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Expert: Rod Powers - 2/23/2006


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Hello,

I am currently serving in the Air Force and my supervisor mentioned this award to me.  I was wondering what form I need to fill out and what at exactly to put on the form for this award.  We are thinking it is the standard for form EPRS or for BTZ  packages but aren't sure.  Thank you for your time.

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Hi Eric,  The Air Force Instruction for Awards and Decorations is AFI 36-2803 --THE AIR FORCE AWARDS AND DECORATIONS PROGRAM (see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/afreg/l/blafi362803.htm).

Table 6-1 (page 34) of the AFI states that one should use the format shown in DoD 1348.33-M, "Manual of Military Decorations and Awards (see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/fy2004paycharts/l/blperenpay.htm).

The format shown in the DoD Manual is a letter format (see page 62 of the manual).

According to the AFI, the approval authority is the Group Commander.

For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my military information website at http://usmilitary.about.com

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.

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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.

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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).

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