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DODI, 1999 SUBJECT: Incentive and Honorary Awards Programs References: (a) Administrative Instruction No. 29, "Incentive Awards," January 8, 1990 (hereby canceled) (b) Title 5, United States Code, "Government Organization and Employees" (c) Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, "Administrative Personnel" (d) DoD 1400.25-M, "Department of ...
The award is approved for issuance to eligible civilian employees as defined in Title 5 U.S.C. § 2105 who would be eligible for awards under DOD 1400.25-M, "Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Manual (CPM)", including non-appropriated fund employees.
The under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, or USD (P&R) is a high-ranking civilian position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) within the United States Department of Defense responsible for advising the secretary and deputy secretary of defense on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits, and oversight of the state of military readiness.
The Achievement Medal is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.The Achievement Medal was first proposed as a means to recognize outstanding achievement or meritorious service [5] of military personnel who were not eligible to receive the higher Commendation Medal or the Meritorious Service Medal.
Staffed by civilian and military personnel, the DCS is a consolidation of the former Defense Human Intelligence Service and works in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Operations, among other national HUMINT entities. It globally deploys teams of case officers, interrogation experts, field analysts, linguists ...
PMCs refer to their personnel as security contractors or private military contractors. PMC contractors are civilians (in governmental, international, and civil organizations) authorized to accompany an army to the field; thus, the term civilian contractor. PMCs may use armed force, defined as: "legally established enterprises that make a profit ...
This article pertains to the subject of journalists who write for the U.S. military, as distinct from those who write about the military. According to JP 1-02, [1] United States Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, a military journalist is "A U.S. Service member or Department of Defense civilian employee providing photographic, print, radio, or television command ...
Transgender people have served or sought to serve in the United States military (U.S. military) throughout its history. Since January 25, 2021, transgender individuals have been allowed to openly serve and enlist in the U.S. military; however, on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order revoking the Biden-era policy that allowed transgender individuals to serve openly ...