ميدالية الخدمة العملياتية (المملكة المتحدة)

كان أول وسام خدمة عسكرية يُمنح للخدمة خلال عملية باليسر ، وهي تدخل المملكة المتحدة في الحرب الأهلية في سيراليون من مايو 2000 إلى يوليو 2002. لم يُمنح أي مشبك ، على الرغم من أن الأفراد الذين شاركوا في عملية مايدنلي أو عملية باراس كانوا مؤهلين لإضافة وردة فضية إلى وسامهم. ^{[ 2 ]}

The OSM for Afghanistan was awarded for service as part of the Afghan War, encompassing Operation Veritas, Operation Herrick and Operation Toral, and other operations included under those overall missions. Recipients of the medal are eligible to be awarded the Afghanistan clasp if they have served in Afghanistan itself for a period of time (which varies depending on the operation), and the Operation Pitting clasp for personnel assigned to the 2021 evacuation of Kabul.^[2][3]

The OSM for the Democratic Republic of Congo was awarded to all British personnel that served between June and September 2003 on Operation Coral, the British involvement in the French-led multinational peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, during the latter stages of the Second Congo War. The medal was awarded with the DROC clasp to all recipients.^[2]

The OSM for Iraq and Syria was awarded for service as part of Operation Shader, the UK's involvement in the military intervention against ISIL in Iraq and Syria. This medal is the first campaign medal to be awarded to personnel not physically serving in the area of operations, as crews operating unmanned aerial vehicles on operations over Syria and Iraq were made eligible. Those personnel that do serve in the operational area itself are eligible to receive the Iraq & Syria clasp.^[2]