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The approval authority for the Joint Service Achievement Medal (JSAM) is the following unless further delegated:
- Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Principle Staff Assistant (PSA), for members assigned to the following organizations:
- OSD
- Department of Defense (DoD) Field Activities
- Joint DoD activities for which a PSA has been designated Executive Agent for the Secretary of Defense
- Director, Administration and Management or designee, for members assigned to the following organizations:
- 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
- joint activities reporting directly to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Joint Staff that are not delegated approval authority for the JSAM
- The Combatant Commander, for members assigned to the following organizations:
- the headquarters of the Combatant Command
- 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 command or an associated agency
- Supreme Allied Commander, Transformation, for members assigned to that command or an associated agency
- United States Representative to the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), for members assigned to that command or an associated agency
- Defense Advisor, United States Mission NATO, for members assigned to that command or an associated agency
- Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, for members assigned to that command or an associated agency
- Commander, United States Forces Korea (USFK), for members assigned to USFK or an associated agency
- The Director of a Defense Agency, for members assigned to the Director's agency
- 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, for members assigned to the college
- Executive Director, Military Postal Service Agency, for members assigned to that activity
- Secretary of a Military Department, for members assigned to a joint function if that Secretary has been previously designated as the Executive Agent for the joint function by any of the following:
- the Secretary of Defense
- the Deputy Secretary of Defense
- the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Commander, Military Entrance Processing Command, for members assigned to that activity
- Chief, National Guard Bureau, for members permanently assigned to the headquarters staff of the National Guard |