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What Army regulation addresses military awards? |
AR 600-8-22 |
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What is the difference between a decoration and an award? |
A decoration is a distinctively designed mark of honor denoting heroism or meritorious and/or outstanding service and/or achievement for individuals and units An award is recognition given to individuals or units for certain acts or services, or badges, accolades, emblems, citations, commendations, and streamers |
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What are some examples of Individual U.S. Army decorations? |
Medal of Honor (MOH)
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
Silver Star (SS)
Legion of Merit (LM)
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Soldier’s Medal (SM)
Bronze Star Medal (BSM)
Purple Heart (PH)
Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
Air Medal (AM)
Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM)
Army Achievement Medal (AAM) |
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What is a Medal? |
A term used to includes the three categories of awards, namely: decorations, Army Good Conduct Medals (AGCMs), and service medals. |
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What is meant by meritorious achievement? |
An act which is well above the expected performance of duty. |
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What is meant by meritorious service? |
Distinguished by a succession of outstanding acts of achievement over a sustained period of time. |
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What is the objective of the DA Military Awards Program? |
To provide tangible recognition for acts of valor, exceptional service or achievement, special skills or qualifications, and acts of heroism not involving actual combat |
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What are the categories in which individual awards are grouped? |
(a) Decorations (b) Army Good Conduct Medal (AGCM) (c) Campaign and service medals (d) Service ribbons, badges, and tabs (e) Certificates and letters |
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No military decoration will be awarded more than 2 years after the act or period of service to be honored. However, what decoration is the exception? |
The Purple Heart |
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Commanders authorized to award combat and special skill badges are authorized to revoke such awards. When can an award of any combat or special skill badge be automatically revoked? |
On dismissal, dishonorable discharge, or conviction by courts-martial for desertion in wartime |
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While clearly an individual decoration, how does the Purple Heart (PH) differ from all other decorations? |
An individual is not "recommended" for the PH decoration; rather, he or she is entitled to it upon meeting specific criteria |
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No individual is automatically entitled to an award upon departure from an assignment; therefore, awards presented in conjunction with a PCS will be limited to exceptional cases. So outside these exceptional cases, what are appropriate means to recognize departing personnel? |
Certificates of achievement and letters of commendation or appreciation |
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Who may recommend a Soldier for award of a decoration? |
The recommending official must have been senior in grade or have first-hand personal knowledge of the event at the time of the action(s) or service to the individual being recommended for an award. Recommending officials who did not personally witness the action must have been associated, by virtue of their position in the command, with the incident and/or the individual being recommended for the award. |
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What medal is awarded only by the President of the United States? |
The Medal of Honor (MOH) |
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What decoration is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army, distinguished himself or herself by extraordinary heroism “not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor (MOH) |
Distinguished Service Cross |
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What decoration is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the U.S. Army, has distinguished himself or herself by “exceptionally meritorious service” to the government in a duty of great responsibility? |
Distinguished Service Medal |
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What decoration is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the U.S. Army, is cited for “gallantry in action” against an enemy of the United States |
Silver Star |
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What decoration is awarded to any Servicemember of the Armed Forces of the United States or a friendly foreign nation who has distinguished himself or herself by “exceptionally meritorious conduct” in the performance of outstanding services and achievements? |
Legion of Merit |
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What decoration is awarded to any person of the Armed Forces of the United States or of a friendly foreign nation who, while serving in any capacity with the Army of the United States, including RC Soldiers not serving in a duty status at the time of the heroic act, who distinguished himself or herself by “heroism not involving” actual conflict with an enemy? |
Soldier’s Medal |
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What decoration is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the Armed Forces of the United States, or a friendly foreign nation after 6 December 1941, distinguished himself or herself by “heroic or meritorious achievement or service not involving participation in aerial flight” in connection with military operations against an armed enemy |
Bronze Star Medal |
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What decoration is awarded to any Servicemember of the Armed Forces of the United States or to any member of the armed forces of a friendly foreign nation who has distinguished himself or herself by “outstanding” meritorious achievement or service? |
Meritorious Service Medal |
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What decoration is awarded to any Servicemember of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving in any capacity with the Army after 6 December 1941, distinguishes himself or herself by heroism, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service? |
Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM) |
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What decoration is awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or to any member of the armed forces of a friendly foreign nation, who distinguished himself or herself by meritorious service or achievement of a lesser degree than required for award of the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM)? |
Army Achievement Medal (AAM) |
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What DA Form is used to initiate, process, and approve award recommendations of all U.S. Army individual decorations to include valor and heroism decorations? (3-20a.) |
DA Form 638 |
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What is authorized for wear on the Army Good Conduct Medal (AGCM) to denote second or subsequent awards? |
A clasp |
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What denotes honorable performance of military duty within specified limited dates in specified geographical areas? |
Service (campaign) medals and service ribbons |
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What is awarded to Servicemembers of the U.S. Army for successful completion of overseas tours? |
Overseas Service Ribbon |
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What is awarded to Servicemembers of the U.S. Army for successful completion of initial entry training? |
Army Service Ribbon |
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What is awarded to members of Active Army, ARNG, and USAR Soldiers for successful completion of designated NCO professional development courses? |
Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon |
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What are identical to the suspension ribbon of the medals they represent, mounted on bars equipped with attaching devices and are issued for wear in place of medals? |
Service ribbons |
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What is the only decoration authorized a neck ribbon? |
Medal of Honor |
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What is worn instead of five bronze oak leaf clusters? |
A silver oak leaf cluster |
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What is worn to denote participation in acts of heroism involving conflict with an armed enemy? |
The "V" device |
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What are worn on campaign and service medals to denote participation in a named campaign (for example, Southwest Asia Service Medal) and on the service ribbons (for example the National Defense Service Medal) to denote an additional award? |
Service stars |
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What commemorates the sacrifice and blood shed for our freedoms and gives emphasis to the Medal of Honor being the highest award for valor by an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States? |
Medal of Honor flag |
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What U.S. unit decoration (previously called the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque) is awarded to units for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services for at least 6 continuous months during the period of military operations against an armed enemy occurring on or after 1 January 1944? |
Meritorious Unit Commendation |
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What U.S. unit decoration was established by the SECARMY on 8 April 1985 to recognize outstanding meritorious performance by a unit during peacetime of a difficult and challenging mission under extraordinary circumstances? |
The Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA) |
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What percent? |
65% |
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What badges are authorized to be worn as public evidence of deserved honor and distinction to denote service performed in specified assignments? |
Identification badges |
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What are the four tabs authorized to indicate skill? |
(1) Ranger (2) Special forces (SF) (3) Sapper (4) President’s Hundred |
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