The Commander's Award for Civilian Service is an honorary award presented by the Department of the Army to civilian employees for commendable service or achievement. Employees who have a past record of excellence, normally recognized by the previous receipt of one or more honorary or performance awards, may be considered for this award. The Commander's Award for Civilian Service is comparable to the military Army Commendation Medal.

Criteria

Any commander Colonel

Colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

 and above, or civilian equivalent may approve this award. Nominations reflect service or achievement of a lesser degree than recognized by the Superior Civilian Service Award

Department of the Army Superior Civilian Service Award

The Superior Civilian Service Award is the third highest award of the Department of the Army Honorary Awards for Department of the Army Employees. It consists of a medal, lapel pin, and certificate...

. Employees who have established a pattern of excellence, normally recognized through the previous receipt of one or more honorary or monetary performance awards, may be considered for this award. Eligibility is determined by measuring contributions against the following example levels of achievement:

• Accomplished supervisory or nonsupervisory duties in an outstanding manner, setting an example of achievement for others to follow.
• Demonstrated initiative and skill in devising new or improved equipment, work methods, and procedures, or conceiving inventions that resulted in considerable savings in manpower, time, space, materials, or other items of expense, or improved safety or health of the workforce.
• Demonstrated leadership in performing assigned duties that resulted in improved productivity of the unit. Rendered professional or public relations service that resulted in considerable favorable publicity in the local area.
• Demonstrated courage or competence in an emergency while performing assigned duties resulting in benefit to the Government or its personnel.

Description

The medal of the award is a bronze disc, 32 mm in diameter. On the obverse of the medal, in the center, is a five pointed star between three equilateral triangles one point of each triangle extending past the edge of the disc. On the reserve is the inscription “DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY” above “COMMANDER’S AWARD FOR CIVILIAN SERVICE” separated into two lines. The medal is suspended from a green ribbon 35 mm in width. The ribbon contains a wide white stripe towards each edge with two thin white stripes in the middle.