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The Department of the Army Civilian Service Achievement Medal is awarded for noteworthy achievements that are of a lesser degree than those recognized by the
Any commander Army Regulation 672–20
, Decorations, Awards, and Honors Incentive Awards, Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 29 January 1999
Civilian Service Commendation Medal
The Department of the Army Civilian Service Commendation Medal (formerly the Commander's Award for Civilian Service) is an honorary award presented by the United States Department of the Army to civilian employees for commendable service or achieve ...
. It was approved by the Army Chief of Staff, on 24 August 1987. It is the fifth highest award in the Department of the Army
The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (U.S.) is org ...
Honorary Awards scheme for Department of the Army employees, ranking just below the Commander's Award for Civilian Service. It consists of a medal, lapel pin, and certificate.
Criteria
Any commander Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...
and above, or civilian equivalent, may approve this award. A nomination normally covers either a period of sustained superior service or a level of achievement sufficient to warrant this recognition. This medal is comparable to the Army Achievement Medal
The Achievement Medal is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. The Achievement Medal was first proposed as a means to recognize outstanding achievement or meritorious service of military personnel who were not eligible to recei ...
. All Department of the Army civilian employees paid from appropriated and non-appropriated funds and indirect-hire foreign nationals are eligible for consideration. Eligibility should be determined by measuring contributions against the following examples of achievement:
*Accomplished supervisory or nonsupervisory duties in an outstanding manner, setting an example of achievement for others to follow.
*Demonstrated initiative and skill in devising new or improved equipment, work methods, and procedures; conceiving inventions that resulted in considerable savings in manpower, time, space, materials, or other items of expense; or items that improved safety or health of the workforce.
*Demonstrated leadership in performing assigned duties that resulted in improved productivity of the unit.
*Rendered professional or public relations service that resulted in considerable favorable publicity in the local area.
*Demonstrated courage or competence in an emergency while performing assigned duties resulting in benefit to the Government or its personnel., Decorations, Awards, and Honors Incentive Awards, Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 29 January 1999
See also
*Department of the Army Civilian Awards
The United States Department of the Army offers a variety of awards, decorations and incentive programs to honor and recognize the contribution and efforts of its civilian workforce. Department of the Army civilian awards are governed by Army Regu ...
*Awards and decorations of the United States government
Awards and decorations of the United States government are civilian awards of the U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious service, in a civilian capacity, while serving in the U.S. federal government. Certain ...
References
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