Posted on Jul 2, 2021
What factors do you consider when recommending your Soldiers for an award?
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As a Team Leader or Squad Leader what do you consider when recommending your Soldiers for an award? Do you base it on an individual impact? Or for overall duration? Or both?
When taking over as the new TL or SL for a group of Soldiers, do you consider length of time that you are their supervisor or do you consider the work they did before you got there? Do you consider awards they have received previously or only the acts that you are witness to?
How do you factor in to balancing what they deserve such as a Certificate of Achievement versus an Achievement Medal versus a Commendation Medal?
I ask all this because it seems to differ from unit to unit and from leader to leader and I'm curious in the variety of answers and leadership styles.
When taking over as the new TL or SL for a group of Soldiers, do you consider length of time that you are their supervisor or do you consider the work they did before you got there? Do you consider awards they have received previously or only the acts that you are witness to?
How do you factor in to balancing what they deserve such as a Certificate of Achievement versus an Achievement Medal versus a Commendation Medal?
I ask all this because it seems to differ from unit to unit and from leader to leader and I'm curious in the variety of answers and leadership styles.
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I always thought the BS was a big deal, but without the V you could get it for doing an outstanding job of handing out gear or serving meals. No V it could be a just because you were a SSGT ending a deployment. What did these guys do ? NK hasn’t been at war since 1953.
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This is what I've seen, however each Commander at each level of authority has their own requirements, good, bad, or otherwise. Remember, awards don't start at the Achievement Medal level, they go right down to Cert. Of Achievement, Cert. Of Appreciation, Cert of Participation, Coin, and the infamous "Atta-boy" handshake or pat on the back. However, starting at the Achievement
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I never found myself in a position to recommend an award of any kind. I would like to think I would do the research on the required actions performed for any given award and base my actions starting there.
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SSG Edward Tilton
That’s Bo Gritz, he was Randy Weavers Team Commander at Go Dau Ha. He earned about half of those. The rest he typed up himself
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