Posted on May 31, 2014
Joint Service Commendation and Achievement Medal
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How did you earn yours? How did it affect your career and outlook on the branches you worked with?
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How did you earn yours? How did it affect your career and outlook on the branches you worked with?
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Generally, the JSCOM or JSAM are award to service members who are assigned to Joint Commands, they are awarded for the same recognitions as the ARCOM or AAM. For an approving authority to be able to award the medals, they have to me in a JDAL (Joint equivalent of our MTOE) showing they are a joint commander, or in most recent cases, units deployed such as CJTF-101 in RC (E) when I was in Afghanistan last year.
As for how it will affect your career, I can not truly talk how a board would look at them (your centralized E7 and above boards). As we are conducting more and more joint operations, I would say if you get the chance to serve in a joint organization, I would take the opportunity. It is always a great experience to serve with other branches.
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As for how it will affect your career, I can not truly talk how a board would look at them (your centralized E7 and above boards). As we are conducting more and more joint operations, I would say if you get the chance to serve in a joint organization, I would take the opportunity. It is always a great experience to serve with other branches.
Does this help answer your question?
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I appreciate you taking the time to reply and explain the typical requirement for the awards and the possibility of being awarded one in the future. I was looking for recipients of one or both of the awards to share their experiences gained in the position that earned him or her that medal, though.
Earned mine (JSCM) while working on the personal staff of the Commander, Stabilization Force (COMSFOR) in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999.
Can't see the tangible benefits of a single award, but it IS pretty on a medal rack...but expensive.
Can't see the tangible benefits of a single award, but it IS pretty on a medal rack...but expensive.
SGM Matthew Quick
I think successfully working at the 4-star level (where I earned this), set my career in motion.
I earned mine by being a Battalion Unit Movement Coordinator for the CJ6 in Afghanistan. I moved people and equipment into, throughout and out of Afghanistan. It didn't help my career. I am still a SSG.
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But what did you learn from your time in that position, SSG? That's what this discussion is about.
SSG William Sutter
I learned that while in combat, you do what you must to accomplish the mission regardless of the support you may or may not get.
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