Subject: Comm Ctr message
Date: Thursday, March 27, 1997 5:57AM

THE FOLLOWING IS A RETRANSMISSION OF AFPC MESSAGE 242148Z MSG; PLEASE REFER ALL QUESTIONS TO YOUR SEVICING MILITARY PERSONNEL FLIGHT CAREER ENHANCEMENTS ELEMENT:

SUBJECT: AWARD AUTHORIZATION FOR FORMER AND CURRENT USAFA CADETS
1. RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS FROM AIR FORCE ACADEMY GRADUATES INQUIRING WHETHER THEY WERE AUTHORIZED TO SHARE IN THE AWARD OF THE AIR FORCE ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD (AFOEA) (HQ USAFA/1 SEP 92 TO 31 AUG 94/SO GB-191, DATED 3 MAY 95) AND THE AIR FORCE OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD (AFOUA) (34 TRW/1 SEP 94 TO 31 OCT 95/SO GB-112, DATED 24 JAN 96). THIS MESSAGE CLARIFIES THIS ISSUE AND SERVES AS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT CONCERNING THE MATTER. PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR MPFS.

2. CADETS FROM THE GRADUATING CLASSES OF 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, AND 98 ARE AUTHORIZED TO SHARE IN AND WEAR THE AFOEA. CADETS IN GRADUATING CLASSES OF 95, 96, 97, 98, AND 99 ARE AUTHORIZED TO SHARE IN AND WEAR THE AFOUA. CADETS IN GRADUATING CLASSES OF 95, 96, 97, AND 98 ARE AUTHORIZED TO WEAR BOTH, THE AFOEA AND AFOUA.

3. AGAIN, PLEASE DISSEMINATE THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR MPFS AND HAVE THEM UPDATE APPLICABLE INFORMATION IN PDS AND ESTABLISH AIR FORCE FORMS

4. POC SRA EDGAR, DSN 692-2602.