

| End of tour awards are usually submitted mid-tour and if he did not meet the requirements by the suspense date; then you will have to accept that. But if you feel your Soldier is doing a stellar job, nothing wrong with writing up a letter of commendation or impact award. Also, since he did not receive an EOT award, his PCS (I think you are not active) award can have information pertaining to that. I will submit an AAM impact award for him going above and beyond currently. Also, if you are so stern about this deployment award, discuss with your chain. S1 should not tell you that you cannot submit, it should follow the proper channels and let the Commander, BN and BDE Commanders recommend approval/disapproval. |
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| I would not make a complaint without knowing the whole story; especially if I never talked to that PV2's NCO.
A SM could also not move up the ranks automatically to E4 for a variety of reasons. Negative counselings that his leadership informs the Commander to not approve him on the C10. Also, there have been instances when actual promotion orders were not cut but yet the servicemember sees his/her LES show the next higher grade.
Also, was the PV2 actually flagged compared to your Soldier?
Sometimes there are some battles that you have to throw up the white flag and just drive on. Just make sure the next time all your Soldiers will be in tip-top shape in all areas of being a Soldier that an award will never get denied. |
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