Defense Courier Service earns Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Defense Courier Service earns Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Released: 2 Dec 1998

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has approved the Joint Meritorious Unit Award for members of Defense Courier Service in several areas for exceptional meritorious achievement.

The time frame for the award is Feb. 1, 1997, through Sept. 29, with eligibility limited to those U.S. military forces present at the time and who directly participated in the joint service or achievement for 30 days or more.

Military members must be assigned or attached by official orders to the joint unit or joint activity receiving the JMUA. Local commanders may waive, on an individual basis, the 30-day minimum requirement for individuals -- Air Force reservists on active-duty or temporary-duty personnel -- who, in the purview of the commander contributed directly to the achievement cited, and were assigned on official orders to the awarded unit during the time frames.

Members eligible for the JMUA should report to their servicing military personnel flight's career enhancement section and provide supporting documentation (performance report, copy of decoration citation with special orders, certificate of achievement signed by on-site commander, travel voucher, etc.) verifying they were assigned to one of the unit listed below:

Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay (Provisional), Cuba;

Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska;

Bahrain;

San Diego, NAS San Diego, Calif.;

Travis AFB, Calif.;

Colorado Springs, Fort Carson, Colo.;

Jacksonville, NAS Jacksonville, Fla.;

Ramstein Air Base, Germany;

Rhein-Main AB, Germany;

Hickam AFB, Hawaii;

NAS Keflavik, Iceland (P);

NAS Sigonella, Italy;

Yokota AB, Japan;

Louisville, Ky.;

Osan AB, Korea;

Fort Meade, Md.;

Offutt AFB, Neb.;

McGuire AFB, N.J.;

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio;

Howard AFB, Panama;

Kelly AFB, Texas;

Incirlik AB (P), Turkey;

Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England;

NAS Norfolk, Va.; and

McChord AFB, Wash.

(Courtesy of Air Force Personnel News Service)