By Leada Gore
The new year will bring a host of new license plates to Alabama.
Starting Jan. 1, 2024, new license plates will be available for Air Medal, Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Space Force, Children’s of Alabama and Brain Cancer Research.
Images for the new tags haven’t been released.
The Air Medal license plate will be available only to recipients of that honor. Created in 1942, the medal is awarded for meritorious achievements while participating in an aerial flight. Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. military’s campaign against ISIS, is available to military veterans of that conflict. Plates for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Space Force had been added to the list of service branches available for a military tag. The new Marine tag will replace the current one.
Children’s of Alabama and Brain Cancer Research plates will also be available, according to the Alabama Department of Revenue.
Other plate changes for this year
Holders of many military and veteran license plates will receive new metal plates but with the same design. The registrant’s eligibility to display the license will also be recertified. Those plates are:
- Disabled Veteran Air Force
- Disabled Veteran Army
- Disabled Veteran Coast Guard
- Disabled Marine Corps
- Disabled Veteran Merchant Marine
- Disabled Veteran National Guard
- Active Reserve – U.S. Armed Forces
- Vietnam Veteran
- Battle of the Bulge
- WW II American
- WW II Asiatic Pacific
- WW II European
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Global War on Terrorism
- Pearl Harbor Survivor
- Retired Military – U.S. Armed Force Air Force
- Retired Military – U.S. Armed Forces Army
- Retired Military – U.S. Armed Forces Coast Guard
- Retired Military – U.S. Armed Forces Marine Corps
- Retired Military – U.S. Armed Forces Navy
- Retired Military – U.S. Armed Forces National Guard
- U.S. Air Force
- U.S Army
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Merchant Marine
- U.S. Navy
- Desert Shield/Storm
- Atomic Nuked
- Korean War
More military tags have a reissuance date of Jan. 1, 2024 and require recertification of eligibility upon renewal but new metal plates aren’t required. Those are:
- Bronze Star
- Silver Star
- Prisoner of War (POW)
- Medal of Honor
- Legion of Valor
- Distinguished Flying Cross
Also, Alabama Home Builders and K9 for Vets have elected to retain their current designs but they will be replaced with plates that have the new numbering scheme and no decal pockets.
