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Navy Word of the Day ~ 05/22/08
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Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 12:50 AM UTC
Ahoy Shipmates!

Continuing on with your Naval education we bring you another installment of MSW’s Navy Word of the Day.

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Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 08:15 AM UTC
hello Jim,
i have a question,you said 1 guy got a NAM for keeping the cooler full of soda's on a ship in the desert,how did the ship get in the desert.i would think that the ship's C.O. would have been in trouble for putting the ship in the desert,and not keeping it on the water.
just wondering.
cheers,
Bruce
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Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 10:58 AM UTC
Yeah, NAMs are sometimes given out for just doing your job properly. Also they are 'standard" award you get when you leave a command (as long as you did not massively screw up). I have 3, two I actually earned. The other one, I was just doing my job. All depends on the CO's award-giving philosophy.
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Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 02:13 PM UTC

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hello Jim,
i have a question,you said 1 guy got a NAM for keeping the cooler full of soda's on a ship in the desert,how did the ship get in the desert.i would think that the ship's C.O. would have been in trouble for putting the ship in the desert,and not keeping it on the water.
just wondering.
cheers,
Bruce


*shaking my head*

In the Persian Gulf.



I know had I stayed in I would have gotten one or two or more. We had some guys get them for doing thier jobs. Then we had guys who really busted thier butts and got a Letter of Appreitation. It made no sense.

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Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 03:35 PM UTC
It seemed like the standard practice in our battalion was to nominate an individual for a higher award (like a Meritorious Service Medal, MSM) if you wanted them to get an Army Achievement Medal (AAM), because the award will be downgrade at Battalion & Brigade. That's just how it worked. An award nomination could only be downgraded twice, so you nominated them for a MSM, Battalion downgrades it to an ARCOM (Army Commindation Medal), passes it to Brigade who downgrades it to an AAM. Unless the person really deserved the ARCOM, then they just signed the award.

Jim
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Posted: Friday, May 23, 2008 - 01:17 AM UTC

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It seemed like the standard practice in our battalion was to nominate an individual for a higher award (like a Meritorious Service Medal, MSM) if you wanted them to get an Army Achievement Medal (AAM), because the award will be downgrade at Battalion & Brigade. That's just how it worked. An award nomination could only be downgraded twice, so you nominated them for a MSM, Battalion downgrades it to an ARCOM (Army Commindation Medal), passes it to Brigade who downgrades it to an AAM. Unless the person really deserved the ARCOM, then they just signed the award.

Jim



That happens in the Navy as well. The person who received his for the training room was actually nominated for a Navy Commendation Medal, since he had 3 NAMs already. He was an E7 and the higher award would help him make E8. He received the lower, his 4th, but he did make E8 anyway.

Then two others were nominated for NAMs and we ended up getting a letter of appreaication. The letter was signed by the Admiral, so it was worth a point for advancement, but since I was almost out on a mdeical it did nothing.



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