Superior Cadet Decoration Award

CRITERIA

• Awarded annually to the outstanding cadet in each year of Military Science who is in the upper 25% of the academic and ROTC class, shows academic and military leadership and demonstrates strong officer potential.

PERMANENT ORDER

• The cadet S1 each semester will download the following permanent order and list all cadets that meet the criteria and submit the said order to the Senior Military Science Instructor for review. The Senior Military Science Instructor will then forward the order to the Professor of Military Science for review and approval. Once approved, the order shall be returned to the Cadet S1 for distribution as annotated on the order.

• The permanent order is to be numbered consecutively for each calendar year, using the Julian date followed by the number of the order issued the same day. For example, the fifth permanent order issued by one organization on 1 January is numbered 1–5, and the first permanent order issued on 31 December is numbered 365–1.