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The first tool available to you is the RMN-5-1 Awards Manual available via the main [http://trmn.org/miscellaneous-manuals/ Main TRMN web site]. It lists all the awards available to the RMN and RMMC, as well as some civilian awards. It provides the criteria, award authority, and order of precedence of all the awards contained within. The RMA has a separate manual you can reference if you have any RMA personnel embarked. Remember manuals are updated periodically, and to ensure that you have the most up-to-date information it may be a good idea to check the latest Admiralty Orders on the forums, or located in the TRMN Wiki at http://wiki.trmn.org/wiki/index.php/Admiralty_Orders for your convenience.

For references on how members are to display awards, check out the appropriate uniform manuals for the member’s particular branch, as each navy has slightly different rules and measurements when it comes to wearing of awards, those manuals can be found in the Documents section of our main website. Again, it would be wise to follow up with new Admiralty Orders, Naval Directives, and Protector’s Orders, as well as specific branch orders, as things often change between revisions of the manuals.

Even though you’re able to issue the above awards on your own authority, you still need to submit them to BuPers, in accordance with BuPers Directive 1901-1, New Awards Submission Procedures. Which specifically states:

Pursuant to Admiralty House Directives and AO 1901-02, all submissions for awards must go through the Staff Liaison Officer’s (SLO) Office at the Bureau of Personnel. This includes all awards that any Commanding Officer may issue. This is because the Individual Award Request (IAR) receives a system generated number that is used to reference the award request. All awards will be required to have this number in order to be considered valid. It will also give the SLO the chance to review the award and recommend an upgrade if applicable. “Batch” awards such as the Havenite War Campaign Medal (HWC) and the Havenite Occupation Service Medal (HOSM) will have to be submitted via this same process. For these awards, the nominator may include the names of all those who are to receive the award on one IAR. Once processed by the SLO, the IAR will be forwarded to the issuing authority, or in some cases, returned to the nominator for issue.

TRMN promotes social engagement and cooperation through its Marksman Program through playing various types of games, be it World of Tanks in the TRMN clan, or in person sitting around a table to play D&D. For a complete list of Games and what qualifications, check out the (link that looks like [http://trmn.org/miscellaneous-manuals/ Marksmanship Manual]).

NOTE: Under [[Admiralty Order 1406-03]] TRMN as a whole does not provide any sort of award for live-fire or actual firearm usage. Additionally, TRMN does not allow chapter activities involving real firearms.

For all other awards awarded by different authorities, you can, and are encouraged to, nominate your crew members. Luckily, there is a one-stop form for that. The award submission form, found [http://trmn.org/award-nominations-2/ here], is laid out for ease of use. Anybody in the org can nominate anyone else for an award, so if you notice someone from another chapter doing something award worthy, nominate them. You can list awards that your crew has been awarded in the Chapter Report, including awards like NAM and Mentioned in Dispatches. However, do not nominate anybody via the chapter reports, information will not be derived from there for awards.  

It is important to be patient with the higher level award (Mentioned in Dispatches and above) announcements since these are done quarterly or only at special events/conventions (per [[Admiralty Order 1802-01]]).  While it may take some time for an award to be announced, be patient. If you have received a confirmation email, then your award will be announced.