Memorandum on Civil Service General Schedule Classifications
05/27/1976
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Of the 119,256 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1976, 19,375 were adopted.
It is now time to act.
Excellence has its own reward, not only to those who strive for it but also to the free society which encourages it.
The Medals of Freedom you are about to receive are the highest civilian honor that our country can bestow.