Australian
Defence Force personnel taking part in Operation Anode will receive
a new award in recognition of their service.
The Australian Service Medal with Clasp Solomon Is II will be
awarded to ADF personnel who rendered service and completed operational
sorties over a period of 30 days, continuous or aggregate, in
the area of operations.
Operation Anode forms part of an Australian-led Regional Assistance
Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI).
The contingent involves personnel from New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga,
Samoa and Papua New Guinea, as well as Australia.
The operation began on July 24, 2003, and is still under way.
Operation Anode is separate to Operation Trek, that ran from November
2000 to March 2002.
