Posted on Apr 3, 2014
What to do when a unit fails to issue a Soldier an award he earned?
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I competed in an event with a couple other soldiers and we all got awarded COAs but mine was mistakenly printed with another soldier's name on it. I have waited for my award and talked to everyone but there has been no out come and no body in my leadership seem to care. I also earned another COA for scoring a 300 in APFT but was never issued an award while others get rewarded for the same action. I did some work but that was used to credit another soldier as Warrior of the week. Can this be just bad luck? I kind of feel discourage. I really want my achievements. Can i put myself for theses awards? UI mean; soldiers get rewarded for theses things so why not me.
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Dont think your accomplishments dont go unnoticed so dont worry about not receiving a ribbon or two. You will get the recognition you deserve in time and it will be worth the wait.
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My brother was in an Army Reserve unit where they returned from deployment and, because their personnel guy did the paperwork wrong, no one received their awards (at least initially and not until after a great deal of headache). Apparently no one in Big Army (initially) noticed that this non-deployed SPC was awarded ALL (or some large chunk) of the unit's awards (with multiple duplicated award write ups). That one had all of us scratching our head. They eventually got things fixed, I hope you do/did too, SFC(P) (Join to see).
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Have your friend put you in for an award. If it gets "lost" again, get with your EOR. The are mandated to track records pertaining to things like awards by rank, race, gender, etc. for accountability and watchdogging. If they try to tell you it was submitted, make sure you check your records. I found an AAM in my downgraded records (originally submitted ARCOM). I didn't know it was there for years (didn't know I was put in for something). Hope this helps. Stay positive bro, never let them see you sweat.
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