Posted on May 15, 2015
Should a Company Commander recommending an award sign the award twice?
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This is for all the S1 clerks and 42A's out there. When it comes to awards, they have to go through "intermediate authorities", or middlemen, depending on the type of award. Let's say a Company Commander recommends an AAM. They sign as the recommender. Should they also have to sign as their own intermediate authority, thus signing the award twice?
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Honestly I would just have my 1SG sign off as the recommender to avoid the headache...
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I would too (now), but you get those commanders that want their names on the front of the DA 638 and then it's all symantics after that. A vicious cycle.
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In my previous life as a 42A I was an awards clerk and yes, the CO would sign twice in that case, since you had to put the to part from that commander to the next higher authority.
In my previous life as a 42A I was an awards clerk and yes, the CO would sign twice in that case, since you had to put the to part from that commander to the next higher authority.
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The "intermediate authority" is the next higher commander between the recommender and the final approving authority, correct? It makes no sense to me that someone would sign as the next higher authority to themselves. I've got plenty of AAMs from my commander to the BN CDR with no intermediate authority, as there is no one in a position of command between the Company Commander and the Battalion Commander. The only reason I brought this up, is because there is no consistency with my S1. They accept awards one way and then kick them back for the same thing they were accepted for the first time. I literally had one get kicked back a few years back, waited a couple weeks, and sent it up with no changes. It was accepted!
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SSG(P) (Join to see) I never signed it twice. If I was recommending the award I signed the front had my administrator sign the block on the back saying the Soldier was not flagged and the next signature was for the Battalion Commander, which for an AAM was approver.
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