A Medal of Honor recipient will current the awards on the American Legion’s Nationwide Conference on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. The nominee have to be out there to attend in particular person on the nationwide conference in New Orleans. The conference will run from Aug. Twenty third-Twenty ninth.
Service members will likely be nominated by their commanding officer based mostly totally on the extent of volunteerism they carry out off-duty in a area people. Commanding officers might nominate just one sailor from their command.
To be eligible, service members will need to have served as an E-5 or under between Jan. 1- Dec. 31, 2023, accomplished their volunteer service throughout this era and have a advisable award quotation from their command. Nominees could also be lively or Reserve, however have to be excellent army professionals.
Service members might want to present the next objects of their packages:
- A nominee biography that features quantitative knowledge akin to hours, days, or months spent on off-duty volunteer neighborhood service and the group identify the place neighborhood service was supplied, in addition to the exercise. Command-sponsored actions, both on-duty or off-duty, won’t be counted. This description ought to be supplied in bullet format. Instance:
- Offered 38 hours on the neighborhood middle, as a soccer coach
- Spent 10 hours on the library studying to youngsters
- A service file temporary
- An 8×10 shiny .jpg {photograph} or the nominee’s high-resolution digital head and shoulder {photograph}
- This ought to be an official photograph taken by their respective unit in a full-service uniform.
- A high-resolution JPEG full-body {photograph} in service uniform (gown blues or service uniform)
Packages have to be endorsed and submitted by the command and former winners will not be eligible to submit packages.
The American Legion will present journey and lodging bills for the person winner solely. The winner is chargeable for journey bills for relations or visitors.
If chosen because the award recipient, the nominee’s submitted JPEG photographs will likely be utilized in printed and on-line materials to publicize and doc the award ceremony. The photograph ought to be just like these generally related to Navy chief biographies and official portrait photographs.
If chosen because the award recipient, the biography will likely be used within the Legion’s journal and conference program. The biography ought to embody hometown data, in addition to skilled highlights and {qualifications}.
A written and signed assertion of consent by the sailor, authorizing the discharge of knowledge contained within the nomination, is required per the Privateness Act of 1974. The next assertion is a pattern of written consent: “I, (price/rank/full identify), do hereby authorize the discharge of all data enclosed on this nomination bundle to these individuals concerned within the choice course of.”
Nomination packages ought to be emailed to kristine.a.garland.civ@us.navy.mil by April 20, 2024. The Navy Workplace of Neighborhood Outreach (NAVCO) will consolidate all nominations, manage a rating board, and advocate the highest candidates to the American Legion, which can make the choice. NAVCO will inform the winner and in addition notify these not chosen.
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans group. Specializing in service to veterans, service members and communities, the Legion developed from a gaggle of war-weary veterans of World Battle I into one of the vital influential nonprofit teams in the US.
For additional data, please contact Kristine Garland at kristine.a.garland.civ@us.navy.mil
To view a pattern bundle of a earlier winner, go to:
For the latest NAVADMIN, go right here: https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV2024/NAV24042.txt?ver=gYcUBuzXGpQ6V6jEjTMXjgpercent3dpercent3d
