The Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award is the fourth-highest award granted to civilian personnel by the
United States Department of the Air Force
The United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Air Force was formed on September 18, 1947, per the National S ...
. It consists of a medal, lapel button, and citation certificate. Nominees must have established a pattern of exemplary service over at least one year.
Eligibility
The Meritorious Civilian Service Award may be awarded for performance of assigned duties for at least one year in an exemplary manner, with a reasonable degree of command-wide mission impact, setting a record of individual achievement and serving as an incentive to others to improve the quality and quantity of their work performance. Employees may also be considered for:
*Exercising unusual initiative in devising new and improved work methods and procedures that result in a substantial savings in manpower, time, materials, or other items of expense
*Improving safety or health of employees
*Improving morale of employees in a unit which resulted in improvement of work performance and ''esprit de corps''.
This award may also be given at the time of retirement.
Description
The medal of the award is an oxidized finish
silver plated disc, in diameter. On the
obverse
The obverse and reverse are the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, ''obverse'' ...
in the center is the coat of arms of the Air Force as found on the
Flag of the United States Air Force
The flag of the United States Air Force was introduced in 1951 and consists of the U.S. Air Force's crest and shield, which itself comprises 13 white stars and the Department of the Air Force's coat of arms on a field of blue. The 13 stars rep ...
. The reverse of the medal is inscribed ''TO'', with a space for engraving a name, and ''FOR MERITORIOUS CIVILIAN SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE''. The edge on both sides is surrounded by a laurel wreath. The medal is suspended from a Brittany blue ribbon wide with a wide central stripe of Air Force Yellow, equally divided by three width stripes of
Ultramarine Blue
Ultramarine is a deep blue pigment which was originally made by grinding lapis lazuli into a powder. Its lengthy grinding and washing process makes the natural pigment quite valuable—roughly ten times more expensive than the stone it comes fr ...
.
See also
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Awards and decorations of the United States government
Awards and decorations of the United States government are Civil awards and decorations, civilian awards of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious service, in a civ ...
References
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Awards and decorations of the United States Department of Defense
Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force