Medal "5 let na voennoy sluzhbe"

The Medal “5 Years of Military Service” is a departmental award of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.

It was established by Order No. 535 of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation dated 7 September 2017, “On the Establishment of the Medal of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ‘5 Years of Military Service’”. The medal was introduced in addition to the medals “For Distinction in Military Service” exclusively for awarding soldiers (sailors), sergeants and petty officers of the Russian Armed Forces who have served under contract for at least five years, calculated in calendar years. It is the first departmental medal for the category of contract-service military personnel in the ranks of soldiers (sailors), sergeants and petty officers.