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Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
Recommendation Process
Receiving the Medal of Honor is the highest honor bestowed by the American Military and personally presented by the President of the United States. Because of the need for accuracy the recommendation process can take in excess of 18 months with intense scrutiny every step of the way. The following charts demonstrate this process.
The following organizations and individuals play key roles in the Army Medal of Honor recommendation process: - CHAIN OF COMMAND
Submits award recommendation that meets the two year submission time limit to Department of the Army Personnel Command - MEMBER OF CONGRESS
Submits award recommendation that is outside the two year limit for submission to Department of the Army Personnel Command or the Secretary of the Army who forwards request to Personnel Command. - DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PERSONNEL COMMAND
Army Decoration Board - Merit Review, can disprove based on criteria (Cdr, HRC can overrule)
Senior Army Decorations Board - Recommends approval, disapproval, or downgrade. - MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS
Concurs or nonconcurs with Board recommendation - CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY
Concurs or nonconcurs with Board recommendation - SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Recommends approval or can disapprove. Also forwards packet to Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff for comment. - SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Recommends approval or can disapprove. - PRESIDENT
Approves or disapproves.
Benefits
Recipients of the Medal of Honor are afforded the following benefits for their extraordinary heroism: - a monthly $1,000 pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- a 10-percent increase in retired pay, not to exceed the 75 percent maximum, for enlisted recipients who retire with 20 or more years of Military Service,
- a special MOH Travel and Identification Card signed by the Secretary of the Army. This entitles recipients who are not on active duty and not military retirees to utilize space-available military air transportation.
- wearing their uniforms at any time or place they choose, unlike other military personnel or retirees.
- an issued DOD identification card, as are their family members, for recipients who are not on active duty and military retirees. It authorizes them military commissary, Post Exchange, and theater privileges. All of the services, consistent with DOD policy, authorize use of morale, welfare, and recreation activities, including honorary club membership without dues.
- Children of Medal of Honor recipients are not subject to quotas if they are qualified and desire to attend the U.S. military academies.
- receiving invitations to attend Presidential inaugurations and accompanying festivities. Military recipients and those who are civil servants have traditionally been authorized administrative absence instead of chargeable leave to attend.
- a special engraved headstone for deceased recipients of the Medal of Honor provided by VA
- should be accorded on base billeting commensurate with the prestige associated with the Medal of Honor.
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