MARADMINS : 253/12
R 080830Z MAY 12
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 253/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/AWARDS UPDATE//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC MMMA/17OCT2011//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/DOD/23NOV2010//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/COMMANDER US MARFORCENTCOM/YMD:20120207//
NARR/REF A IS NAVMC 2922, MARINE CORPS UNIT AWARDS MANUAL. REF B IS DOD 1348.33M, MANUAL OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND AWARDS. REF C IS MODIFICATION OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL.//
POC/J. M. BENSON/SGT/HQMC MMMA/-/TEL:703-784-9206 /EMAIL:JAMES.M.BENSON@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF AWARDS SINCE THE LAST UPDATE, MARADMIN 030-12.
2. THE FOLLOWING UNIT AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED AND WILL BE INCORPORATED IN REF A.
A. JOINT MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD (JMUA)
(1) HQ, AFGHANISTAN THREAT FINANCE CELL 18MAR09-01JUL11
(2) HQ, JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE SOUTH (JIATF) 01JUN08-30JUN11
(3) HQ, UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND 19MAR11-31MAR11
(4) NATO TRAINING MISSION AFGHANISTAN AND HQ,
COMBINED SECURITY TRANSITION COMMAND-AFGHANISTAN 01JUN10-31MAY11
(5) HQ, JOINT INFORMATION SUPPORT TASK FORCE
(SPECIAL OPERATIONS) 01FEB10-30SEP11
(6) HQ, COMBINED FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMPONENT
COMMAND-AFGHANISTAN 01MAY10-01JUL11
(7) HQ, UNITED STATES FORCES - IRAQ 01JAN11-31DEC11
(8) OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITY
COORDINATOR, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM 15DEC06-31AUG11
(9) HQ, CENTRAL COMMAND JOINT THEATER SUPPORT
CONTRACTING COMMAND 01JAN11-31DEC11
(10) HQ, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND 20OCT09-09MAR12
ADDITIONAL UNITS ELIGIBLE FOR INCLUSION:
ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
STANDING JOINT FORCES HQ
JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE WEST
JOINT INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS CENTER
JOINT POW-MIA ACCOUNTING COMMAND
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PACIFIC
HQ US FORCES JAPAN
HQ ALASKAN COMMAND
JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER
JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS TASK FORCE-PHILIPPINES
JOINT TASK FORCE 505
JOINT TASK FORCE 519
(11) JOINT STAFF 18SEP07-31DEC11
NOTE: PER REF B, SERVICE UNITS AND INDIVIDUALS ASSIGNED TO SERVICE UNITS IN SUPPORT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THESE AWARDS. ONLY THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME AND DIRECTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE SERVICE OR ACHIEVEMENT FOR 30 DAYS OR MORE OR FOR THE PERIOD CITED IF LESS THAN 30 DAYS, ARE AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THE JMUA RIBBON.
PERSONNEL MUST BE ASSIGNED AND OR ATTACHED BY OFFICIAL ORDERS TO THE JOINT UNIT OR TASK FORCE HEADQUARTERS RECEIVING THE JMUA. LOCAL COMMANDERS MAY WAIVE, ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, THE 30-DAY MINIMUM TIME REQUIREMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS (RESERVE PERSONNEL ON ACTIVE DUTY AND TDY AND OR TAD PERSONNEL) WHO, IN THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMANDER, CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO THE ACHIEVEMENT CITED, AND WERE ASSIGNED ON OFFICIAL ORDERS TO THE AWARDED UNIT DURING THE APPROVED TIME FRAMES.
B. NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION (NUC)
(1) 1ST MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BATTALION AND
MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT GROUP
DETACHMENT WEST 26OCT06-01JUN09
C. MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION (MUC)
(1) MARINE HELICOPTER TRAINING SQUADRON 302 01OCT08-30SEP09
(STUDENTS NOT AUTHORIZED)
(2) MARINE CORPS AIR FACILITY QUANTICO 17AUG07-01MAR11
A BY NAME LIST OF ALL DON CIVILIAN PERSONNEL APPROVED FOR THIS AWARD IS MAINTAINED AT THIS HEADQUARTERS.
(3) MARINE TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE SQUADRON 2 28APR10-26OCT10
ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL FOR INCLUSION:
SGT CHRISTOPHER ANNIS LCPL SHAUN BENNETT
CAPT THOMAS BEREKNYEI GYSGT ROBBIE BESSINGER
LCPL JOSEPH BLAKE LCPL ANTHONY BOHLING
SGT RALPH COGBURN SGT CORY DALY
SGT MICHAEL ESPURVOA LCPL EVER GIFFORD
CPL MALCOLM JEFFRIES CPL DUSTIN JOHNSON
CPL SEAN KOHUT CPL CHRISTOPHER MANTOOTH
CPL MARVIN MORALES CPL DARNEA OLSON
CAPT JUDSON RIORDON CPL ROBIN ROBERTS
CPL RENEE ROE SGT STEVEN SHOBE
CPL MATTHEW SMITH CPL COREY SNOW
CPL TREVOR SWANSON CPL CEDRIC WALKER JR
SGT LACREATIA WATKINS
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL FROM OTHER SERVICES FOR INCLUSION:
CTR1 ERIC WEHNER USN
HM1 RHODERIC CEREZO USN
HM3 DUSTIN LEWIS USN
LT BENJAMIN HOAGLAND USN
(4) 13TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT-BOXER AMPHIBIOUS
READY GROUP 26MAR11-16AUG11
ELIGIBLE UNITS OR PERSONNEL FOR INCLUSION: (TO INCLUDE FAP PERSONNEL)
BATTALION LANDING TEAM 1-1
MARINE MEDIUM HELICOPTER SQUADRON 163
COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION 13
(5) AIR TEST AND EVALUATION SQUADRON NINE 01JAN08-31DEC10
(6) MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER
TWENTYNINE PALMS 01OCT09-30SEP10
ELIGIBLE UNITS OR PERSONNEL FOR INCLUSION (TO INCLUDE FAP PERSONNEL):
HQBN 35010
ESD
TTECG
MVSD
ATG
MCTOG
MCMWTC 33610
MAWTS-1 01243
NAVHOPS TWENTYNINE PALMS 35949
HOSPITAL STAFF 46866
USMC DETACHMENT 31038
23RD DENTAL CO 47367
3. REF C ANNOUNCES THE APPROVAL OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (GWOTEM) TO:
22D MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT 08AUG11-10JAN12
COMMAND ELEMENT, 22D MEU
2D PLATOON, 2D FORCE RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY
DET, 8TH COMMUNICATIONS BATTALION
DET, 2D INTELLIGENCE BATTALION
DET, 2D RADIO BATTALION
BATTALION LANDING TEAM 2-2 08AUG11-10JAN12
2D BATTALION, 2D MARINES
L BATTERY, 3D BATTALION, 10TH MARINES
3D PLATOON, D COMPANY, 2D TANK BATTALION
3D PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2D AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT BATTALION
2D PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2D LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION
2D PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2D COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION
3D PLATOON, C COMPANY, 2D RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION
MARINE MEDIUM TILTROTOR SQUADRON 263 08AUG11-10JAN12
DET, HMLA-167
DET, HMH-363
DET, VMA-231
DET, MWSS-274
DET, MACG-28
DET, MALS-14
DET, MALS-26
DET, MALS-29
COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION 22 08AUG11-10JAN12
DET, MARINE AERIAL REFUELER TRANSPORT SQUADRON 252 24SEP11-10JAN12
4. HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL (HSM). THE JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF HAS APPROVED THE HSM FOR THOSE PERSONNEL WHO DIRECTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF SUPPORT PROVIDED TO THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI ON 11 MARCH 2011. THE HSM HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE AWARD AUTHORITY FOR THOSE SERVICE MEMBERS WHO PROVIDED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DURING THE PERIOD 11 MARCH TO 31 MAY 2011 AND WERE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE AREA OF HONSHU ISLAND, JAPAN AND SURROUNDING WATERS UP TO 100 NAUTICAL MILES SEAWARD.
NOTE: PERSONNEL MUST HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF OPERATIONS WHICH ARE DETERMINED TO BE AS OUTLINED ABOVE. AS STATED IN REF B, DIRECT PARTICIPATION IS DEFINED AS BEING PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE DESIGNATED LOCATION AND HAVING DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO AND INFLUENCED THE ACTION. DEPLOYMENT TO THE AREA OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN AND OF ITSELF DOES NOT CONSTITUTE HSM ENTITLEMENT. OPERATIONAL COMMANDERS IN THE GRADE OF 0-6 AND ABOVE HAVE BEEN GIVEN DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR DETERMINING HSM ELIGIBILITY AND SHALL CONSOLIDATE A ROSTER OF ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD. UPON APPROVAL, THIS ROSTER SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CMC (MMMA-2) USING AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET (HSM.XLS) VIA THE IMPROVED AWARDS PROCESSING SYSTEM, INCLUDING FULL NAME, RANK, AND SSN, FOR RECORD PURPOSE, REPORTING OF THE AWARD ON MCTFS VIA UD AND UPDATING THE "CAR-HSM" DATABASE POSTED ON THE MMMA WEBSITE UNDER VERIFICATION OF AWARDS, EXTERNAL LINKS TAB: WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL(SLASH)PORTAL(SLASH)PAGE(SLASH)PORTAL(SLASH)M(UNDERSCORE)RA(UNDERSCORE)HOME(SLASH)MM(SLASH)MA.
5. REF A IS NO LONGER DISTRIBUTED. INSTEAD, REF A IS UPDATED QUARTERLY AND MAINTAINED ON THE INTERNET AT THE WWW.MARINES.MIL WEBSITE, UNDER THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS ELECTRONIC LIBRARY.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN A. SALINAS, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION.//