Initial Criteria

AWARD OF THE GWOTEM IS LIMITED TO PERSONNEL DEPLOYED OVERSEAS FOR
SERVICE IN OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM AND IRAQI FREEDOM.
   C.  PER REF C, THE DESIGNATED, SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AOE RELATED
TO THESE OPERATIONS ARE:

AFGHANISTAN         SAUDI ARABIA
BAHRAIN             SOMALIA
BULGARIA (BOURGAS)  SYRIA
CRETE               TAJIKISTAN
CYPRUS              TURKEY (EAST OF 35 DEGREES EAST LATITUDE)
DIEGO GARCIA        TURKMENISTAN
DJIBOUTI            UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
EGYPT               UZBEKISTAN
ERITREA             YEMEN
ETHIOPIA            THAT PORTION OF THE ARABIAN SEA NORTH OF 10    
IRAN                DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND WEST OF 68 DEGREES
IRAQ                LONGITUDE
SUEZ CANAL          BAB EL MANDEB
ISRAEL              GULF OF ADEN
JORDAN              GULF OF AQABA
KAZAKHSTAN          GULF OF OMAN
KENYA               GULF OF SUEZ
KUWAIT              THAT PORTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA EAST OF
QATAR               28 DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE
KYRGYZSTAN          PERSIAN GULF
LEBANON             RED SEA
OMAN                ROMANIA (CONSTANTA)
PAKISTAN            STRAIT OF HORMUZ
PHILIPPINES         Operation Enduring Freedom