Paul R. Smith NCO Medal

The Paul R. Smith NCO Medal was named in honor of Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the War on Terrorism. The NCO medal was first approved at the SAME Board Meeting in June 2006 and the first award was presented at the SAME Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo in May 2007. The medal's name was changed to honor Sgt. 1st Class Smith in 2009.

Eligibility: Any Active, Reserve, National Guard or Retired Noncommissioned Officer who has been a member of The Society for at least one year prior to nomination.

Nomination Criteria:

1. Outstanding leadership and accomplishments in support of the Society Mission over the last calendar year.
2. Outstanding leadership and contributions to military engineering over the past five years.

Nomination Process:
Nominations for this award must be made by a Society member and endorsed by a Post President or member of the National Board of Direction, using the Society nomination form. The Post President or member of the National Board of Direction endorsing the nomination will verify that the individual meets the eligibility criteria for the award, and that the nomination package provides information to support each of the nomination criteria and all required information on the nominee. The nominator is responsible for ensuring the package, with endorsement, is received at SAME HQ by the deadline. **The nominations deadline for the 2012 NCO Medal has been extended to Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013**.

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