AFA cadet of the year award

scottgulliksen · April 19, 2011, 04:33:15 AM

The AFA cadet of the year award I recently received comes with a medal similar to the ones worn by the marine corps on their dress blues uniform. I searched 39-1 cover to cover and found no mention of this. It mentions the ribbon in the ribbons section, but not the medal. Are cadets allowed to wear the medal? and if so, where?

PA Guy · April 19, 2011, 04:39:39 AM

No, cadets are not authorized to wear the medal only the ribbon. The medal is for presentation purposes only.

AlphaSigOU · April 19, 2011, 05:47:46 PM

Scott,
Welcome to CAPTalk! (From a former Addison Eagle...)

Nolan Teel · April 19, 2011, 06:14:36 PM

Scott!!! Good to see yea bud! Found yea!

Thrashed · April 21, 2011, 08:14:28 PM

I put the metal on the framed certificate from the AFA. It looks ok. The ribbon went on the cadet's ribbon rack.

Starlock · April 25, 2011, 11:40:14 PM

While we're on a similar topic, are cadets just globally not permitted to other medals as well such as the VFW NCO/Officer of the year awards, alongside the USAFSA NCO of the year award?

HGjunkie · April 26, 2011, 12:26:52 AM

No VFW or AFA medals either. No dangly coins can hang off the uniform.

Starlock · April 26, 2011, 01:14:44 AM

Aw

But it's so shiny!

HGjunkie · April 26, 2011, 02:54:09 AM

Quote from: Starlock on April 26, 2011, 01:14:44 AM
Aw But it's so shiny!

I know, right? Lol

JC004 · April 26, 2011, 06:19:03 AM

Mine is in a drawer and has pretty much been that way since I got it. I got AFA cadet of the year for the state. I think it's a silly-looking medal and ribbon anyway. I never even wore the ribbon as a cadet. I don't see any reason why you'd want to wear the medal. It's cheap-looking.