose main mission is related to national cyber defence, namely anticipation, surveillance, detection and response to computer and information attacks in the field of defence, on national territory. It may also be awarded for sixty days of effective participation in the missions described above. • SENTINELLE for participation in Opération Sentinelle for a minimum time period of sixty days total service (continuous or not) between 7 January 2015 and a date not yet specified. • HARPIE for effective participation in the "Harpie" mission for a minimum time period of thirty days total service (continuous or not) on the territory of the department and overseas region of French Guiana between 1 March 2008 and a date not yet specified. • TRIDENT for effective participation in military surveillance and protection missions of French airspace, waters and land areas between 1 July 2013 and a date not yet specified. The time requirement for award of this clasp is 30 months total service for members of units whose primary mission was and remains the same as the award prerequisites, to military personnel not part of such units for 60 days total service (continuous or not) or if in the case of surveillance flights, twenty such flights. • JUPITER for effective participation in military surveillance and protection missions by strategic forces between 1 July 2013 and a date not yet specified. The time requirement for award of this clasp is 30 months total service for members of units whose primary mission was and remains the same as the award prerequisites, to military personnel not part of such units for 60 days total service (continuous or not) or if in the case of surveillance flights, twenty such flights. • ÉGIDE for effective participation in the military protection of military assets, public and state buildings, of international organisations and diplomatic and consular missions between 1 July 2013 and a date not yet specified. The time requirement for award of this clasp is 30 months total service for members of units whose primary mission was and remains the same as the award prerequisites, to military personnel not part of such units for 60 days total service (continuous or not) or if in the case of surveillance flights, twenty such flights.

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