The new policy is part of an update to a special directive governing the award of service, achievement and retirement decorations to military personnel assigned to Army headquarters and its field operating agencies and staff support agencies. The instruction, DA Memo , was issued June 29, just four days after the Army published a major update to AR , the umbrella regulation for military awards.
The memo sets policy and prescribes procedures for the peacetime recognition of soldiers in the ranks of colonel and below with the award of the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement Medal who are assigned to Army headquarters and its major supporting activities. The administrative assistant to the secretary of the Army is the proponent for the memorandum. While authorized for award to soldiers of any rank, the Legion of Merit is typically limited to colonels and general officers for exceptional performance in command and senior staff duties, and less frequently to sergeants major in senior leadership positions.
The policy change on lieutenant generals has the practical effect of extending LM approval authority to several O-9s on the Army Secretariat and Army Staff, to include the chief information officer, inspector general, surgeon general, chief of engineers, judge advocate general, chiefs of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve, and the deputy chiefs of staff for personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics and modernization.
Headquarters officials who do not have LM approval authority should submit Legion of Merit recommendations to the DA Headquarters Award Board, a panel composed of at least three executive officers to Secretariat and Army Staff principals.
When reviewing LM recommendations for members of the Army Staff, a majority of the board members must be from the Secretariat. You must NOT submit a military issued document or photocopy that:.
Click here for answers to common questions. Issue Regulations Legion Of Merit. Click for larger image a. The Legion of Merit is awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a friendly foreign nation who has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. Performance of duties normal to the grade, branch, specialty, or assignment, and experience of an individual is not an adequate basis for this award.
In peacetime, service should be in the nature of a special requirement or of an extremely difficult duty performed in an unprecedented and clearly exceptional manner. However, justification of the award may accrue by virtue of exceptionally meritorious service in a succession of important positions.
The President, under regulations to be prescribed by him, may award a decoration called the ''Legion of Merit'', having suitable appurtenances and devices and not more than four degrees, to any member of the armed forces of the United States or of any friendly foreign nation who, after September 8, , has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in performing outstanding services. The Legion of Merit, the first United States decoration created specifically for award to citizens of other nations, was established by an Act of Congress of July 20, , amended by an executive order of March 15, It is conferred on officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the United States and on nationals of other countries "who shall have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services" since September 8, , the date of the President's proclamation of the state of emergency that led to World War II.
The Legion of Merit may be awarded for combat or noncombat services; in the case of American military personnel, if the award is for combat service it is shown by the wearing of a combat "V. The Legion of Merit was originally ranked directly below the Distinguished Service Medal in the Navy's pyramid of honor. The Legion of Merit is also the first award to have different degrees.
If a holder of the Legion of Merit in one degree is subsequently given another such award, it is never in a degree lower than the original one. The degrees of Chief Commander and Commander are conferred on members of foreign governments only and are awarded for services comparable to those for which the Distinguished Service Medal is given to members of the United States Armed Forces.
Description: The degrees of the Legion of Merit are as depicted below with description and components for each:. In the center, a Blue disk encircled by Gold clouds, with 13 White stars arranged in the pattern that appears on the United States Coat of Arms. Between each point, within the wreath are crossed arrows pointing outwards.
The act justifying the award must have been committed in an obviously outstanding way so as to have been recognized by significant persons. Execution of responsibilities typical to the grade, branch, specialty or assignment and experience of a person is not sufficient criteria for the Legion of Merit. For duty not associated with actual war, there must be confirmation of noteworthy accomplishment by "key individuals" in a narrower range of the station. While in times of peace, the justifying act should have a quality of an unusual requirement or of a remarkably complicated act carried out in an unexpected and obviously extraordinary way; however, the award may be validated by the accrual of outstanding meritorious services of important positions.
As early as Sept. On 5 Jan. Directions were given that action is taken to guarantee the design of the Legion of Merit change of name and that it would be ready for issue as soon as the legislation was taken approving its ratification into law.
On 20 July , The Legion of Merit was formally confirmed by An Act of Congress Public Law - 77th Congress, Chapter , 2d Session and assured that the medal "shall have suitable appurtenances and devices and not more than four degrees, and which the President, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, may award to a personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States and of the Government of the Commonwealth Philippines and b personnel of the armed forces of friendly foreign nations who, since the proclamation of an emergency by the President on 8 Sept.
On 5 Aug. On 29 Oct. However, at the appeal of General George C. Marshall, approval authority for U. President Eisenhower revised approval authority in Executive Order on 15 March Title 10, United States Code contains the current requirements. The design of the ribbon is the same as the Purple Heart Ribbon. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content.
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