Humanitarian Service Medal - Approved Operations Current as of: 1 July 2020 Operation Start Date End Date Geographic Area1 DoD Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 31-Jan-20 TBD Global Operations / Activities Cities of Maputo, Quelimane, Chimoio, Tropical Cyclone Idai 23-Mar-19 13-Apr-19 and Beira, Mozambique Guam and U.S. Commonwealth of Typhoon Mangkhut and Super Typhoon Yutu 11-Sep-18 2-Feb-19 Northern Mariana Islands Designated counties in North Carolina and Hurricane Florence 7-Sep-18 8-Oct-18 South Carolina California Wild Land Fires 10-Aug-18 6-Sep-18 California Operation WILD BOAR (Tham Luang Nang 26-Jun-18 14-Jul-18 Thailand, Chiang Rai Region Non Cave rescue operation) Florida; Caribbean, and adjacent waters, Hurricanes Irma and Maria 8-Sep-17 20-Oct-17 from Barbados northward to Anguilla, and then westward to the Florida Straits Hurricane Harvey TX counties: 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, 23-Aug-17 31-Oct-17 Texas and Louisiana Nueces, Orange, Polk, Refugio, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Tyler, Victoria, Waller, and Wharton. LA parishes: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vermilion, and Vernon. Sri Lanka flood relief 12-Jun-17 15-Jun-17 Sri Lanka New Zealand earthquake relief 17-Nov-16 20-Nov-16 New Zealand Hurricane Matthew 4-Oct-16 19-Oct-16 Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, and Cayman Islands Washington Wild Land Fires 16-Aug-15 14-Sep-15 Washington Operation SAHAYOGI HAAT (Earthquake Relief) – Joint Task Force 505 (III Marine 27-Apr-15 26-May-15 Nepal Expeditionary Force) Tropical Storm Hanna, Honduras 29-Oct-14 30-Oct-14 Honduras Government of Slovenia Assistance (Operation 7-Feb-14 12-Feb-14 Slovenia Urgent Response) U.S. Embassy Evacuation, Juba, South Sudan 18-Dec-13 1-Feb-14 South Sudan Operation DAMAYAN (Typhoon Haiyan Relief) – Joint Task Force 505, Functional 10-Nov-13 1-Dec-13 Philippines Component Service Commands, and U.S. Pacific Command Colorado Flooding Operations (Operation 13-Sep-13 20-Sep-13 Colorado Centennial Raging Waters) Oklahoma Tornado 2013 – Tinker AFB 20-May-13 2-Jun-13 Moore, Oklahoma Humanitarian Service Medal - Approved Operations Current as of: 1 July 2020 Operation Start Date End Date Geographic Area1 III Marine Expeditionary Force Forward Command Element – Republic of the 8-Dec-12 15-Dec-12 Philippines Philippines Relief Efforts – Typhoon Pablo Task Force Hurricane Sandy Response 29-Oct-12 25-Nov-12 New York and New Jersey Operations in Montenegro 19-Feb-12 2-Mar-12 Montenegro Republic of Thailand Flood Relief Efforts 13-Nov-11 3-Dec-11 Thailand Republic of Thailand Flood Relief Efforts 15-Oct-11 5-Nov-11 Thailand North Dakota Flood 2011 – 5th Bomb Wing Minot, Burlington and Velva, North 10-May-11 21-Nov-11 and 91st Missile Wing Dakota TOMODACHI / PACIFIC PASSAGE / 11-Mar-11 31-May-11 Japan PACIFIC HOMECOMING Super Typhoon Juan (Megi) 19-Oct-10 23-Oct-10 Philippines Pakistan Flooding 31-Jul-10 15-Dec-10 Pakistan TS AGATHA & Volcano Eruption 26-May-10 7-Jun-10 Guatemala Chilean Earthquake 6-Mar-10 29-Mar-10 Cities of Angol, Santiago, & Talcahuano UNIFIED RESPONSE – Haiti Earthquake 13-Jan-10 4-Feb-10 Haiti Relief Effort Flooding/Mudslides – JTF Bravo 11-Nov-09 23-Nov-09 El Salvador PACIFC WAVE – JTF-HD 29-Sep-09 10-Oct-09 American Samoa North Dakota Flood 2009 – 319th Refueling 13-Mar-09 7-May-09 Grand Forks, North Dakota Wing Kentucky Severe Winter Storm 28-Jan-09 24-Feb-09 Kentucky Tropical Storm – Heavy Rains 25-Nov-08 5-Dec-08 Panama & Costa Rica Hurricane Hanna Disaster Relief 8-Sep-08 26-Sep-08 Haiti Hurricanes IKE & GUSTAV 1-Sep-08 25-Sep-08 Specific counties of Louisiana and Texas ASSURED DELIVERY 14-Aug-08 10-Sep-08 Country of Georgia Typhoon Fengshen Disaster Relief 25-Jun-08 2-Jul-08 Panay Island, Republic of the Philippines CARING RESPONSE – Cyclone Nargis 12-May-08 21-Jun-08 Burma SEA ANGEL II – Cyclone Sidr 18-Nov-07 8-Dec-07 Bangladesh Hurricane Felix 5-Sep-07 18-Sep-07 Nicaragua Earthquake 16-Aug-07 12-Sep-07 Peru Earthquake & Tsunami 6-Apr-07 20-Apr-07 Solomon Islands NEO Lebenon (TF59) 14-Jul-06 24-Aug-06 Lebanon Indonesian Earthquake 27-May-06 14-Jun-06 Yogyarkarta Region only Mudslide Relief 17-Feb-06 28-Feb-06 Philippines Pakistan Earthquake 8-Oct-05 31-Mar-06 Pakistan Hurricane Stan 6-Oct-05 27-Oct-05 Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort 29-Aug-05 13-Oct-05 Southern Coast, United States Hurricane Rita Relief Effort 29-Aug-05 13-Oct-05 Southern Coast, United States JTF New Horizons, Haiti 15-Feb-05 15-May-05 Haiti Typhoon Nan Madol 4-Dec-04 18-Dec-04 UNIFIED ASSISTANCE – Tsunami Relief 1-Dec-04 1-Dec-04 Effort SECURE TOMORROW, Port-au-Prince 15-Mar-04 25-Jun-04 Haiti Joint Task Force, Liberia 25-Jul-03 15-Oct-03 Liberia Joint Special Operations Task Force SHINING 7-Jun-03 20-Jun-03 EXPRESS CHALLENGER Fisher Vessel Ecuadorian 5-Feb-03 9-Feb-03 Eastern Pacific Ocean Migrant Rescue Super Typhoon Pongsona Relief 8-Dec-02 31-Dec-02 Guam Humanitarian Service Medal - Approved Operations Current as of: 1 July 2020 Operation Start Date End Date Geographic Area1 SHEPARD SENTRY 29-Oct-02 3-Nov-02 Central African Republic DoD HIV/ AIDS Prevention Program 1-Oct-02 1-Apr-04 Sub-Saharan African Countries AUTUMN RETURN 22-Sep-02 4-Oct-02 Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, and West Africa Typhoon Chata’an Relief Operation 2-Jul-02 11-Oct-02 Micronesia La Plata, Maryland Tornado Relief Operation 2-May-02 12-May-02 Maryland Task Force Avid Recovery (Lagos) 19-Feb-02 15-Apr-02 Nigeria Indonesian Fishermen Rescue 7-Oct-01 7-Oct-01 Indonesia Operation Noble Eagle 12-Sep-01 2-Oct-01 New York City Motor Vessel Fortuna and Fishing Vessel 12-Jul-01 14-Jul-01 Coast of Costa Rica Consuelo Migrant Rescue Carlos Enrique (Fishing Vessel) Ecuadorian 22-Jun-01 25-Jun-01 Ecuador Migrant Rescue Egypt Deming Operation 2-Jun-01 9-Aug-01 Egypt Oman De-mining Operation 1-Mar-01 10-May-01 Oman Djibouti De-mining Operation 1-Mar-01 11-May-01 Djibouti U.S. Support Group East Timor 1-Mar-01 31-Dec-02 East Timor Indian Earthquake Relief Operation 26-Jan-01 19-Feb-01 El Salvador Earthquake Relief Operation 14-Jan-01 28-Feb-01 El Salvador Belize Hurricane Relief Operation 4-Oct-00 8-Oct-00 Belize Western U.S. Wild Land Fires 13-Jul-00 24-Sep-00 Idaho and Montana Kingdom of Jordan De-mining Operation 15-Jun-00 15-Aug-00 Kingdom of Jordan Operation FIERY RELIEF in the Republic of 3-Mar-00 7-Mar-00 Republic of the Philippines the Philippines Operation Joint Task Force Atlas Response 18-Feb-00 27-Mar-00 Botswana, Mozambique, and South Africa Motor Vessel Diosa Del Mar Ecuadorian 26-Sep-99 1-Oct-99 Coast of Central America Migrant Rescue STABILIZE 16-Sep-99 23-Feb-00 East Timor Hurricane Floyd Disaster Relief 15-Sep-99 9-Nov-99 North Carolina Kingdom of Jordan De-mining Operation 13-Sep-99 14-Dec-99 Kingdom of Jordan AVID RESPONSE 17-Aug-99 11-Sep-99 Western Turkey West Point Military Reservation Fire (West 28-Jul-99 16-Aug-99 New York Point) Oklahoma Tornado and Flood Disaster Relief 3-May-99 28-May-99 Oklahoma Effort PROVIDE REFUGE (Fort Dix) 1-May-99 31-Jul-99 New Jersey SHINING HOPE 3-Apr-99 5-Jun-99 Albania, Macedonia Republic of Yemen De-mining 15-Mar-99 30-Jun-99 Republic of Yemen Alpine Rescue Operation 24-Feb-99 28-Feb-99 Clarksville Tornado Relief Operation 17-Jan-99 26-Jan-99 Tennessee (Clarksville, TN) Thailand De-mining Operation 1-Jan-99 30-Sep-01 Thailand Hurricane Mitch Disaster Relief Operation in 28-Oct-98 20-Feb-99 Central America Central America Central and South Texas Floods 21-Oct-98 13-Nov-98 Texas TEMPEST GUARDIAN (Hurricane Georges) 26-Sep-98 10-Oct-98 Mississippi Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Joint Task Force Full Provider 25-Sep-98 1-Nov-98 Haiti Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Hurricane Georges Disaster Relief 25-Sep-98 1-Nov-98 Haiti Humanitarian Service Medal - Approved Operations Current as of: 1 July 2020 Operation Start Date End Date Geographic Area1 SHADOW EXPRESS 20-Sep-98 10-Oct-98 Liberia AIR ANGEL 1998 9-Sep-98 23-Sep-98 Bangladesh Evacuation Operations in the Democratic 8-Aug-98 17-Aug-98 Republic of Congo Republic of Congo Joint Task Force-Kenya for Operation Resolute 7-Aug-98 31-Aug-98 Kenya Response SAFE DEPARTURE 6-Jun-98 7-Jun-98 Eritrea Joint Task Force Nobel Obelisk 25-May-98 6-Jun-98 Sierra Leone Republic of Yemen De-mining Operation 15-May-98 15-Dec-98 Yemen Ecuador El Nino Disaster Relief Effort 9-May-98 24-May-98 Ecuador Italy Flood Relief 7-May-98 18-May-98 Italy Sao Miguel Relief Operation 19-Mar-98 20-Jun-98 Azores Northeastern U.S. Ice Crisis 1998 Disaster 10-Jan-98 30-Jan-98 New York and Maine Relief Operation Super-Typhoon Paka Relief Effort 17-Dec-97 24-Jan-98 Guam Indonesian Forest Fire Relief 17-Oct-97 4-Dec-97 Indonesian Korean Airline Flight 19801 6-Aug-97 23-Aug-97 Guam Eritrea/Ethiopia De-mining Operation 5-Jun-97 25-Jul-97 Eritrea/Ethiopia Grenada Drought Operation 25-Apr-97 23-Jun-97 Grenada, Martinique North Central U.S.