Canadian Special Service Medal, NATO/OTAN Bar Service cannot be counted toward

Service cannot be counted toward another Canadian or foreign service medal

This clasp/bar is awarded for every subsequent period of ten years of qualifying service to the Canadian Decoration

While the length of service required for recognition has varied

set out in the schedule

Canadian Special Service Medal, NATO/OTAN Bar Service cannot be counted towardNATO service between 1951 and 2004: An aggregate of 180 days of honourable service within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) area of responsibility between 1 January 1951 and 19 October 2004. Qualifying service is service while posted to a NATO unit, or to a Canadian Forces or allied formation or unit outside territorial limits of Canada under the operational control of a NATO headquarters, or in Canada on an operational staff directly