Army Recruiting Ribbon

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1. This ribbon was authorized in January 2023. 
2. The Army Recruiting Ribbon is authorized for all Soldiers (except recruiters who are ineligible), whether officer or enlisted, who provide a valid referral to the U.S. Army of an individual who both enlists and ships to initial military training. Referring Soldiers must be in good standing and not flagged.
3. Referring Soldier and applicant must willingly provide and submit their own information through the established Go Army system.
4. Soldiers may receive the Army Recruiting Ribbon up to four times during their career. Additional awards are identified with a numerical device added to the ribbon.
5. At each award of the Army Recruiting Ribbon, Soldiers in the grades of E – 4 or E – 5 will receive 10 points toward promotion to E – 5 or E – 6. Soldiers may receive up to 40 total promotions points for four valid referrals.
6. The consolidated validation roster for the U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) serves as the documentation of referrals for unit S1s to verify and will be generated on a monthly basis. Soldiers can find the consolidated validation roster on the HRC ADB website.
7. The Soldier’s BN commander is the approval authority for award of the Army Recruiting Ribbon and will provide a memorandum to serve as supporting documentation for the award. The approval memoran-dum will be uploaded via iPERMS for filing in the Soldier’s AMHRR.
8. Soldiers may refer a qualified applicant for service into the U.S. Army by providing the applicant‘s name, phone number, and email and their DoD identification number. Submit the applicant‘s information via https://www.goarmy.com/refer or text RFRL to GOARMY (462769) and allow the referred applicant to enter key information.
   1. Referred applicants must willingly provide and submit their own contact information.
   2. Referring Soldier must willingly provide and submit their own DoD identification number, first name, and last name.