# § 8308. Korea Defense Service Medal
**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy shall issue a campaign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service Medal, to each person who while a member of the Navy or Marine Corps served in the Republic of Korea or the waters adjacent thereto during the KDSM eligibility period and met the service requirements for the award of that medal prescribed under subsection (c).
**(b)** In this section, the term “KDSM eligibility period” means the period beginning on July 28, 1954, and ending on such date after the date of the enactment of this section as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to be appropriate for terminating eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal.
**(c)** The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe service requirements for eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. Those requirements shall not be more stringent than the service requirements for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for instances in which the award of that medal is authorized.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 543(c)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2549, § 6257; renumbered § 6258, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1084(d)(30), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2063; renumbered § 8308, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .
### Prior Provisions
Prior sections 8308 and 8309 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 8308, , , related to effect of removal from recommended list by President of name of any promotion-list officer or brigadier general of Regular Air Force who in President’s opinion is not qualified for promotion or who is not confirmed by Senate. See .
Section 8309, , , provided that President prescribe a system of physical examination for all commissioned officers of Regular Air Force in grades below brigadier general to determine their fitness for promotion in Regular Air Force. See .
A prior section 8310 was renumbered , prior to repeal by .
Prior sections 8312 to 8314 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 8312, , , provided that an officer who is promoted in Regular Air Force is considered to have accepted his promotion on date of order announcing it, unless he expressly declines it, without need to take the oath of office upon promotion if his service since last taking it has been continuous. See .
Section 8313, , , provided that in time of war or national emergency declared by Congress or President, the President may suspend operation of any provision of law relating to promotion, mandatory retirement, or separation of commissioned officers of Regular Air Force. See section 123(a), (b) of this title.
Section 8314, added , , , provided that promotion to a higher grade of a commissioned officer of Regular Air Force who is on a recommendation list awaiting promotion not be withheld or delayed because of original appointment of any other person to a commissioned grade in Regular Air Force and that this section does not apply to appointments as medical or dental officers or Air Force nurses or medical specialists. See .
### Amendments
2018— renumbered as this section.
2004— renumbered as this section.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .