Awards Ceremony October 06, 2005 Dogwood /// The Bronze Star Award
Bronze Star Medal
a. The Bronze Star Medal was established by Executive Order 9419, 4 February 1944 (superseded by Executive Order 11046, 24 August 1962).
b. The Bronze Star Medal is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the Army of the United States after 6 December 1941, distinguished himself or herself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight, in connection with military operations against an armed enemy; or while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.
c. Awards may be made for acts of heroism, performed under circumstances described above, which are of lesser degree than required for the award of the Silver Star.
d. The Bronze Star Medal may be awarded for meritorious achievement or meritorious service according to the following:
(1) Awards may be made to recognize single acts of merit or meritorious service. The lesser degree than that required for the award of the Legion of Merit must nevertheless have been meritorious and accomplished with distinction.
(2) Award may be made by letter application to Commander, ARPERCEN, ATTN: DARP-VSE-A, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132-5200 (enclosing documentary evidence, if possible), to each member of the Armed Forces of the United States who after 6 December 1941, has been cited in orders or awarded a certificate for exemplary conduct in ground combat against an armed enemy between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945, inclusive, or whose meritorious achievement has been other wise confirmed by documents executed prior to 1 July 1947. For this purpose, an award of the Combat Infantryman Badge or Combat Medical Badge is considered as a citation in orders. Documents executed since 4 August 1944 in connection with recommendations for the award of decorations of higher degree than the Bronze Star Medal will not be used as the basis for an award under this paragraph.
(3) Upon letter application, award of the Bronze Star Medal may be made to eligible soldiers who participated in the Philippine Islands Campaign between 7 December 1941 to 10 May 1942. Performance of duty must have been on the island of Luzon or the Harbor Defenses in Corregidor and Bataan. Only soldiers who were awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation (Presidential Unit Citation) may be awarded this decoration. Letter application should be sent to the Commander, ARPERCEN, ATTN: DARP-VSE-A, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132-5200.
This morning we had an awards ceremony to give out a Purple Heart and Bronze Stars. We also had 3 promotions, well actually only 2. GEN Collins was coming in and it was supposed to start at 10:30, but think it was like 11:00 before it started. He and his entourage came in and the ceremony started. MAJ Nichols started the ceremony by saying a prayer. SPC Martin from B Co. was then called up front where GEN Collins pinned his Purple Heart from the tragic day of June 11, 2005 where we lost 2 great soldiers. After that there were several people called up to get their Bronze Stars. CPT Lyon, CPT Cager, 1LT Davis, SFC Smith, 1SG Walker, MAJ Bratu, CSM Denmark, MAJ Coleman, 1SG Kimbrough, SFC Mote, 1SG Mergenschoer and CPT Ozment. After that there was the promotion of 1SG Mergenschoer to CSM and 1LT Barry to CPT. I spoke of 3 promotions, but really only 2. They made CPT Barlow stand up front since he was promoted like 2 days ago.
a. The Bronze Star Medal was established by Executive Order 9419, 4 February 1944 (superseded by Executive Order 11046, 24 August 1962).
b. The Bronze Star Medal is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the Army of the United States after 6 December 1941, distinguished himself or herself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight, in connection with military operations against an armed enemy; or while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.
c. Awards may be made for acts of heroism, performed under circumstances described above, which are of lesser degree than required for the award of the Silver Star.
d. The Bronze Star Medal may be awarded for meritorious achievement or meritorious service according to the following:
(1) Awards may be made to recognize single acts of merit or meritorious service. The lesser degree than that required for the award of the Legion of Merit must nevertheless have been meritorious and accomplished with distinction.
(2) Award may be made by letter application to Commander, ARPERCEN, ATTN: DARP-VSE-A, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132-5200 (enclosing documentary evidence, if possible), to each member of the Armed Forces of the United States who after 6 December 1941, has been cited in orders or awarded a certificate for exemplary conduct in ground combat against an armed enemy between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945, inclusive, or whose meritorious achievement has been other wise confirmed by documents executed prior to 1 July 1947. For this purpose, an award of the Combat Infantryman Badge or Combat Medical Badge is considered as a citation in orders. Documents executed since 4 August 1944 in connection with recommendations for the award of decorations of higher degree than the Bronze Star Medal will not be used as the basis for an award under this paragraph.
(3) Upon letter application, award of the Bronze Star Medal may be made to eligible soldiers who participated in the Philippine Islands Campaign between 7 December 1941 to 10 May 1942. Performance of duty must have been on the island of Luzon or the Harbor Defenses in Corregidor and Bataan. Only soldiers who were awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation (Presidential Unit Citation) may be awarded this decoration. Letter application should be sent to the Commander, ARPERCEN, ATTN: DARP-VSE-A, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132-5200.
This morning we had an awards ceremony to give out a Purple Heart and Bronze Stars. We also had 3 promotions, well actually only 2. GEN Collins was coming in and it was supposed to start at 10:30, but think it was like 11:00 before it started. He and his entourage came in and the ceremony started. MAJ Nichols started the ceremony by saying a prayer. SPC Martin from B Co. was then called up front where GEN Collins pinned his Purple Heart from the tragic day of June 11, 2005 where we lost 2 great soldiers. After that there were several people called up to get their Bronze Stars. CPT Lyon, CPT Cager, 1LT Davis, SFC Smith, 1SG Walker, MAJ Bratu, CSM Denmark, MAJ Coleman, 1SG Kimbrough, SFC Mote, 1SG Mergenschoer and CPT Ozment. After that there was the promotion of 1SG Mergenschoer to CSM and 1LT Barry to CPT. I spoke of 3 promotions, but really only 2. They made CPT Barlow stand up front since he was promoted like 2 days ago.
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