Superior Honor Award

The following criteria are applicable to granting a Superior Honor Award: • Contributions, which had a substantial impact on the accomplishment of the agency's missions, goals, or objectives; • Accomplishments, which substantially contributed to the advancement of U.S. Government interests; • Exceptional performance in one or more areas of the employee's official duties as defined in the Work Requirements Statement (Foreign Service) or Performance Plan (Civil Service); • Innovation and creativity in accomplishing long-term tasks or projects; • Contributions that resulted in increased productivity and efficiency, and economy of operations at agency level; and/or • Exceptional devotion to duty under adverse conditions. ==Nominating and Approval Procedures==

(right) presenting the award to Cameron R. Hume in 1993 Nominations for State and USAID employees are submitted on Form JF-66, Nomination for Award, through supervisory channels to the Joint Country Awards Committee for review and recommendation to the Chief of Mission for final action. Nominations initiated in Washington are submitted to the appropriate area awards committee for final action. For USAID, nominations initiated in Washington are reviewed by the USAID bureau/office with final approval by the appropriate assistant administrator or office head. ==Military Use==

Upon authorization, members of the U.S. military may wear the medal and ribbon in the appropriate order of precedence as a U.S. non-military personal decoration. ==Notable Recipients==

• R. Clarke Cooper, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs • Javier G. Corona, Mexican diplomat and promotor of American arts. • Philip S. Davidson, U.S. Navy Admiral • Gary Galloway Galloway was the deputy director of the Office of Information Assurance in the U.S. State Department. • Barry McCaffrey, principal negotiation team member for the START II Nuclear Arms Control Treaty • Brett H. McGurk, Special Adviser to the United States Ambassador to Iraq • J. William Middendorf, ambassador to the Netherlands and Secretary of the Navy • David Petraeus, General, United States Army and Director of the CIA • Bradly J. Roberson, Provincial Affairs Officer, United States Foreign Service PRT Diyala, Iraq 2007–2008 ==References==