Posted on Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 11:39 pm:
Lady Bird

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There is a 3 or 4 page Flag Order that explains what the campaign ribbons mean and how they are awarded, etc, but I don't have a copy, so I will do my best to explain them from memory.

There are 3 categories of military style ribbons or bars:

1.) Personal achievement. Everybody gets one for # of years in the Sea Org. It is green with bronze, silver or gold stars. Then you get different ones for major courses like OEC/FEBC, Class of auditor, Key To Life, Keys to Competence, Getting fully hatted, etc.

2.) Team Awards for accomplishments like stellar stats, successful missions, etc. All members of the team get these if they are approved. The Local OSB (officer selection board) writes a csw to the INT OSB, and INT decides who gets awarded.

3.) Major International Campaign ribbons are also awarded by INT, usually to everyone involved. Examples are things like the Portland Crusade, Appollo crew, the move from the ship to the Flag Land Base, the release of The Golden Age of Tech, etc. (incidentally, no ribbons were awarded for the big IRS win. DM took all the credit for that himself.)

Hope that answers your question, if anybody sees anything I forgot, let me know.

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