R 041051Z APR 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 186/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/DEPARTMENT OF STATE MEDALS//
REF/A/LTR/SECNAV/18JUN2003//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/SECNAV/22AUG2006//
REF/C/DOC/CMC/31MAR2003//
REF/D/MARADMIN 404/03 REF/E/DEPARTMENT OF STATE 3 FAM 4820 REF/F/MSGID:DOC/CMC/31MAR2003//
NARR/REF A IS SECNAV LTR OF 18 JUN 2003. REF B IS SECNAVINST  1650.1H, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AWARD MANUAL.  REF C IS MCO P1020.34G, MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS.  REF D IS MARADMIN 404/03, DEPARTMENT OF STATE MEDAL FOR HEROISM.  REF E IS DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL 3 SECTION 4820.  RER F IS MCO P1020.34G, MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS.//
POC/S.K. VANCE/CAPT/UNIT:MRA, MM, MMMA/QUANTICO VA/TEL DSN: 278-9342 OR COML 703-784-9342/EMAIL:SMB_HQMC_PERS_AWARDS(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS MARADMIN DOES NOT REPRESENT A POLICY CHANGE.  IT CLARIFIES AND CONSOLIDATES GUIDANCE FOR ACCEPTANCE, RETENTION AND WEAR OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS) AWARDS.  IT EXPANDS AND CANCELS REF D.
2.  AWARD FOR HEROISM.  PER REF A, THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY HAS APPROVED THE ACCEPTANCE, RETENTION AND DISPLAY ON NAVAL SERVICE UNIFORMS OF THE DOS AWARD FOR HEROISM MEDAL (MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS) CODE: DH).  REF E SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZES THIS AWARD FOR MARINES.  WHILE REF D INDICATED THAT REF F WOULD BE MODIFIED TO ADD THE DOS AWARD FOR HEROISM TO THE LIST OF AWARDS AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR ON MARINE UNIFORMS, THAT MODIFICATION WAS NOT MADE.  CMC (MMMA) WILL COORDINATE WITH THE UNIFORM BOARD TO ENSURE THIS ACTION IS COMPLETED.
3.  OTHER DOS HONOR AWARDS.  THIS PARAGRAPH PRIMARILY APPLIES TO THE MERITORIOUS HONOR AWARD (MCTFS CODE ST) BUT ADDRESSES ALL OTHER DOS HONOR AWARDS.  DOS HONOR AWARDS BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE AWARD FOR HEROISM MAY BE ACCEPTED AND RETAINED WITH INCLUSION IN THE OMPF, BUT MAY NOT BE WORN.  REF E DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THESE LESSER AWARDS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
4.  DUPLICATION.  ACCOMPLISHMENTS CITED FOR THE AWARD FOR HEROISM (DH) MAY NOT BE USED TO SUPPORT AND ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON) AWARD.  ACCOMPLISHMENTS CITED FOR THE MERITORIOUS HONOR AWARD (ST) MAY NOT BE USED TO SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL DON IMPACT AWARD FOR THE SAME ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT A LARGER PERIOD OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE.  BECAUSE THE MERITORIOUS HONOR AWARD (ST) IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR, THERE IS NO RESTRICTION AGAINST THE USE OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS CITED IN THIS AWARD TO SUPPORT AN APPROPRIATE DON AWARD FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
5.  SUBMISSION.  CMC (MMMA) ADMINISTRATIVELY REVIEWS ALL NON-DOD AWARDS.  MARINES RECOGNIZED BY DOS AWARDS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A COPY OF THE AWARD RECOMMENDATION FORM, SUMMARY OF ACTION, AND CITATION TO THE CMC (MMMA) FOR REVIEW AND INCLUSION IN THE MARINE'S OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF), REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE AWARD WAS TENDERED.  THE MAILING ADDRESS FOR THE CMC (MMMA) IS:
    COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
    MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION CODE MMMA
    2008 ELLIOT ROAD
    QUANTICO VA  22134-5030
    OR
    SMB_HQMC_PERS_AWARDS(AT)USMC.MIL
6.  ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN THIS MARADMIN SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE POC LISTED ABOVE. 
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MR. C. F. SWAIN, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION (ACTING).//