Posted on Mar 27, 2015
Wait time after submitting an award, (DA Form 638)
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What is the ideal turn around time for an award after it has it has been submitted. Some awards, such as the Army Achievement Medal, are only a Battalion Commanders Approval. Shouldn't that be a quick turn around? What about a higher award?
What do you do if you haven't got a response and it is appears to be lost in the system rather than the approval authority denying? In that case has anyone been denied an award and had the form returned saying such? I haven't found any regulation yet specifying a time frame or approval yet. It may be out there but I didn't see it in good ol' AR 600-8-22.
What do you do if you haven't got a response and it is appears to be lost in the system rather than the approval authority denying? In that case has anyone been denied an award and had the form returned saying such? I haven't found any regulation yet specifying a time frame or approval yet. It may be out there but I didn't see it in good ol' AR 600-8-22.
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I would agree with the others in the frame stated, but the challenge is usually getting it approved and sent up from the unit level. It seems like a never ending correction process when I submit an award of correcting something that the previous person said was wrong and then the next approving authority says the complete opposite.
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In my previous unit (BDE staff) it was a few weeks for AAM/ARCOM. Could be faster if you needed it though.
Now, I submit AAM's to the BN CDR. He signs, I forward to S1, they cut the certificate within a week. I do remeber being in a company and what a PITA it was at times. I feel it's a direct reflection of the leadership and their priorities.
Now, I submit AAM's to the BN CDR. He signs, I forward to S1, they cut the certificate within a week. I do remeber being in a company and what a PITA it was at times. I feel it's a direct reflection of the leadership and their priorities.
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1LT Eric Rosa, Be circumspect and use back channels to snoop around, sometimes snooping can remind a ?clerk of the paper on the bottom of the stack. Then, politicking might get it raised to the top of the 'pile'.
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As an "administrative" matter, it falls under normal administrative timelines. Generally speaking, anything that takes the CO's signature assume "up to" 30 days. If it has to go the chain to the next level, add another 30 days up, and then 15 days back down.
So for an AAM 30 days would be reasonable for Approve/Deny status before following up. For an ARCOM, you would be looking at 75 days. On the Marine Corps side, since we have to go one level higher for the equivalent award (Regt/MEU for NAM, and 1 star for NMCC) it would be 75 days and 90+.
So for an AAM 30 days would be reasonable for Approve/Deny status before following up. For an ARCOM, you would be looking at 75 days. On the Marine Corps side, since we have to go one level higher for the equivalent award (Regt/MEU for NAM, and 1 star for NMCC) it would be 75 days and 90+.
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