Canadian Special Service Medal, NATO/OTAN Bar set out in the schedule

set out in the schedule

Only time spent under NATO command is eligible - transit time does not count

Service cannot be counted toward another Canadian or foreign service medal

and having applied the 180-day break period

Flight log excerpts to be used to substantiate eligibility

Canadian Special Service Medal, NATO/OTAN Bar set out in the scheduleNATO service between 1951 and 2004: An aggregate of 180 days of honourable service within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) area of responsibility between 1 January 1951 and 19 October 2004. Qualifying service is service while posted to a NATO unit, or to a Canadian Forces or allied formation or unit outside territorial limits of Canada under the operational control of a NATO headquarters, or in Canada on an operational staff directly