Commander's Award for Civilian Service

• Name — Department of the Army Civilian Service Commendation Medal • Presenter — Department of the Army • Type — Civilian Honorary Award • Eligibility — Army civilian employees • Awarded For — Service or achievement of a lesser degree than recognized by the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. • Established — 30 June 1976 • Higher — Meritorious Civilian Service Medal • Lower — Achievement Medal for Civilian Service • Related — Army Commendation Medal • Caption2 — Ribbon bar of the award

Any commander Colonel and above, or civilian equivalent, may approve this award. Nominations reflect service or achievement of a lesser degree than recognized by the Superior Civilian Service Award. Employees who have established a pattern of excellence, normally recognized through the previous receipt of one or more honorary or monetary performance awards, may be considered for this award. Eligibility is determined by measuring contributions against the following example levels of achievement: • Accomplished supervisory or nonsupervisory duties in an outstanding manner, setting an example of achievement for others to follow. • Demonstrated initiative and skill in devising new or improved equipment, work methods, and procedures, or conceiving inventions that resulted in considerable savings in manpower, time, space, materials, or other items of expense, or improved safety or health of the workforce. • Demonstrated leadership in performing assigned duties that resulted in improved productivity of the unit. Rendered professional or public relations service that resulted in considerable favorable publicity in the local area. • Rendered professional or public relations service that resulted in considerable favorable publicity in the local area • Demonstrated courage or competence in an emergency while performing assigned duties resulting in benefit to the Government or its personnel. In November 2014, Army civilian service medals were modified in order to make their nomenclature more consistent with their military equivalents. At that time the award was renamed the Civilian Service Commendation Medal and the design of the medal (both obverse and reverse) were changed accordingly.