Posted on Nov 10, 2014
TSgt Joshua Copeland
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Do any of the other branches have something like it?

I was on Air Force Global Strike Command's First Order of the Sword committee and while a metric ton of work, it was really worth it to honor a leader of this caliber.

Here is a link to the news story: http://www.barksdale.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123431074
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In the Army many regiments have their own awards to be given and the Department of Army has a few that you can input someone in for specialties.
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TSgt Joshua Copeland
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This isn't like the branch type of award (Order of St Barbara for example). The Order of the Sword is the highest honor that the Enlisted Corp of a Major Command can bestow upon a leader.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Sword_(United_States)
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There are "unofficial" awards presented by officer associations and I am sure NCO associations, but I am not familiar with official Department of the Army awards, but then again I am just an O-3 and not exposed to those types of awards. It can be hard enough to get a simple award a Soldier.
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