Army Awards

Abstract

The Army awards program has lost its value through years of reduction in the required standards of excellence. Regulatory guidance provides criteria for each award, yet leadership conveniently overlooks or outright ignores the guidance. The Good Conduct Medal is a rubber-stamp award without meaning. To earn a combat award, one must merely serve in a combat zone and performance is irrelevant. Badges for infantrymen are blanket awards given to all members of a unit deployed regardless of their contact with the enemy. Rank continues to be a discriminating factor despite the regulations restriction on such criteria. Leadership sets aside its ethics when knowingly signs recommendations that do not meet eligibility or performance requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
AD1117331

Entities

People

  • William Hagzan

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Afghanistan
  • Army
  • Automatic
  • Engineers
  • Families (Human)
  • Guidance
  • Human Resources
  • Infantry
  • Leadership
  • New York
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Recognition
  • Regulations
  • Special Forces
  • Standards
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

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