Military Medals: Officer vs Enlisted

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Officer vs Enlisted medals

[Thaumaturge]

As a military awards clerk. I can verify this is often 100% true.

[Meh-hrgq]

I have actually seen this first hand. Amazing!

[markmcgibbon]

We had an officer on my tour write himself up

[gamerztacz]

My O4 wrote her own award then submitted to the O6 smh lol

[kryptonite]

In my last unit they pulled all the NCOs into a room and explained to us that we weren't allowed to recommend an ARCOM to anyone under E6. Was a total joke lol

[silp]

Our readiness NCO gave himself a MSM for taking care of soldiers DTS during a MOB and still messed it up. But he got one

[RogersGirl]

I was in the california air national guard as a security forces staff sergeant (similar to army MP buck sergeant). It was quite literally the easiest job available and still get all the benefits of a frontline marine rifleman haha. But anyway, i worked my behind off and excelled beyond anyone in my squadron (air force’s companies). At the end of a 6 yr enlistment i was honored with a meritorious service medal for all the extra things i volunteered for in that time, deployments, airman of the year for the wing (regiment), specialized duties, advanced training TDY’s, etc. The only other people at my base who even had that medal were ranked Major or higher, or were SMSGT (E-8) or higher. But then along comes our base Colonel who had the only bronze star on base; he got it for being a group commander (battalion CO) on some 6 month cake walk deployment to UAE or Saudi or something. They said it wasnt what he did, but the “level of responsibility he had on his shoulders during that time.” Haha, meanwhile some infantryman assaults a fortified position with his squad and silence and enemy MG and they all get Army Achievement Medals with the V for Valor (or V for Very sorry you dont have brass on your collar).

[thNPC]

"All he did was sit in an office" 🤣

[Cubs-ewze]

Seen so many Bronze star citations for officers but the enlisted that do the work barely get the recognition.

[MilitaryMackes]

100% accurate (as a medic) at JRTC before going into the box we were refueling a truck, someone sprinted over asking for a medic we did our whole thing(took care of the patient) and the other guys involved all got arcoms (not medics) but not me and my fellow medic.

[JonOcasio]

This is painfully hitting close to home 🤣

[mariuscatalin]

"why no one joins the army?"

[randalllusk]

As a retired Army Master Sergeant I can attest to this being the case a lot. Also the medals we were put in for were always automatically downgraded.

[MrStaybrown]

This is true.
Anyone enlisting! Take note!
If you bust your ass doing your job, StaffSGTs job and warrant officers job your going to get a Letter of Appreciation and they will walk away with a medal.
😁

[Retired]

This is 100% true. Plus when awards DO get awarded, there seems to be a rank associated with the award given. E1-E5 Achievement
E6-E9 Comm
Officers Bronze Star

Let's be real...only BSVs count anyway. Lol.

[velocityy]

Everyone e6 and up got bronze stars on my deployment. Everyone e5 and below got an aam.

[mikethemechanic]

Was given an Arcom for being in the field 30 days and volunteering for every duty and I was the only lower enlisted who had a license for everything. Before my Arcom. It was declined 3 times. Only reason I got it. Was I knew a full bird Col who saved his ass in a bind on a detail. My roomate saved 3 lives from a running forklift in an ammo bunker. The oxygen was depleted in the bunker. His Soldgiers medal was denied. He threatened to ETS and was told he would get a free pass at his promotion board for E5. They actually kept their word…

[FourcornersZia]

This is 💯 facts! Omg this brings back memories and I hope those higher ups that took credit for my work are depressed, Divorced, and devastatingly broke from said divorce. IN THAT ORDER!

[TheWeirdlyenough]

That's why I dont gauge SM's impact on the military by their chest candy.

[EchoWhiskey]

Officers: turning bronze stars into participation trophies 🤦😡🤷‍♂️