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Awards and Decorations
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What is the purpose of the D.A. Military Awards Program?
Provide tangible recognition for acts of valor, exceptional service, special skills,
qualifications and acts of heroism w/o actual combat
What is the highest peacetime award for valor?
The Soldiers Medal
During peacetime, who is the approving authority for the Soldier's Medal?
HQ Perscom
What is an Award?
A decoration, medal, badge, ribbon, or appurtenance bestowed on an individual or unit
What is a decoration?
An award to an individual for a specific act of gallantry or service
What is DA Form 7013?
Certificate of Appreciation
What are the six groups that individual awards can be categorized into?
1. Decorations 2. Good Conduct Medal 3. Service Medal 4. Service Ribbon 5. Badges and Tabs 6.
Certificates and Letters
What is the highest award given by the Army in time of war?
The Medal of Honor
What is engraved on the reverse side of the Medal of Honor?
The grade, name, and organization of the awardee
What is engraved on the reverse side of every Decoration or Good Conduct Medal other than the
Medal of Honor?
The name of the awardee only
How many stars are on the blue silk shield that the Army Medal of Honor is suspended from?
13
Who is the approving authority for the Medal of Honor?
The U.S. Congress
Who awards the Medal of Honor?
The President of the United States
What is the word inscribed on the suspension bar of the Medal of Honor?
"Valor"
Whose profile is on the Medal of Honor?
Minerva, the roman goddess of wisdom and righteous war
What is the order of precedence for the wearing of individual awards?
1 US Mil Decor 2 US Non-Mil Decor 3 POW Med 4 Good Con Med 5 US Res Comp Ach 6 US Serv Med/Ribb 7 US
Merch Mar Decor 8 Fore Dec 9 Non US Ser
Name of the ribbon awarded to the members of the US Army for successful completion of Basic and
AIT?
The Army Service Ribbon
What is the DA Form 2442?
Certificate of Achievement
What is the time limit for recommending an award?
Two years
How many "V" devices may be worn on a ribbon?
Not more than 1
The "V" device is authorized for wear on what decorations?
-Distinguished Flying Cross -Bronze Star Medal -Air Medal -ARCOM -Joint Service
Commendation Medal
How many different weapons are authorized component bars?
19
For what is the Good Conduct Medal given?
For exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity
What three words are inscribed on the front of the Good Conduct Medal?
Honor, Efficiency, Fidelity
Who is the approving authority for the Good Conduct Medal?
The Company Commander
How often can you get the Good Conduct Medal?
Every Three Years
Who are the final approving authorities for the AAM, ARCOM, MSM, LM and DSM?
AAM = LTC+ ARCOM = COL+ MSM = MG+ LM = LTG+ DSM = US Army Chief of Staff
Who can make recommendations for an award?
Any person having knowledge of an outstanding act or achievement
To whom is the Purple Heart awarded?
To anyone, military or civilian, wounded or killed in action against an armed enemy
What is the second highest award for valor?
The Distinguished Service Cross
What was the first medal awarded in the US Army?
The Purple Heart
In the order of precedence, what are the US Unit Awards authorzied for wear on Army Uniforms?
Part A
1. Pres. Unit Citation (Army, AF) 2. Pres. Unit Citation (Navy) 3. Joint Merit. Unit Award 4.
Valorous Unit Award 5. Merit Unit Commend Army
In the order of precedence, what are the US Unit Awards authorized for wear on Army
Uniforms?Part B
6. Navy Unit Commend 7. AF Outstanding Unit 8. Coast Guard Unit Commend 9. Army Superior
UnitAward 10. Merit Unit Commend (Navy)
In the order of precedence, what are the US Unit Awards authorized for wear on Army Uniforms?
Part c
11. Navy "E" Ribbon 12. AF Organizational Excellence Award 13. Coast Guard Merit Unit
Commendation
What was the Purple Heart initially awarded for?
It was awarded for valor in the revolutionay war.
What is DA Form 4950?
Good Conduct Medal Certificate
What decoration has George Washington's picture on it?
The Purple Heart
Who is the approving authority for the AAM?
The battalion commander
What is the DA Form 87?
Certificate of Training
What words are inscribed on the reverse side of the AAM?
For Military Achievement
What words are inscribed on the reverse side of the ARCOM?
For Military Merit
What is a Fourragere?
A rope like device worn to signify the award of a foreign decoration
When can a unit award be worn?
When serving with a unit that received an award or if you were assigned to the unit when the award
was assigned
Name the four Special Skills Tabs.
1. Ranger 2. Special Forces 3. Presidents Hundred 4. Sapper
What Army Regulation covers the wear and appearance of the military uniform?
AR 670-1
Name three appurtenances
1. Oak leaf clusters 2. V devices 3. Numeral 4. Clasp 5. Service Star 6. Arrowhead 7. Berlin
Airlift Device 8. Ten-Yr Device 9. M Device
If the number of authorized oak leaf clusters exceeds four and will not fit on a single ribbon,
what will happen?
A 2nd ribbon is auth for wear, it is placed after 1st ribb, 2nd counts as 1, may not wear more than 4
oak leaf on each ribbons
What DA Form is used to recommend / request an award?
DA Form 638
What Army Regulation governs Awards and Decorations?
AR 600-8-22
When was the Medal of Honor established?
1862
Why is the Purple Heart different than all the other decorations?
Its an individual decoration and it is not recommended to someone, rather that person is
entitled to it upon meeting specific criteria
What are the three US Army Combat Badges?
1. Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) 2. Combat Action Badge (CAB) 3. Combat Medical Badge (CMB)
Who is eligible to be awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB)?
Personnel COL-, w/ infantry or SF MOS, who have satisfactorily performed duty while assigned
as a member of an infantry/SF unit BDE or small
What are the four specific eligibility requirements for the Combat Action Badge (CAB)?
1. awarded to any soldier 2. must perform assign duties in area w/ hostile fire pay etc is auth 3.
must be personl pres 4. not w/ unit assig
Who is eligible to be awarded the Combat Medical Badge (CMB)
med personal assign/attach by appro orders to infan unit BDE-, or med unit of comp -, organic to
infan unit of BDE -, engaged in actual comb