Posted on Jun 1, 2015
My new unit says I don't qualify for the Overseas Service Ribbon awarded to me by my previous unit. Are they right?
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I deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 with Temporary Change of Station (TCS) orders that said my tour would be no longer than 270 days (about 9 months). My tour ended up being 8 months and 1 day, as my unit redeployed a few weeks early. The unit I deployed with awarded me the Overseas Service Ribbon (OSR) for having completed a tour. I arrived at my current unit a few months ago, and prior to my recent appearance at the promotion board, S1 reviewed my records and removed the OSR from my ERB, stating that I didn't serve overseas long enough to qualify for the OSR. My Platoon Sergeant is the one who made me aware of S1's decision to remove my OSR, and he hasn't disagreed with S1's decision or made any moves to investigate the situation, so I did the research on my own.
AR 600-8-22 says that the OSR is awarded to Soldiers who are credited with a normal overseas tour completion according to AR 614-30. AR 614-30 says that a Soldier has completed a tour if he serves to within 60 days of the prescribed tour. I was deployed to within 21 days of my prescribed tour, and my early return wasn't under my control or by my request; my whole unit redeployed a few weeks early. According to my research, I should be able to keep my OSR.
I'm going to print my TCS deployment orders and take them to S1 to show that my prescribed tour was only 9 months, but beyond that, I haven't decided what to do. Has anyone else been in this situation, or can anyone explain where I went wrong in my evaluation? What would you do in my situation?
AR 600-8-22 says that the OSR is awarded to Soldiers who are credited with a normal overseas tour completion according to AR 614-30. AR 614-30 says that a Soldier has completed a tour if he serves to within 60 days of the prescribed tour. I was deployed to within 21 days of my prescribed tour, and my early return wasn't under my control or by my request; my whole unit redeployed a few weeks early. According to my research, I should be able to keep my OSR.
I'm going to print my TCS deployment orders and take them to S1 to show that my prescribed tour was only 9 months, but beyond that, I haven't decided what to do. Has anyone else been in this situation, or can anyone explain where I went wrong in my evaluation? What would you do in my situation?
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Show the powers that be the regulation and demand they re-authorize your award.
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Take all your information to Inspector General & JAG you earned that and fight your S1, don't let them things you earned those are points needed for the board.
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I have been out of the service since 1968 so I have a dumb question. When was the service ribbon first started? I was in Germany from 1965 to 1967, then V.N. 1967 to 1968 and never heard of this service ribbon.
On another question, I have most of the eye candy awarded listed on my DD-214, but have found out there were other ribbons awarded for 1967 through 1968 after I discharged. They were not approved until 1969. Anybody know how to confirm those awards as my grandkids want to make a shadow box.
On another question, I have most of the eye candy awarded listed on my DD-214, but have found out there were other ribbons awarded for 1967 through 1968 after I discharged. They were not approved until 1969. Anybody know how to confirm those awards as my grandkids want to make a shadow box.
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You are caught in a technicality you didn’t serve 90 days which is a prerequisite for the OSR. The other unit you were deployed with were they active-duty or reserves? Because the reserves have a different entitlement whereas if they are deployed overseas and their deployment is over no matter how many days it was they can receive the OSR
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Make a appt with your Brigade PSNCO with copy of orders and AR600-8-22 to update your service records. Sure he can submit correct paperwork.
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So if you had been wounded or killed while in Afghanistan you really weren't there according to the convoluted Army logic so maybe you wouldn't be dead after all!
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The same thing happened to me. I was deployed for 9 months but came home with the unit after 7, so no award. You still got your Afghanistan medal, that pretty much says it all.
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