Air Education and Training Command

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Air Education and Training Command
Awards and Decorations
SMSgt Barb Dungan 12FTW/CAA 4 Sep 02
I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l
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OVERVIEW

• Purpose
• Types of Programs
• Formal Awards/Decorations
• Award / Decorations Writing
• Supervisor Roles
• References

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PURPOSE

• Heighten awareness within the junior NCO ranks
  that recognizing people for what they do produces
  positive effects in mission accomplishment
• Help develop an ability to produce a good
  write-up that anyone can easily understand
• Foster Morale
• Provide Incentives
• Recognize
• Service
• Achievement
• Meritorious Service
• Heroism

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TYPES OF PROGRAMS

• Award A formal recognition the AF gives to a
  specific
• group or person meeting predetermined criteria
• Decoration A formal recognition for personal /
  unit
• excellence that requires individual nomination
  and AF or
• DoD approval
• Formal
• Local recognition
• Unit
• Local organizations
• Informal
• Day-to-day-Atta-boys
• Letters of Appreciation

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TYPES OF PROGRAMS

• Personal
• Service
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
• National Defense Service Medal
• Special Trophies/Awards
• 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Award
• Lance P. Sijan Award
• Achievement
• Air Force Longevity Service Award
• Air Force Good Conduct Medal
• Decorations

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UNIT AWARDS

• Unit Awards
• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
• Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
• Joint Meritorious Unit Award
• Quarterly/Annual awards -- very important
• Whole person concept
• Reserve for the best,most deserving
• Builds a record of sustained, recognized,
• excellence -- sets people apart from
• peers

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FORMAL AWARDS/DECORATIONS

• Level of Award
• Processing Procedures
• Unit
• Base/Wing
• Command
• Presentation of Awards/Decorations

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Award Decoration Writing
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Award Writing Getting Started

• When?
• Day after close-out of previous
• award/decoration submission
• If you start when you get the message or
• notification, youre already a year behind!

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Award/Decoration Writing Collecting Information

• What?
• Define the job -- discuss with workcenter
• Collect the facts -- doings results
• Log, folder, organizer, etc
• Activity Reports
• Samples of efforts
• Accolades
• Results are key

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Award/Decoration Writing Collecting Information

• Review bullets from past EPRs
• What to look for
• How troops performed during PME,
• other schools
• How/what troops did during
• exercise/contingency TDYs
• Ask customers how they rate the work centers
  performance for the year

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Award/Decoration Writing Organization

• Gather facts
• Two column lay out
• What on left
• Results on right
• Assign priority
• Hints
• Just the facts-- No flowers-- Dont embellish

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Award/Decoration Writing Organization

• Determine the theme of the AF Form 1206
• Bottom up, back-to-front
• Categories have changed

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Helpful Hints

• Include only hard hitting facts
• Ensure a common understanding
• Avoid filler
• Be consistent in using punctuation
• Be aware of space management
• Be alive!, sell work centers /individuals
  performance

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Supervisors Roles

• Use the Programs!
• Know the policies and procedures
• Unit
• Base/Wing
• Command

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References

• AFP 36-2241, Volume 1, Promotion Fitness
• Examination
• AFI 36-2803, The Air Force Awards and
  Decorations
• AFPD 36-28, Awards and Decorations Programs
• Program
• AFI-38-2805, Special Trophies and Awards
• HQ AETC Civilian/Military Awards/Decorations
• Preparation Guide 1999/12 MSS Guide Sep 2000

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Summary

• Writing good awards/decorations is critical!!!
• Its a real heartfelt, people issue
• Use Integrity -- not all are the best, so dont
  say that all are
• Write with enthusiasm! -- use action verbs
• Leadership and potential are key
• Awards make for discriminators in records
• Reserve awards for the truly deserving

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Summary

• Recognition Programs
• Types of Programs
• Formal Awards/Decorations
• Award / Decoration Writing
• Supervisor Roles
• References

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Questions?