Talk:Air Assault Badge

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[edit] Retroactive Awards

If any Vietnam Air Cavalry or Airmobile vet has been successful in obtaining a retroactive award, please contact me by email to Glamunyon@aol.com. I have been trying to get a retroactive award for several years. For more information, visit www.airassault.bizhosting.com. Welcome Home ! ! !

Its actually a very simple process. Go on the web and download DD Form 149 (avaialble through Yahoo, Google, Lycos search engine, etc). Fill out the DD Form 149 stating why the Air Assualt badge is warranted and mail it to the Army address which is on the form. The Army will then determine if a retroactive award is warranted. If you need records to support your claim, they can be obtained by Standard Form 180 which is sent to the National Personnel Records Center. General info number is 314-801-0800 -Husnock 21 Oct 04

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OK, here is an actual case - the veteran's request for a retroactive Air Assault Badge was TURNED DOWN - see decision at the link below:

http://boards.law.af.mil/cgi-bin/quickview.cgi?filename=ARMY/BCMR/CY2004/2004104600.rtf

A change in policy must happen before we can have a retroactive award.

Guy C. Lamunyon Chairman Air Assault Parity Coalition

I've seen at least four to five cases, in my work with military records, where this badge was awarded retroactively to veterans who had truely participated in airborne assault missions prior ot the badges creation. I, myself, have typed up the DD Form 215 in at least one circumstance. Sorry for the person at the link above, though. -Husnock 11Feb05

Followup up to that. 1st: thats a pretty cool link! 2nd: it is interesting that they denied it based on the year of the school having to be after 1974. The folks Ive seen get it for Vietnam might have gone to that school later in their career and thats why it was retroactive...hmmm. But, in any event, as far as I know it CAN be retroactive, but obviously not always is. -Husnock

So what do you know of these people that got the AAB retroactive? If they had gone to the school after '74 what would they need the badge retroactive, I mean they would have earned it by completing the school, right?

Len Blachly trikat2501@msn.com

[edit] Earning the badge

Upon assignment to Fort Campbell in 1986, I volunteered for Air Assault training - a simple 2 week course. I got my "wings", but the only time I got to use them was when I saw my First Sergeant improperly preparing a vehicle for helicopter transport. I tried to tell him, but he blew me off. And never even thanked me after the thing fell to the ground (as I had predicted)... Ah, NCOs... Uncle Ed 04:17, 23 September 2005 (UTC)