Talk:Commendation Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal
It's been quite a few years since I was in the Air Force, but I seem to recall the Commendation medal was "standard issue" for serving a tour of duty as a junior enlisted member with an excellent performance review. Senior enlisted members or those that went above and beyond would automatically get the MSM. It seemed this was a really routine situation. I wonder if this might be worked into the article or if anyone else has thoughts. -71.49.163.77 06:38, 29 June 2006 (UTC).


 * I don't know about "standard issue". I served in the Air Force and was stationed in Vietnam.  Served with many a fine airman.  I received the AF Commendation Medal.  Not many in my squadron did receive it.  So, I'm going to have to disagree with your accessment of 'standard issue'.   In my view standard issue is the Good Conduct medal.  All you have to do is keep your nose clean for 2 years - and you are awarded this medal.  Now that's 'standard issue'  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.53.239.147 (talk) 03:42, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

When someone PCSs they are automatically considered for And you usually get it unless there was a problem. --Pmsyyz (talk) 22:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Amn tier: Acheivment Medal
 * Junior NCOs: Commendation Medal
 * SNCOs: Meritorious Service Medal

I was Army rather than Air Force, and it's been 20+ years since I was in uniform, but Pmsyyz's outline agrees with the end-of-tour awards I saw soldiers receive. For the most part, a PCSing soldier needed to be at least an E-4 to receive an Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM) and at least an E-7 to receive an MSM. Of course, poor or marginal performance could (and sometimes did) knock that award down a peg. Company-grade officers (O-1 through O-3) usually received ARCOMs; field-grade officers (O-4 through O-6) got MSMs, but again, performance (and politics, where officers were concerned) sometimes resulted in lesser awards being presented. 72.0.15.8 (talk) 00:31, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Joint Service Commendation Medal
Why does that redirect here? They aren't the same thing. Perhaps we should create a page, or make a note about it on here? Gelston 13:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm a retard (Didn't let the page load all the way). Sorry! Gelston 13:06, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

The previous editors list should be rolled back in their entirety. Dru of Id (talk) 06:39, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ I took the most gramarically sound of both versions, and put them together. ~  Matthewrbowker  Say hi! 07:58, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Images
Why add an additional image of an ARCOM plus the ribbon? Do you intend to add images of the other commendation medals and ribbons, too? We already have images in the infobox so I'm not sure what point there is an adding more. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 05:28, 2 March 2014 (UTC)


 * The problem is that the infobox picture is a composite (it's a single image of all medals combined into a single file). Not only is it a composite but it has the name of each service on top. This is quite rare as we usually provide individual images for each version (like we do with the ribbons) -- which is why I added the single picture medal to the Army subsection. You can see how we duplicate pictures of medals and post their individual picture separately by checking the Medal of Honor article which lists all three versions on top but then lists them separately in the article prose. HTH, &mdash;Ahnoneemoos (talk) 06:01, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I know it's a composite; you said as much in your edit summary. I don't care. Per WP:PERTINENCE, "Adding multiple images with very similar content is less useful." You added a single image to a subsection.  Are you going to add the others? Are you going to remove the images already in the infobox?  Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 06:20, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash;Ahnoneemoos (talk) 14:56, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

British Soldiers Honoured With US Commendation Medal
I wonder which article this belongs in, anyone have any ideas? Twobells''t@lk 13:48, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

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