Posted on Jan 28, 2022
SSG Orderly Room Ncoic
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I've always had an idea that award recommendation for ARCOM always need to have strong 4 award bullets with impact on BN or BDE if SM is assigned to CO level.

Then I've seen people submitting recommendation for award with achievement (ACH) for ARCOM with just single bullet (Strong one). My inner thought is telling me to kickback the award due to lack of award bullets but I just want to be sure on this. Of course, approving authority of ARCOM goes all the way to BDE CDR and it's his/her authority but I am trying to minimize workload for CMD Teams and to better understand on these award bullets.

Thank you all.
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SFC Retention Operations Nco
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If you achieve something significant, why do you need four bullets to explain it?

Let's say a person wins the NCO of the Quarter board and is awarded an ARCOM, why would it take four paragraphs to explain that?

Awards for service usually take four paragraphs because you're trying to capture many smaller achievements over a length of time that cumulatively rate an award.
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Thank you SFC Boyd! This summarizes all. This was the type of answers I've been looking for. It's not the quantity that matters, it's the quality!
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If you can justify with quantifiable and qualitative information in just one bullet, then that's all you need for an AAM or ARCOM. It's all going to boil down to what the approving authority will say/want.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
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I have in my files a ARCOM with one two-word bullet. "Division SOY."

The only requirement is that the approving authority will sign it.
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CSM Charles Hayden - Soldier of the Year.
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CSM Charles Hayden Soldier of the Year for the Division.
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CSM William Everroad
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I have one that just says "IMPACT". Given out pre-signed with order number by the BC on the spot.
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