wwe o This directive declassified (skew DCID No. 1/18 by the USIB effective 4/1/76 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 conferred 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 eutstanding 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.
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. i c. Provision for authority to wear decorations by military per- sonnel and entry of such award on official records will he as determined by the individual Military Departments. 5. HONOR AND MERIT AWARDS BOARD The United States Intelligence Board will serve as the Honor and Merit Awards Board for consideration of recommendations of the award of Intclligence 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 Intelligence 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 tndividual members-of the United States Intelligence Board to thé Executive Secretary of the USIB. Caps ‘
ce. 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 i XN 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 ip ae ST WSS CRESS hai