Expert: Cynthia Bedell - 3/25/2010

Question
Hello, I had a question on a piece of paperwork I cannot find. I recently made the cutoff score for e-5 for April but cannot find the paperwork on a aam I received. I'm also deployed at the time but I have called my unit, had a friend search through my stuff and checked my ompf and found nothing. I know I have 90 days to produce it when I get back but I'm  worried I wont find it. I guess my question is is there a way to get it again from the person who submitted it in the first place? A few people got it with me and they all have there stuff on record. Can i go off there tracking number or something to find mine or am I going to have to decline my promotion because of this? Thank you for your time

Answer
Dear Collin --

If you all received award orders on the same letter notification, they should be able to recreate your award record from those orders.

However, if each person got individual orders for the awards, you will have to find a clear copy of your orders.  Your unit clerk should have a copy of those orders.  If you have changed units, your former unit personnel clerk should still have copies of those orders.

If your unit submitted your orders to Department of the Army Human Resources Branch, the AAM certificate should have been digitally uploaded to your electronic personnel file.  You can access your file on Army Knowledge Online to see if the award is there.

Please write back, if you have additional questions.  Good luck finding a copy of your AAM or the orders.  Thank you for your service.