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MCO 1650.19J 5 Feb 2001 g. Requests for expedited processing of awards must be submitted in writing. The request will be forwarded as part of the award submission package to CMC as justification for expeditious decision. Requests will not be acted upon until the original award submission is completely endorsed via the chain of command and received at CMC (MMMA). The Military Awards Branch will expedite the processing of awards on the following occasions only: (1) Retirement. (2) Change of Command. (3) Post and Relief. h. Delegation of Authority for Combat Distinguishing Device (1) The existing delegated award approving authority for field commanders, under current policy, does not include the authority to approve awards with the Combat Distinguishing Device. Commanders who feel an award should be accompanied with a Combat Distinguishing Device need to annotate this on the award nomination, proposed citation and "Summary of Action". This request will be routed via the chain of command to CMC (MMMA). The CMC will weigh the merits of the case and the circumstances of the combat and forward the recommendation to the Secretary of the Navy. The award will be decisioned and sent back to the originating command as appropriate. Upon the Secretary’s decision, guidance on Combat Distinguishing Device delegation of authority will be published to the field in a MARADMIN. Recommendations for awards with the Combat Distinguishing Device should be forwarded in an expeditious manner up the chain of command. (2) If the commander feels the volume of combat awards will be substantial, they may request delegated authority for the Combat Distinguishing Device via letter or message. The request will be directed to CMC (MMMA). The commander needs to specify the name of the operation, the number of Marines participating, the geographic constraints for the area they seek delegated approval authority, and the level of delegated award approval authority sought. The commander’s request for delegated authority to include combat distinguishing devices will be forwarded to CMC for concurrence and then sent to the Secretary of the Navy for approval. Upon the Secretary’s decision, CMC (MMMA) will publish a MARADMIN that will define the commander’s delegated award approval authority. Marine ENCLOSURE (1) 4
MCO 1650.19J 5 Feb 2001 component commanders in joint operations may submit a request to CMC (MMMA) for delegated authority to decision awards with the combat distinguishing device. The Joint Task Force or joint organization commander will be included as an addressee on this message. 3. Awards from other Branches of the Armed Forces a. Marines serving with other branches of the Armed Forces of the United States may be awarded decorations by other services, provided that these awards are not given for the same act or service for which a previous award was made. Awards to Marines serving with the U.S. Army or U.S. Air Force will be sent to CMC (MMMA) for a Marine Corps service level concurrence prior to the award being presented to the Marine. These awards will be endorsed by the other service approval authority prior to submission to CMC (MMMA) for concurrence. Marine commanders have the same awarding authority for members of the U.S. Navy assigned to their command as they do for the Marines in their command. This authority is based on a Department of the Navy reciprocal agreement. Conversely, Marines assigned to U.S. Navy commands may be recognized by their Navy chain of command without obtaining Marine Corps concurrence. b. Marines serving in joint commands or defense activities may be awarded defense awards without obtaining Marine Corps service level concurrence. For Marines who are retiring from joint or defense activities, a Naval Service award is considered the appropriate decoration to be awarded in connection with their retirement. The nomination for a Naval Service award will be submitted to CMC (MMMA) for administrative processing, decision or forwarding to the Department of the Navy as appropriate. c. Final copies of all citations for decorations awarded to Marine Corps personnel by other branches of the armed forces or joint or defense activities must be forwarded to CMC (MMMA). Once received, the award will be recorded in the HQMC APS and forwarded to the Personnel Management Support Branch (MMSB) for inclusion in the Marine’s Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). 4. Foreign Awards a. Regulations concerning the acceptance of foreign awards are outlined in SECNAVINST 1650.1. Marines presented with awards by 5 ENCLOSURE (1)
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