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1 .: What is the purpose of the D.A. Military Awards Program?
2 .: What is the highest peacetime award for valor?
3 .: During peacetime, who is the approving authority for the Soldier's Medal?
4 .: What is an Award?
5 .: What is a decoration?
6 .: What is DA Form 7013?
7 .: What are the six groups that individual awards can be categorized into?
8 .: What is the highest award given by the Army in time of war?
9 .: What is engraved on the reverse side of the Medal of Honor?
10 .: What is engraved on the reverse side of every Decoration or Good Conduct Medal other than the Medal of Honor?
11 .: How many stars are on the blue silk shield that the Army Medal of Honor is suspended from?
12 .: Who is the approving authority for the Medal of Honor?
13 .: Who awards the Medal of Honor?
14 .: What is the word inscribed on the suspension bar of the Medal of Honor?
15 .: Whose profile is on the Medal of Honor?
16 .: What is the order of precedence for the wearing of individual awards?
17 .: Name the ribbon awarded to members of the US Army for successful completion of the Basic and AIT?
18 .: What is the DA Form 2442?
19 .: What is the time limit for recommending an award?
20 .: How many "V" devices may be worn on a ribbon?
21 .: The "V" Device is authorized for wear on what decorations?
22 .: How many different weapons are authorized component bars?
23 .: For what is the Good Conduct Medal given?
24 .: What three words are inscribed on the front of the Good Conduct Medal?
25 .: Who is the approving authority for the Good Conduct Medal?
26 .: How often can you get the Good Conduct Medal?
27 .: Who are the final approving authorities for the AAM, ARCOM, MSM, LM and DSM?
28 .: Who can make recommendations for an award?
29 .: To whom is the Purple Heart awarded?
30 .: What is the second highest award for valor?

31 .: What was the first medal awarded in the U.S. Army?
32 .: In the order of precedence, what are the U.S. Unit Awards authorized for wear on Army Uniforms?
33 .: What was the Purple Heart initially awarded for?
34 .: What is a DA Form 4950?
35 .: What decoration has George Washington's picture on it?
36 .: Who is the approving authority for the Army Achievement Medal?
37 .: What is a DA Form 87?
38 .: What words are inscribed on the reverse side of the AAM?
39 .: What words are inscribed on the reverse side of the ARCOM?
40 .: What is a Fourragere?
41 .: When can a unit award be worn?
42 .: Name the four Special Skills Tabs.
43 .: What Army Regulation covers the wear and appearance of the military uniform?
44 .: Name three appurtenances.
45 .: If the number of authorized oak leaf clusters exceeds four and will not fit on a single ribbon, what will happen?.
46 .: What DA Form is used to recommend / request an award?
47 .: What Army Regulation governs Awards and Decorations?
48 .: When was the Medal of Honor established?
49 .: Why is the Purple Heart different than all the other decorations?
50 .: What are the three U.S. Army Combat Badges?
51 .: Who is eligible to be awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB)?
52 .: What are the four specific eligibility requirements for the Combat Action Badge (CAB)?
53 .: Can the Combat Action Badge be awarded to members of the other U.S. Armed Forces and foreign Soldiers?
54 .: May Soldiers may be awarded the CIB, CMB and CAB for the same qualifying period?
55 .: Who is eligible to be awarded the Combat Medical Badge (CMB)?

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