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​List of Qualifying Operational Service

The list of Qualifying Operational Service under the Veterans' Support Act 2014. Last updated: 1 October 2024.

Declaration name & period
Service in Afghanistan 1 December 2001 to 30 September 2021
Service in Angola 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1999
Service in Arabian Sea 1 March 2003 to 31 July 2003
Service in Arabian Sea 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Arabian Sea 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in Bahrain 1 March 2003 to 31 August 2004
Service in Bahrain 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in Bougainville 1 October 1997 to 30 June 2003
Service in Cambodia 1 October 1991 to 30 April 2005
Service in Iraq 1 July 1988 to 30 June 2023
Service in Korea 23 August 1950 to 27 July 1957
Service in Laos 1 July 1997 to 31 May 2003
Service in Lebanon 1 January 1978 to 30 September 2026
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
Service in Mozambique 1 February 1994 to 30 June 2005
Service in Namibia 1 September 1989 to 31 March 1990
Service in Pakistan 25 April 1988 to 31 December 1991
Service in Red Sea 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Saudi Arabia 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Sierra Leone 1 August 1998 to 30 June 2005
Service in Somalia 1 January 1993 to 31 March 1995
Service in Somalia 1 September 2011 to 30 April 2016
Service in South Sudan 9 July 2011 to 30 September 2026
Service in states in the Horn of Africa 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in Syria 1 January 1974 to 30 September 2026
Service in the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 January 1992 to 31 July 2019
Service in the Gulf of Aden 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service in the Gulf of Oman 1 March 2003 to 31 July 2003
Service in the Indian Ocean 21 June 1982 to 20 September 1983
Service in the Kyrgyz Republic 1 August 2003 to 30 September 2003
Service in the Persian Gulf 1 May 2008 to 31 August 2008
Service in the Solomon Islands 1 April 2000 to 31 July 2019
Service in the United Arab Emirates 1 March 2003 to 30 September 2008
Service in Timor-Leste 1 August 1999 to 31 July 2019
Service in Viet Nam 29 May 1964 to 31 December 1972
Service in Yemen 1 April 2004 to 31 August 2004
Service on Thai/Malay Border 31 July 1960 to 30 June 1964
Service on the Sinai Peninsula 25 April 1982 to 30 September 2026
Service with the United Nations in the State of Israel 30 June 2003 to 27 November 2008
The Berlin Airlift 1 September 1948 to 11 August 1949
The Civilian Surgical Team at Qui Nhon Provincial State Hospital in Viet Nam 1 December 1963 to 31 March 1975
The Commonwealth Monitoring Force (Operation Midford) in Rhodesia 23 December 1979 to 5 March 1980
The First United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF I) on the Sinai Peninsula 1 January 1956 to 31 December 1957
The Gulf Conflict 20 December 1990 to 13 April 1991
The Indonesian Confrontation 17 August 1964 to 11 August 1966
The Malayan Emergency 18 June 1948 to 31 July 1960
The Medical Team that responded to the tsunami in Papua New Guinea 1 July 1998 to 31 July 1998
The Second United Nations Emergency Force II (UNEF II) on the Sinai Peninsula 1 October 1973 to 31 December 1979
The South Pacific Peacekeeping Force (SPPKF) in Bougainville 1 September 1994 to 31 October 1994