The required font is Times New Roman, 12 pitch. The paragraph must be "justified" (not aligned left) and can't exceed 14 lines.
If the award is for a specific, single act or achievement, use the phrase,
"DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT".
If the award is for sustained service over a significant length of time, use the phrase,
"DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE".
Examples:
For exceptionally meritorious achievement as the Operations Chief Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge at the Asylum Application Help Center (AAHC) Borough Hall, in support of Joint Task Force Operations Asylum Seeker Resource Support, from 11 March 2024 to 17 December 2024. During this period, Sergeant Franklin Tejada, United States Marine Corps, demonstrated exceptional leadership, ingenuity, and dedication, consistently going above and beyond the scope of his responsibilities to ensure mission success.
Sergeant Tejada cultivated an efficient, dynamic, and results-driven environment, empowering his civilian counterparts to operate with optimal speed and precision. He developed, strengthened, and maintained critical relationships with government officials, fostering collaboration and ensuring seamless mission execution. Moreover, he mentored and instilled unwavering discipline in 30 junior soldiers, trained civilian counterparts on National Guard operations, and effectively onboarded newly assigned service members to meet evolving mission requirements.
Demonstrating technical acumen, Sergeant Tejada utilized his Electronics Maintenance expertise to implement innovative IT solutions and streamline operational workflows by creating productivity reports. His initiatives directly increased appointment bookings by 20% and elevated application completion rates by 40%, culminating in the successful processing of approximately 10,000 applications. His professionalism and exceptional contributions earned praise from the NYC Mayor, HERRC, and Department of Labor, as well as formal recognition from Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso for his team's outstanding performance.
Sergeant Tejada's extraordinary achievements, visionary leadership, and steadfast commitment reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Marine Corps, and the Joint Task Force Operations Asylum Seeker Resource Support mission.
Petty Officer Second Class Barber, Cameron, UNITED STATES NAVY, distinguished himself by providing essential intelligence analysis based on injects from exercise control working with and through ST-1 in support of REDFLAG 22-1, a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. and international forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. Approximately 2,220 service members from three nations operated, maintained, and supported more than 90 aircraft from 25 units. IS2 Barber was hand selected to provide all source intelligence support to ST-1 Deploy for Purpose platoon, resulting in the elements successfully validating the equipment load out in preparation of the exercise evolution. IS2 Barber became the direct intelligence liaison between ST-1 and RF-A exercise control for 5 evolutions spanning 10 days, while managing a team of 2 intelligence analysts and 2 information technology support personnel. IS2 Barber facilitated and validated innovative communications between ground SOF elements and AF elements, of which are being implemented into SEAL Team TTPs. IS2 Barber was specifically solicited for his perspectives on feasibility of SOF employment in locating and tracking adversarial assets by the PACAF F-35 Tactics Development Officer.
CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF
THE JOINT SERVICE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
TO
PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS MORALES, BRANDON
UNITED STATES NAVY
Petty Officer Second Class Morales, Brandon, United States Navy, distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious achievement as a Force Protection Sergeant of the Guard for a Joint Task Force in support of Operation IRAQ FREEDOM and Operation NEW DAWN from 04 September 2010 to 28 May 2011. During this period, Petty Officer Morales demonstrated superb expertise while performing duties as Special Security Element Sergeant of the Guard in an extremely sensitive and high priority combat mission as a critical support element of the Joint Task Force. As a direct result of his dedication and outstanding performance, the Joint Task Force's mission was and continues to be highly successful, dramatically degrading insurgent organizations operating throughout IRAQ. The distinctive accomplishments of Petty Officer Morales reflect credit upon himself, the United States Navy and the Department of Defense.
SRCPL ROBERT CHARLES SOTO, GERMAN ARMY, DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE ASSIGNED AS A PERSONAL PROTECTIVE AGENT ASSIGNED TO ISAF HQ DCOS SPT SQD, FROM 10 JANUARY 2004 TO 1 DECEMBER 2004. SRCPL SOTO HAS REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED HIS RELENTLESS PERSISTANCE IN ACCOMPLISHING EVERY MISSION WELL ABOVE STANDARD. THE PRIDE HE EXEMPLIFIES IN HIS JOB AND EQUIPMENT IS EXCEEDED ONLY BY HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND HIS QUEST FOR PERFECTION. THE DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SRCPL SOTO REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE GERMAN ARMY, ISAF HQ DCOS SPT COMMAND, AND THE JOINT FORCES COMMAND EUROPE.
CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF THE
JOINT SERVICE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
TO
SERGEANT JOHN A. CANMAN
FOR EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE ASSIGNED TO C COMPANY, 97TH SIGNAL BATTALION, DURING THE MULTI-NATIONAL JOINT SERVICE EXERCISE, "CACTUS JUGGLER", FROM 7 THROUGH 18 DECEMBER 1992. SPC CANMAN'S SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE AS BOTH A CABLE AND WIRE INSTALLER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OPERATOR PROVED TO BE INSTRUMENTAL TO THE II GERMAN KORPS. WORKING LONG, ARUOUS HOURS AND UTILIZING NOTEWORTHY RESOURCEFULNESS, HE DEMONSTRATED A TENACIOUS DESIRE TO EXCEL AND TO ENSURE ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF COMMUNICATIONS WAS PROVIDED TO THE KORPS HEADQUARTERS. SPC CANMAN'S EXTRAORDINALRY PERFORMANCE OF DUTY REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE 97TH SIGNAL BATTALION, AND THE ALLIED COMMAND EUROPE.
SGT CANMAN, UNITED STATES ARMY, DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE ASSIGNED AS A NETWORK SWITCHING SYSTEMS OPERATOR/MAINTAINER ASSIGNED TO TASK FORCE 44 C COMPANY FROM 20 MAY 1996 TO 20 OCTOBER 1996. DURING OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR HE DEMONSTRATED SUPERIOR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF DATA BASES AND COMMUNICATIONS LINKS, THEREFORE AIDING IN PROVIDING THE NATO FORCES ATTACHED TO THE ARRC WITH RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS. SGT CANMAN'S EXPERTISE IN NATO INTERFACING ENABLED THE INTERFACING OF THE FRENCH RITA, BRITISH IDIP, AND BRITISH PTARMIGAN SYSTEMS. SGT CANMAN PROCESSED OVER 2000 CALLS PER WEEK THROUGHOUT THE BOSNIA THEATER. SGT CANMAN'S OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE, FLEXIBILITY AND DEDICATION TO DUTY ARE EVIDENT WITH THE QUALITY OF COMMUNICATIONS HE PROVIDED. THE DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SGT CANMAN RELFECTS GREAT CRDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
SPC CANMAN, UNITED STATES ARMY, DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE ASSIGNED AS A CABLE AND WIRE TEAM CHIEF ASSIGNED TO CHARLIE COMPANY, 97TH SIGNAL BATTALION, FROM 3 JUNE 1990 TO 1 JUNE 1993. SPC CANMAN HAS REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED HIS RELENTLESS PERSISTANCE IN ACCOMPLISHING EVERY MISSION WELL ABOVE STANDARD. THE PRIDE HE EXEMPLIFIES IN HIS JOB AND EQUIPMENT IS EXCEEDED ONLY BY HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND HIS QUEST FOR PERFECTION. THE DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SPC CANMAN REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE 97TH SIGNAL BATTALION AND THE ALLIED COMMAND EUROPE.
