NAVMC 11533 - Personal Award Recommendation

Scope

NAVMC 11533, Personal Award Recommendation, revision 12-12, electronic fillable (EF). Three pages: a Privacy Act statement, the recommendation with items 1 through 22, and the endorsement and disposition page with items 23 and 24. MMMA built the fillable PDF to mirror the iAPS web based view, so the paper form and the iAPS case carry the same fields. The form is FOUO and privacy sensitive when filled in. It is the standard template for Combat Action Ribbon nominations and the hardcopy path for personal award recommendations originating outside iAPS, for example from joint commands.

Audience

Originators drafting nominations and certifying the summary of action. Awards clerks and S-1 reviewing NAVMC 11533 packets for completeness before routing, the packet review MCAAT and IGMC FA inspectors check under the 1650 functional area. Endorsing commands recording recommendations at item 23. Awarding authorities recording disposition at item 24. Portal leader and marine awards pages point Combat Action Ribbon submissions to this form.

Purpose printed on the form

Records a nomination for a Department of the Navy personal award. Privacy Act authorities are 10 U.S.C. 5013 and 5041, SECNAVINST 1650.1H, and E.O. 9397. Either the SSN or the EDIPI is accepted by MMMA for nominee identification.

Key items

• Nominee identification. EDIPI or SSN, designator or NEC or MOS, name, component, grade, warfare designator for Navy nominees, and RUC.
• The recommendation. Recommended award, whether the nomination covers a specific achievement, and the type: Heroic, Meritorious, Heroic Posthumous, Meritorious Posthumous, or MIA. Number of the award of the recommended medal, action date or meritorious period, and geographic area of action or service.
• Timing drivers. Expiration of active duty, estimated detachment date with the reason marked Retirement, Transfer, Terminal Leave, or Impact Award, years of service when retirement applies, and the new duty station or home address when separation is anticipated.
• Context for the awarding authority. Unit at the time of action or service, duty assignment, previous personal decorations with periods recognized, personal awards recommended and not yet approved, and other personnel being recommended for the same action.
• Certification. The originator certifies the facts in the summary of action are known to them or a matter of record, with name, grade, title, signature, date, command POC, and phone number.
• The form directs submission of the Summary of Action and citation, when applicable, in a separate Microsoft Word document.

Routing and disposition

Item 23 records forwarding endorsements by each via addressee, including the recommended award and Combat V position of every endorsing command, with signature, grade, and date forwarded. Item 24 belongs to the awarding authority: disposition of the basic recommendation, whether extraordinary heroism is recommended, signature with grade and title, and date approved. For Marines retiring from joint commands, the PCS season MARADMINs route the completed form through the first General or Flag Officer in the joint chain to the MMPB-3 shared mailbox. Keep action dates consistent across this form, the Summary of Action, the citation, and the certificate. Mismatched dates sit at the top of the MMPB-31 common mistakes list.

Connection to Marine Corps policy

• SECNAVINST 1650.1H. Named in the form's Privacy Act statement as a collection authority. The Department of the Navy military awards policy series continues under SECNAVINST 1650.1J in the portal registry.
• MCO 1650.19J Administrative and Issue Procedures for Decorations, Medals, and Awards. The Marine Corps awards procedures order. It names NAVMC 11533 as the Combat Action Ribbon nomination form, and eligibility or approving authority errors on packets trigger inspection findings under it.
• iAPS. The web based awards processing system whose case view the fillable PDF mirrors. The form is the hardcopy path when a recommendation originates outside iAPS.
• PCS season MARADMINs. Route completed forms for Marines retiring from joint commands through the first General or Flag Officer in the joint chain to the MMPB-3 shared mailbox, as noted above.

Access

The external link opens the fillable PDF on the DLA forms service.