{"id":17629,"date":"2019-06-10T20:49:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T20:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/10\/the-army-awards-process-single-points-of-failure\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:07:36","slug":"the-army-awards-process-single-points-of-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/opinion\/commentary\/2019\/06\/10\/the-army-awards-process-single-points-of-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Army awards process: Single points of failure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My philosophy has always been that awards are made to be given. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are made to honor a soldier, to bestow praise, and to congratulate and reward an outstanding act or period of service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most in the Army understand this. There a few, however, that just don\u2019t seem to get this and have made the awards process a complicated mess of latency and nonsensical over justification to ad nauseam levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These few believe in some nonexistent regulation requiring more and more justification, and they seem to know this regulation to perfection, completely understanding the nonexistent text explaining exactly how an award must be written and the specific, exact amount of justification for each level of award. <\/p>\n\n\n\t