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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probably done by some POG that didn't deploy and is jealous. If you have orders for the award, I would demand to see the order revoking the award, then run both orders through your NCO support chain. It would be kind of weird to see a person with combat patch and no overseas ribbon.
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I can't go into detail, but I was involved in operations on my submarine that a surface ship would have gotten a Presidential Unit Citation for, but we got nothing, because we never went there and didn't do what we did.
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CWO2 Richard Rose
I hear you. I made a deployment where both the C.O. and X.O. received Bronze Stars. The crew did receive Imminent Danger Pay, but nothing else.
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Amazing how y'all are treated overseas and how completely different when y'all return anymore. The public may not of liked us,but we were treated the same in or out of country
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Follow the proper procedure through proper chain of command . Stand fast you did your time and deserve that OSR .....
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Personally I wouldn't worry about it. If it doesn't put any more money in your pocket or if it does not help to give you rank quicker, just place it in file 13(trashcan) and get on with life.
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Contact your congressman and give him or her the same evidence and appeal to their decision
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