Help with DA Photo Awards questions, please?

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:57:48 -0400

I'm getting ready to go take my DA Photo for my upcoming promotion packet and I have a couple questions about some of the National Guard Awards

I have the Armed Forces reserve medal from my last mobilization and I have also been in the guard for 12 years since leaving Active Duty. Should the Numeral 2 be added to the ribbon to go along with the "M" device and the "Bronze hourglass"? I was told the 2 denoted campaigns that you served in but does it also cover getting an "M" device and then getting the Bronze Hourglass for 10 years?

I want to make sure I'm G2G.

Thanks in advance!

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 19 at 2018 5:37 PM

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:37:10 -0400

1SG (P) Mark Rudolph what site is that?

Response by CAPT Michael Toleno made Sep 19 at 2018 6:38 PM

CAPT Michael Toleno — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:38:45 -0400

The M is for any mobilization. You get a numeral 2 if you mobilize a 2nd time, but it must be for a DIFFERENT campaign. If you mob to Afghanistan under Operation Enduring Freedom and then, years later, mobilize to Djibouti under OEF, you don't get a "2." You get the bronze hourglass for 10 years of satisfactory service in a Reserve or Guard component (silver for 20, gold for 30).