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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 3790654, member: 75143&quot;]You are correct. All servicemembers get the National Defense medal no matter when or where they served.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, the National Defense is often the first medal that new members receive. The ROTC graduates had at least the National Defense and Air Force Training ribbons. A few had the Expert Marksmanship, but at the bare minimum you get National Defense and Training.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should be similar or the same for the other branches.</p><p><br /></p><p>Source: I attended a commissioning ceremony for Air Force ROTC commissioned 2nd Lts in 2018 and every single one of them had the National Defense ribbon even before serving a single day in actual active duty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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