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​List of Qualifying Operational Service

The list of Qualifying Operational Service under the Veterans' Support Act 2014.

Declaration name & period
Service in Cambodia 1 October 1991 to 30 April 2005
Service in the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 January 1992 to 31 July 2019
Service in Somalia 1 January 1993 to 31 March 1995
Service in Mozambique 1 February 1994 to 30 June 2005
The South Pacific Peacekeeping Force (SPPKF) in Bougainville 1 September 1994 to 31 October 1994
The United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) 19 September 1994 to 31 March 1995
Service in Laos 1 July 1997 to 31 May 2003
Service in Bougainville 1 October 1997 to 30 June 2003
The Medical Team that responded to the tsunami in Papua New Guinea 1 July 1998 to 31 July 1998
Service in Sierra Leone 1 August 1998 to 30 June 2005
Service in Timor-Leste 1 August 1999 to 31 July 2019
Service in the Solomon Islands 1 April 2000 to 31 July 2019
Service in Afghanistan 1 December 2001 to 30 September 2021
Service in the Gulf of Oman 1 March 2003 to 31 July 2003
Service in the United Arab Emirates 1 March 2003 to 30 September 2008
Service in Arabian Sea 1 March 2003 to 31 July 2003
Service in Bahrain 1 March 2003 to 31 August 2004
Service with the United Nations in the State of Israel 30 June 2003 to 27 November 2008
Service in the Kyrgyz Republic 1 August 2003 to 30 September 2003
Service in Arabian Sea 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in the Gulf of Aden 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Red Sea 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in states in the Horn of Africa 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Saudi Arabia 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Yemen 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Operation Teal – Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates 1 August 2004 to 28 February 2005
Operation Sumatra Assist in Indonesia 27 December 2004 to 28 February 2005
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 17 September 2005 to 9 July 2011
Service in Arabian Sea 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in Bahrain 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in the Persian Gulf 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in South Sudan 9 July 2011 to 30 September 2024
Service in Somalia 1 September 2011 to 30 April 2016
Service in Mali 1 March 2018 to 31 March 2019
Service in Mali and the wider G5 Sahel Region 15 July 2020 to 31 December 2020