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Leave and pass days can now be taken consecutively, as long as the Service Member is in the local area to sign back in from or on leave; for example, a Service Member may put in for a 4-day pass over the 4th of July weekend, and utilize leave starting the day after the 4-day weekend, as long as the service member personally signs in or out on ...
A Gold Star Lapel Button (left) and Next of Kin Lapel Button. A Gold Star Lapel Button in the United States is an official decoration authorized by an Act of Congress that is issued to the direct next of kin family members of service members who died in World War I, World War II, and subsequent armed hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States has been engaged.
The second- through fourth-award CIB awards were indicated with silver five-point stars, one to three stars centered, at badge's top, between the tips of the oak-leaf wreath; the fifth- through eighth-awards of the CIB were indicated with gold stars. However, Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) only authorizes up to three awards of the CIB.
The distinguishing criterion for awarding the Soldier's Medal, per Army Regulation 600-8-22, para 3-14, is "The performance must have involved personal hazard or danger and the voluntary risk of life under conditions not involving conflict with an armed enemy. Awards will not be made solely on the basis of having saved a life."
Retired in the late 1940s or early 1950s [9] [10] [11] Team Marksmanship Badges: Replaced by Army Excellence-in-Competition Badges in 1958 [9] [12] [13] [14] Glider Badge: Retired on 3 May 1961 [15] Counterintelligence Special Agent Identification Badge: Replaced with a different design: Driver and Mechanic Badge–Aviation Mechanic and Crew Chief
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5.2) Prior to 1954. Service for at least 120 consecutive days in one of the following organizations: 5.2.1) 1st Special Service Force, August 1942 to December 1944. 5.2.2) OSS Detachment 101, April 1942 to September 1945. 5.2.3) OSS Jedburgh Detachments, May 1944 to May 1945. 5.2.4) OSS Operational Groups, May 1944 to May 1945.
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