Posted on Aug 15, 2018

Is there a difference between the Navy Commendation Medal & the ARCOM?

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My best friend from highschool is a former FAST Marine, reminds me every day. Anyways, I went to visit him the other day out of state and we were looking at each others pictures from our AD days. He noticed my ARCOM I got in Iraq and when I told him what it was he was in disbelief that an E3 would get a Commendation medal. So, is there a difference? Seems to be a bigger deal to the navy and usmc?

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An E-3 would almost never get a Achievement medal in Navy and lucky in Marine Corps. E-4 to E-6 usually will receive NAM's and NAVCOM usually E-7 and above. Now "V" don't even think about it, needs to be Silver Star write up. See how this works Navy does not give stuff away.

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Yeah I feel you. I actually got my ARCOM in the claw machine to be honest.

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