|
The approval authority for the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) is the following unless further delegated:
- Director, Administration and Management, for members assigned to the following organizations:
- Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
- Department of Defense (DoD) Field Activities
- joint DoD activities that report directly to an OSD Principal Staff Assistant or for which the Secretary of a Military Department has been designated as the Executive Agent
- multilateral and bilateral organizations
- other offices in the Executive Branch, the Executive agencies and departments, or the independent establishments and Government corporations of the United States Government
- Director, Joint Staff, for members assigned to the following organizations:
- The Joint Staff
- Agencies and activities reporting directly to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that are not delegated approval authority for the DMSM
- The Combatant Commander, for members assigned to the following organizations:
- the headquarters of the Combatant Commander
- joint activities directly under the operational control of the Combatant Commander
- the commander, staff, and other members attached as individuals (not as members of an assigned and/or attached unit) to a Joint Task Force under the operational control of the Combatant Commander
- Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, for members assigned to that headquarters or an associated agency
- Supreme Allied Commander, Transformation, for members assigned to that headquarters or an associated agency
- United States Representative to the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), for members assigned to that headquarters or an associated agency
- Defense Advisor, United States Mission NATO, for members assigned to that headquarters or an associated agency
- Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, for members assigned to that headquarters or an associated agency
- The Director of a Defense Agency, for members assigned to the Director's agency
- Commander, United States Forces Korea (USFK), for members assigned to USFK headquarters or joint activities reporting directly to USFK
- President, National Defense University, for members assigned to the following organizations:
- the National Defense University
- the National War College
- the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
- Commandant, Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC), for members assigned to the JFSC
- Chief, National Guard Bureau, for members permanently assigned to the headquarters staff of the National Guard |