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WorksheetsSECNAVINST 1650.1J MILITARY AWARDS POLICY PART 1
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 39mins
SECNAV M-1650 provides which of the following?
policy to establish specific criteria for each DON military award and procedures for recommending and approving those awards
procedures for supporting approval or recommending against Navy and marine corps awards recommendation.
Procedures for recommending and approving navy and marine corps awards
outline for each branch military awards and procedures for recommending and approving those awards.
Authority delegated down to whom for all non-combat awards, Legion of merit (LOM) and below, to assigned personnel in grade o-9 and below?
Chief of Naval Operations or commandant of the marine corps
Navy department of decorations and medals(NDBDM)
Secetary of the Navy
Assistant secretary of the navy
Authority delegated down to _ is required for all revocation of the combat action ribbons if is later determined the criteria had not been met or if the recipient's service after the fact has not been honorable.
Navy department board of decorations and medals(NDBDM)
Chief of naval operations or commandant of the Marine corps
Assistant secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the navy
The legion of merit (LOM) may not be sub-delegated down below whom?
Below an o-9
Below an o-6
Below an o-4
cannot be sub-delegated.
The navy commendation medal (NC) may not be sub-delegated down below whom?
Below an E-9
Below o-9
Below an o-5
Below an o-6
If a service member is being Dishonorably discharged, do they maintain their eligibility for an end of tour award?
No.
Yes,if the award is presented after the period of Dishonorable conduct
Yes, without exception.
Yes,if the time period for the award ends before the date of the discharge paperwork
The meritorious unit commendation (MC) May not be sub-delegated down below whom?
Commodore and above
o-6 and above
it may not be sub-delegated.
o-9 and above
Authority delegated down to whom for all Legion of Merit (LOM) and below to Navy or marine corps personnel assigned to the Office of secretary of defense or a joint activity?
Chief od staff
Navy department board of decorations and medals(NDBDM)
Chief of Naval operations or commandant of the Marine corps
Assistant secretary of the Navy
When may civilian officials be sub-delegated awarding authority?
GS-15 or greater in a command position
They cannot be
GS-15 or greater
GS-12 or greater in a command position
Is the authority to concur with non-Don awards inherent with authority to the equivalent Don award?
yes
not unless the awards are written like a naval award.
no
Yes,if the award is a joint service award.
Authority delegated down to whom for all non-combat awards, LOM and below, to assigned personnel in grades 0-9 and below?
Navy department board of decorations and medals(NDBDM)
Secretary of the Navy
Assistant secretary of the Navy
Chief of naval operations and commandant of the marine corps
Under what conditions may Navy department board of decorations and medals (NDBDM) approve of all non-combat/heroism awards, legion of merit (LOM) and below, to personnel in grades 0-6 and below, on behalf of secretary of the navy?
When the board concurs with the senior endorsing official as to the appropriate award
Wehn the secretary of the navy sits the board and concurs the appropriate
They may not
When the Board is headed by a 0-6and above
What does the department of the navy military awards policy define as a "hallmark "of an effective awards program?
Quota establishment for personal military decorations(PMDS)
All HANDS involvement in the award nomination process
Timely recognition of deserving acts
Public recognition ceremonies
A navy and marine corps achievement medal (NA) has been signed by YN3 Nold's commanding officer but not yet presented to her. May the commanding officer revoke YN3's NA?
Yes
No, once the awards are signed must be presented.
Yes, but only the assistant secretary of the navy.
No,it must be revoked in writing by the secretary of the navy.
Which of the following is enclosure 1 to SECNAV 1650.1J?
Acronyms
Forms used for awards
Glossary
References
Which of the following does DoDM 1348.33 Volume 1 cover?
Medal of honor
DoD-wide personal performance and Valor decorations
DoD joint decorations and awards
DoD service awards-campaign, expeditionary and service medals
Which of the following does DoDM 1348.33 Volume 2 cover?
DoD service awards -campaign ,Expditionary and service medals
DoD joint decoration and awards
DoD-wide personal performance and valor decorations
Medal of honor
Which of the following does DoDM 1348.33 Volume 3 cover?
Medal of honor
DoD joint decorations and awards
DoD Service award-campaign, expeditionary and service medals
DoD-wide personal performance and valor decorations
Which of the following does DoDM 1348.33 Volume 4 cover?
DoD Wide personal performance and valor decorations
DoD service awards-campaign, expeditionary and service medals
DoD joints decorations and awards
Medal of Honor
Which instruction promulgates policies for awarding military decoration, medals, and ribbons within the department of the Navy?
BURPERSNIST 1650.1H
SECNAVINST 1650.1H
OPNAVINST 165-,1J
SECNAVIST 1650.1J
Who was the originator of the messages that were superseded or incorporated into the current department of the military awards policy?
SECNAV WASHION DC
SECNAV MILLINGTON TN
OPNAV WASHINGTON DC
OPNAV CHICAGO IL
Who were the originators of the memorandums that were superspeed or incorporated into the current department of the Navy military awards policy?
Chief of naval operations and deputy under secretary of the navy
Secretary of the navy and chief of Naval operations
Deputy undersecretary of the Navy and north Atlantic treaty organization (honors and decorations department)
Secretary of the Navy and Assistant secretary of the navy
For what does the acronym ASN(M&RA) in the department of Navy Military Awards policy stands?
Adobe solutions number (Military and reserve applications)
Assistant secretary of the Navy (Manpower and reserve affairs)
Aviation safety network (Military ribbons/awards)
Awarded submission number (Manpower and reserve application)
Which directive promulgates policies for awarding military decoration ,medals, and ribbons within the department of the Navy (Don)?
OPNAV INSTURCTION 1650.1J
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1650.10M
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1650.1M
SECNAV INSTURCTION 1650.1J
Under what conditions may the U.S Coast guard utilize the department of the Navy military awards policy?
It applies to members of the U.S Cost guard on active duty
Never
When operating as part of the Navy
When cosigned by the secretary of homeland security?
The department of the Navy military awards policy applies to which organizations within the department of the navy?
All U.S Navy and coast guard installations commands, activities and field office
All U.S Navy and U.S Marine corps installations, commands ,activities, and field offices
Alll U.S Navy commands without local guidance
All U.S Navy installations, command, activities and field offices only
The purpose of the department of the Navy military policy is to provide_ members of the Naval service recognition for qualifying act of valor.
Active duty
Qualified
Deserving
All
When, if possible, should unit decorations be presented?
At an ALL HANDS training
upon the decommissioning of the unit
upon the commission of the unit
Publicly presented in a ceremony
What is a general type of award considered as a discretionary honor conferred upon individuals who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor or non-combat heroism or by exceptionally meritorious achievement?
Combat action ribbons(CAR)
Unit decorations
Personal military decorations
Campaign, expeditionary, and service (CE&S) awards.
What general type of awards recognizes ships and other military units for collective demonstration of extraordinary heroism in combat or otherwise exceptionally meritorious achievement that clearly and distinctly nature and magnitude, place the unit performance significantly above that of other units preforming similar missions?
Combat action ribbons(CAR)
Units decorations
Personal military decoration (PMD)
Campaign, expeditionary, and service (CE&S) awards.
What general type of medal and ribbon recognizes individuals for participation in significant military operations or for unique or arduous service?
Combat action ribbons(CAR)
Personal military decoration (PMD)
Campaign ,Expeditionary ,and service (CE&S) awards
Personal Military decoration (PMD) with combat"V"
What shall not be a considering factor in the nomination approval of any DON military decoration, medal, ribbon, unless an explicit restriction exists within the award instruction?
Prior awards
Presentation timelines
Pending awards
Rank/grade.
What shall not be a considering factor in the nomination approval of any DON military decoration, medal, ribbon, unless an explicit restriction exists within the award instruction?
Prior awards
Presentation timelines
Pending awards
Rank/grade.
When should a quota be established limiting the number of personal militaries decoration (PMDs)that may be nominated or approved for acts of acts of non-combat heroism?
Never
before nomination are submitted
after nominations have been received
When submission rate exceeds more than 5% if unit's size
A recommendation for navy and marine corps commendation medal was approved from YN1(SW) Wallis and presented at an ALL HANDS ceremony. What must yn1's commanding officer do to revoke the award for cause four days later?
After a personal military decoration has been presented, the secretary of the navy is the sole authority to revocation.
After a personal military decoration has been presented, the chief of naval operations or commandant of the marine corps possesses the authority for revocation.
The award cannot be revoked after the offical presentation
After the presentation, any award may be revoked by the official who approved it
A recommendation for an Iraqi campaign Medal was approved for YN1(SW) Wallis and presented at an ALL HANDS ceremony. What must the commanding officer later do to have the campaign medal revoked due to an insufficient number of days in-country?
After a campaign, Expeditionary, and service (CE&E) award has been presented, the chief of naval operation or commandant of the marine corps possesses the authority for revocation.
After the presentation ,any award may be revoked by the offical who approved it
The award cannot be revoked after the official presentation.
After campaign, Expeditionary, and service (CE&S) award has been presented, the secretary of the navy is sole authority to revocation.
Who will make final approval on the policies for military awards for the secretary of the Navy?
Assistant secretary of the Navy (Manpower and reserve affairs) (ASN (M&RA)
Chief of Naval operations or commandant of the marine corps
Secetary of defense
Secretary of the Navy
Who shall supplement award policies produces, requirement, and guidance (as appreciate) to all Navy and Marine corps service members?
Chief of naval operation or commandant of the marine corps
Secretary of defense
Congress
Secretary of the navy
What is a NDBDM report?
Naval duty involving ballistic defense missions.
Naval department board of decorations and medals
Navy divisions of births, deaths, and marriage
Navy division of boards, decorations and mediation
How often is the Navy department board of decorations and medals (NDBDM) report submitted?
Weekly
Yearly
Quarterly
Monthly
Who must ensure local award policies and procedures comply with the Navy Awards Manual?
Officials delegated authority to approve awards.
Commanding officers
secretary of the navy
Administration officer
What actions may all officials-- who are delegated with authority to approve awards take on every nomination that is officially submitted for consideration?
Approve a lower award, and approve award or return to originator.
Approve the award recommended, reject award recommended, return to originator for additional information only.
Approve the award recommended, approve a higher or lower award, approve no award and return to originator.
Approve or disapprove.
Who must ensure that lcoal records of all awards that are approved are properly maintained?
Service member receiving the awards.
official delegated authority to approve awards.
Commanding officer
Administration officer
Who shall review and recommend appropriate action on all award matters and nomination requiring approval or endorsement by the secretary of the Navy or assistant secretary of the Navy (Manpower and reserve affairs)(asn) (M&RA)
Chief of naval operations or commandant of the Marine corps
Department of naval awards and decorations
Navy department board of decorations and medals (NDBDM)
Vice Chief of Naval operations
Who shall review and recommend appropriate action on all SECERT and CONFIDENTAL award nominations and matters requiring approval or endorsement by chief of naval operations, vice chief of naval operations, or director, navy staff?
Secertary of the Navy
Navy department board of decorations and medals (NDBDM)
Secertary of defense
Chief of staff
Who shall review and recommend appropriate action on all SECERT and CONFIDENTAL award nominations and matters requiring approval or endorsement by chief of naval operations, vice chief of naval operations, or director, navy staff?
Secertary of the Navy
Navy department board of decorations and medals (NDBDM)
Secertary of defense
Chief of staff
Who should make a recommendation to the secretary of the navy or assistant secretary of the navy (manpower and reserve affairs) (ASN M&RA) on military awards policy matters and also provides an interpretation of award policy of offices and commands within DON?
All officials delegated authority to approve awards
Secretary of defense
Commanding officers
Navy department board of decorations and medals ( NDBDM)
Who shall review all military award related correspondence, directives, and instruction before approval and respond to military awards related inquiries and requests?
Chief of naval operations and training command
Secertary of the Navy
Navy department of decorations and medals (NDBDM)
congress
Who shall represent the department of the navy in the department of dense and multi-service awards forms?
Congressional representative
Secretary of the Navy
Chief of naval operations or commandant of the marine corps
Navy department board of decorations and medals (NDBDM)
Who shall represent the department of the navy in the department of defense and multi-service awards formus?
Congressional Representative
Chief of naval operations or commandant of the marine corps
secretary of the navy
Navy department board of decorations and medals (NDBDM)
Which of the following is considered "vital" to the success of the awards program?
Timely originator of, and command action on, award nominations
Priority and handling
Period of mertitorius service
Final action must be taken on nominations.
When should an award nomination be originated?
Within ten working days of the distinguishing act or achievement
at the period of at least two-year meritorious service
As soon as practicable following the distinguishing act or achievement.
Within two years
Within how many years must an award nomination of distinguishing act or period of service be officially originated?
3 year
a resonable amount of time
2 years
6 years
Within how many years must a final determination be made on an official award nomination?
a year
within a reasonable amount of time
3 years
2 years
No more than how many years after the act or period of service must an award nomination be officially originated?
2 years
4 years
5 years
3 years
Within how many days should a nomination for valor decoration be originated and entered into official channels?
45 days
90 days
65 days
60ndays
Each echelon of review will act upon valor award nominations within how many working days or receipt?
3
30
7
10
Final action must be taken on nominations for the Navy cross (NX) and lower-level valor awards within how many months of origination?
10
12
30
60
Which of the following is the exception to the chief of naval operation delegated authority to take final action on all purple hearts or combat action ribbons?
Awards stemming from terrorist attacks at embassies within the contiguous united states.
Awards stemming from attacks via the postal system
Awards stemming from terrorist attacks in the contiguous united states.
Awards stemming from international terrorist attacks.
Who must delegate authority to any official to approve the purple heart or combat action ribbons beyond the three-year time limit?
Chief of naval operations
Chief of staff
Chief of Naval personnel
Chief of Naval decorations awards
Without specific retroactive award authority, all commanders with authority to approve the purple heart and combat action ribbon may only do so when the actions occurred within how many years?
The most recent three years
The most recent five years
The last two years
The last ten years
Eligibility for which awards are normally a matter of service record verification and therefore generally not subject to time limits?
Expeditionary and service
Expeditionary, unit, and service
Campaign, service, meritorious.
Campaign, expeditionary, and service.
Consideration for which type of nomination made outside time limits must include a full explanation of the circumstances that caused the delay must accompany the nomination?
military outstanding volunteer sercive medal
Meritorious unit commendation
Personnel military decorations
service, unit,and campaign.
Out-of-time-limit award nomination, officially originated within the specified time limits but lost or not acted upon due to inadvertence, will only be considered by the secretary of the Navy if submitted by whom?
Chief of Naval operations
by a member of congress
Chief of decorations and awards
By the combat commander
The authority to approve all awards covered by the Navy awards manual is retained by whom?
Chief of Naval operations or commandant of the marine corps
Navy manpower and reserve affairs MN&RA
Secretary of the Navy
Commanding officer or their representative
Through whom shall award nominations and other award matter requiring approval by secretary of the navy or assistant secretary of the Navy (Manpower and reserve affairs) be routed?
Assistant secretary of the navy only
Secretary of defense
Navy department board of decorations and medals(NDBDM)
Congress
What individual retains the awarding authority for all decorations to Flag/General officers in grade of 0-10?
Enhelon commander
Vice presdient of the united states
Department of the Navy/Assistant for administration
Secretary of the navy
The secretary of the Navy retains the awarding authority of which level award and up?
Silver star
Bronze star
Meritorious achievement medal
Purple heart
The secretary of the navy retains the awarding authority of which level of unit award and up?
Presidential unit commendation (PUC) and Navy unit commendation(NUC)
Presidential unit commendation (PUC)and joint meritorious unit award (JMUC)
Navy unit commendation (NUC) and Navy Reserve meritorious service medal (NRMSM)
Defense superior unit award (DSU) and Philippine presidential unit citation (PPUC)
Which unit award carries an exception to the policy of awarding civilian's military honors?
Meritorious unit commendation(MUC)
Navy unit commendation (NUC)
Joint meritorious unit commendation (JMUC)
Presidental unit citation (PUC)
Which of the following is an exception to the awarding policy regarding the inclusion of foreign military personnel in a unit award??
Navy unit commendation
Navy special warfare unit commendation
Meritorious unit commendation
Presidential unit commendation
Once a personal military decoration is awarded which authority is required to revoke it?
The navy department board of decorations and medals (NDBDM)
The original official
The secretary of the Navy
The board of naval corrections
The assistant secretary of the Navy is delegated to approve which of the following levels of awards and below?
Silver star
Purple heart
combat action ribbon.
Bronze star
Authority to approve the Meritorious service medal (MSM) and below may be sub-delegated to all but which of the following?
Office of legislative affairs
Office of Naval research
Office of fleet forces command
Office of the Naval Inspector general
Concurrence is required from whom for any unit decoration proffered by another military department that specifically recognized a Navy or Maine corps unit in the citation?
Navy department board of decoration and medals(NDBDM)
Assistant secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Authority delegated down to whom for all combat and heroism related awards below the silver star assigned personnel in grades O-6 and below?
Navy department board of decorations and medals(NDBDM)
Chief of Naval operations and commandant of the Marine corps
Assistant secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Authority delegated down to whom for all combat and heroism related awards below the silver star assigned personnel in grades O-6 and below?
Navy department board of decorations and medals(NDBDM)
Chief of Naval operations and commandant of the Marine corps
Assistant secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Authority delegated down to whom for all combat and heroism related awards below the silver star assigned personnel in grades O-6 and below?
Navy department board of decorations and medals(NDBDM)
Chief of Naval operations and commandant of the Marine corps
Assistant secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Navy
