Military Awards Essay

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2. PURPOSE: To establish policies and procedures for processing Military Awards within the command and to ensure all Soldiers who distinguish themselves through exceptional achievement, service, qualifications, or acts of heroism or valor receive the appropriate tangible recognition. 3. POLICY: a. The recommended Soldier’s records manager will verify that the Soldier is not flagged and has a valid APFT and HTWT in the system prior to signing the DA 638. b. The records manager will double check the administrative data for the recommended Soldier prior to signing the DA 638. This will include the name and SSN. c. S1s will ensure that the award recommendation is routed through the Soldier’s chain of command and not the …show more content…

Commanders may request to have an award recommendation fast tracked through the awards process. Fast tracking an award means there will either be an immediate awards board held or the award recommendation will skip the awards board and go straight to the CG for signature. For expedited award processing, the DRU commander must contact the 7th MSC ACoS, G-1 to inform them the award requires expedited processing and then contact the DCO, 7th MSC to explain why the award should receive special processing. (1) The G1 can only fast track MSMs, ARCOMs, AAMs, and COAs. The G1 cannot fast track an LM, since they are not approved by the 7th MSC. (2) The G1 Awards NCO will fast track the award once the exception to policy is approved. f. Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal (MOVSM): Units will route requests through HRPAS to G1 7th MSC. The MOVSM requires 3 years and/or 500 hours of volunteer service. (1) Recommenders will submit requests for the MOVSM in memorandum format (See enclosure

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