CGD-E-NR Awards Program��

Lawrence Nolan, Ph.D.

CGD-E-NR Awards Board Chair

CGD-E-NR Awards

Agenda

• Types of awards: USCG, Auxiliary, CGD-E-NR
• Auxiliary medals and ribbons
• Award preparation
• Form 1650
• Citation
• Checklist
• Processing
• Questions

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CGD-E-NR Awards

References

• Awards Manual: COMDTINST M1650.25E
• Auxiliary Manual: COMDTINST M16790.1G, Chapter 11, Recognition/ Awards
• MMS-PR-AUX(D5NR 16791)-A-CHAPTER 12-(05) CGD-E-NR Awards Policy 22 June 2022
• Awards Checklist (CGD-E-SR)
• Award Primer (CGD-SE formally District 7)

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Auxiliary Awards

• Auxiliary Commendation Medal
• Auxiliary Achievement Medal
• Aux Commandant Ltr. of Commendation
• Annual Service Performance Awards

- Recruiting, VE, PE, RBSV, Operations

• Program Ribbons

- Ops, PA, Instructor, Examiner, MS, Oprnl Excel

• Service awards

- Sustained, Member Service

• Auxiliarist of the Year Award
• Commodore Greanoff Leadership Award
• Program Certificates

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CGD-E-NR Awards

Coast Guard Service and Unit Awards

• Presidential Unit Citation
• Unit & Meritorious Unit Commendations
• Commandant Unit Commendation
• Meritorious Team Commendation
• Bicentennial Unit Commendation
• Special Operations Service Ribbon
• Award recruiting Active/Reserve members
• RBS Award for Excellence

CGD-E-NR Awards

Non-Military Awards

• DHS Outstanding Unit Award
• Secretary of Transportation Unit Award
• Dept of Transportation 9-11 Medal
• Dept of Transportation 9-11 Ribbon
• Lifesaving Awards
• Coast Guard Foundation Award of the Year
• Association for Rescue at Sea Silver Medal Award

CG-D-NR Awards

District Awards

• Flotilla Meritorious Achievement Medal
• Media Awards
• Vessel Safety Check Individual Award
• Operations Individual Award
• Education Individual Award
• Member Training Individual Award
• RBS Visitation Program Individual Award

CG-D-NR Awards

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Who Awards?

• Any Member can recommend another Member for an award (Auxiliary Manual).

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• Elected Officers have a responsibility to identify and recognize members in their units who merit recognition.
• Don’t forget SUPPORT Staff!!

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• Staff Officers responsible for identifying and recognizing members in their staff area who merit recognition.

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Step One

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• Gather Performance Data On the Member
• Look for documentation – formal and informal
• Conduct interviews with: � � 1. Chain Of Command� 2. Peers/Subordinates� 3. Other Witnesses

Step Two

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• Do Each Of The Following To Develop Bullets
• State the impact on the District/Division/Flotilla or Coast Guard
• Wordsmith the statement to create one concise yet simple sentence. State what was done and how it was done. (stated in the past tense)

Step Three

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• Decide On The Level Of The Award
• The higher the impact, the higher the award
• Consult with those in your chain and related staff officers
• Review award criteria
• Awards committee may raise/lower level if appropriate

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Step Four

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• Draft The Citation
• Use award primer and checklist.
• Use standard opening and closing jargon.
• Identify position held (if appropriate) and time-period.
• ALWAYS capitalize the member’s LAST NAME.
• Mr./Ms. Jones or Commodore, NOT Auxiliarist.
• VERY limited use of abbreviations
• Acronyms are not authorized
• Read the citation out loud to another to check the “flow”.

When you start drafting the award, please refer to the CHECKLIST as your guide.

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What do I Write About

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• 3 to 5 items:
• what the member did best
• had the greatest impact on the service or unit.
• number-quantified action and a following result. For example, “…100 hours of member training – facilitated qualification of 3 new AUX-OPs,” has the action and the result.
• Ask yourself
• “What was done?”
• “How did they do it?”
• “What was the Result?”

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Hints For Using Statistics

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• Use numbers to quantify actions and provides concrete results.
• For example, “Mr./Ms. Garza volunteered many hours of personal time watch-standing, which saved the Coast Guard a lot of money…”
• Doesn’t tell the story as well as,
• “Mr./Ms. Garza volunteered 400 hours serving in the operations center every Friday, which freed up one full time equivalent person to perform other duties at the Station, a benefit to the Coast Guard of $10,000.”

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• DON’T criticize an individual’s predecessor.
• Focus on items that are high profile or extend beyond a member’s Flotilla/Division.
• The citation is an account “…which will be cherished by them and a source of pride to their families”.
• The Rewards and Recognition Handbook (COMDTINST P1650.27) says “…we are telling a story to everyone about what the person receiving the award has done.

Step Five

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• Edit The Citation (Use the 4-step process)
• 1. Read it once…

Match the points with support

• 2. Read it a 2nd time…

Organize into powerful well-connected thoughts

• 3. Read it a 3rd time…

Delete dead words

• 4. Read it a 4th time…

Check grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization

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Step Six

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• CG-1650 Coast Guard Award Recommendation
• Complete blocks 1 through 19
• Team awards need to include all team members and their member number
• Refer to Awards Primer

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Step Seven

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• Double check citation using the CHECKLIST.
• Submit the award package through the Chain of Leadership Management
• Forward to Awards Committee

Awards Flow to Approval

• Flotilla Commander
• Division Commander
• District Captain
• District Awards Board
• DCOS and District Commodore
• District Awards Board
• DIRAUX
• Higher level if needed

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EDNR Awards

Reviewers

• Check criteria for the award given.
• Is the award level correct?
• Correct number of awards?
• Correct format!!
• Margins, font, layout etc.
• Check spelling and grammar.
• If it is NOT correct or award level changes,
• SEND IT BACK TO ORIGINATOR!

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QUESTIONS?