Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal

Service awardMOVSM

For outstanding volunteer community service of a sustained, direct, and consequential nature.

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How you get it

You earn this by meeting the requirements. No recommendation is needed. If it's missing from your record, current members can have their MPF add it. Veterans can request it from AFPC with a Standard Form 180 and supporting documents. Requires approval by your chain of command, based on a documented record of your volunteer service.

You qualify if any of these apply

Performed outstanding volunteer community service after Dec. 31, 1992 that was sustained, direct, and consequential (per DoD 1348.33-M)

Quick facts

Category: Campaign and service
Type: Service award
Authorized devices: Service Star
WAPS points: 0
Position in the AFPC listing: 57 of 91 (listed in order of precedence)

Full AFPC fact sheet text

Background

This award, authorized by Executive Order 12830, Jan. 9, 1993, may be awarded to members of the U.S. armed forces and their Reserve components, who subsequent to Dec. 31, 1992, perform outstanding volunteer community service of a sustained, direct and consequential nature.

Criteria

Refer to DOD 1348.33-M for specific individual eligibility requirements and recommendation procedures and format.

Medal description

On July 2, 1996, the Secretary of the Air Force approved realigning the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal approval authority to the group commander level. This includes commanders of composite and provisional groups and (colonel) commanders of geographically separated units. This authority may not be further delegated.

Authorized device

Service Star

Source: Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal fact sheet, Air Force's Personnel Center