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DIRECTOR  OF  CENTRAL  INTELLIGENCE  DIRECTIVE  NO.   1/18 
RECOGNITION  OF  EXCEPTIONAL  SERVICE  TO  THE 
U.S.  INTELLIGENCE  COMMUNITY 
(Effective  12  July  1975) 
1.  Provision  for  honor  and  merit  awards  for  exceptional  service  to 
the  U.S.  Intelligence  Community  is  hereby  established  pursuant  to  the 
responsibilities  assigned  to  the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  in  NSCID 
No.  1  and  to  Public  Law  83-763  which  provides  that  the  heads  of 
departments  and  agencies  may  confer  honor  or  monetary  awards  on 
those  whose  superior  accomplishments  or  other  personal  efforts  con- 
tribute to  the  efficiency,  economy  or  other  improvements  of  Government 
operations  or  who  perform  special  acts  or  services  in  the  public  interest. 
2.  INTELLIGENCE  COMMUNITY  MEDALS  AND  AWARDS 
Intelligence  Community  honor  and  merit  awards  to  be  ronf erred  by 
the  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
United  States  Intelligence  Board  are  as  follows: 
a.  The  National  Intelligence  Distinguished  Service  Medal  may 
be  awarded  for  distinguished  meritorious  service  or  achievement 
to  the  United  States  in  a  duty  of  great  responsibility  within  the 
Intelligence  Community,  the  outstanding  accomplishment  of  which 
distinctly  benefits  the  interests  of  the  United  States  and  constitutes 
a  major  contribution  to  the  foreign  intelligence  mission  of  the 
Intelligence  Community.    • 
b.  The  National  Intelligence  Medal  of  Achievement  may  be 
awarded  for  especially  meritorious  conduct  in  the  performance  of 
outstanding  service  to  the  United  States  as  a  member  of  the  Intel- 
ligence Community.  The  National  Intelligence  Medal  of  Achieve- 
ment recognizes  performance  of  an  especially  difficult  duty  in  a 
clearly  exceptional  manner.  The  service  being  recognized  must 
relate  directly  to  the  Intelligence  Community's  mission  to  provide 
the  intelligence,  required  for  national  policies  and  the  national 
security. 
c.  The  Intelligence  Community  Certificate  of  Distinction  may  be 
awarded  for  sustained  superior  performance  of  duty  of  high  value 
to  the  Intelligence  Community,  or  for  a  significant  single  act  of 
special  merit. 
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3.  PRESIDENTIAL  AWARDS 
The  foregoing  listing  of  Intelligence  Community  awards  is  in  addition 
to  the  following  Presidential  Awards  for  which  personnel  of  the  Intel- 
ligence Community  also  may  be  eligible: 
The  National  Security  Medal 
The  Presidential  Medal  of  Freedom 
The  President's  Award  for  Distinguished  Federal  Civilian  Service 
4.  RELATION  TO  DEPARTMENTAL  AND  AGENCY  AWARDS 
a.  The  Intelligence  Community  medals  and  awards  established 
in  this  Directive  are  intended  to  enable  specific  recognition  of 
services  of  particular  benefit  to  the  United  States  in  the  execution 
of  the  Intelligence  Community  mission,  and  do  not  replace  any 
of  the  medals  and  awards  for  which  provision  is  made  in  depart- 
mental or  agency  regulations. 
b.  Normally,  the  same  exceptional  duty  performance  which  re- 
sults in  the  presentation  of  an  Intelligence  Community  medal  or 
award  will  not  be  the  basis  for  a  comparable  medal  or  award  by 
the  individual  organization  to  which  the  person  receiving  the  award 
is  assigned  on  a  career  basis,  but  such  dual  recognition  is  not 
precluded- 
c.  Provision  for  authority  to  wear  decorations  by  military  per-  (~ 
sonnel  and  entry  of  such  award  on  official  records  will  b°  as  I 
determined  by  the  individual  Military  Departments. 
5.  HONOR  AND  MERIT  AWARDS  BOARD 
The  United  States  Intelligence  Board  will  serve  as  the  Honor  and 
Merit  Av/ards  Board  for  consideration  of  recommendations  of  the  award 
of  Intelligence  Community  medals.  The  Executive  Secretary  of  the 
United  States  Intelligence  Board  will  maintain  records  of  recommenda- 
tions, actions  taken  and  presentation  of  Intelligence  Community  Awards. 
The  Director  of  Central  Intelligence  may,  if  he  so  elects,  approve  award 
of  the  Intelligence  Community  Certificate  of  Distinction  without  prior 
referral  to  the  United  States  Intelligence  Board. 
6.  PROCEDURES 
a.  Recommendations  for  Intelligencer  Community  Awards  may  be 
initiated  at  any  level  in  any  department  or  agency  of.  the  Intel- 
ligence Community. 
b.  Recommendations  initiated  in  their  respective  organizations 
will  be  forwarded  by  the  Deputy  to  the  DCI  for  the  Intelligence 
Community,  the  Deputy  to  the  DCI  for  National  Intelligence  Officers 
or  'Individual  me,mbers*of  the  United  States  Intelligence  Board  to 
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c.  No  particular  format  is  prescribed,  but  each  recommendation 
should  include  the  following: 
Title  of  the  recommended  award 
Name,  position  title,  grade  and  organizational  assignment 
of  the  nominee 
Inclusive  dates  of  the  time  period  to  which  the  proposed 
award. is  applicable 
A  narrative  description  of  the  performance  or  service  war- 
ranting the  award 
A  proposed  unclassified  citation 
Indication  as  to  whether  another  award  is  being  recommended 
within  the  particular  department  or  agency  to  which  the 
nominee  is  assigned  for  the  same  performance  or  service 
The  title  and  signature  of  the  chief  of  the  intelligence 
organization  submitting  the  recommendation 
7.  PRESENTATION 
Presentation  of  the  National  Intelligence  Distinguished  Service  Medal 
and  the  National  Intelligence  Medal  of  Merit  will  be  made  by  the 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence,  or,  if  circumstances  prevent  such,  by 
the  Deputy  to  the  DCI  for  the  Intelligence  Community.  Presentation 
of  the  Intelligence  Community  Certificate  of  Distinction  will  be  made 
either  by  the  Deputy  to  the  DCI  for  the  Intelligence  Community  or  the 
head  of  the  organization  to  which  the  person  receiving  the  award  is 
assigned. 
W.  E.  Colby 
Director  of  Central  Intelligence 
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