Talk:National Intelligence Achievement Medal

National Intelligence Achievement Medal & National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal

If you check page B-1 of http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-655.pdf you'll see this literally replaced the National Intelligence Achievement Medal, which was not retired but was simply renamed in the 2012 ICD-655 memo. Thus, it might make sense to update the Wikipedia's title and say the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal was previously called the National Intelligence Achievement Medal however their rank, distinction, and everything else are one and in the same. Icd655 (talk) 04:48, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

The source you reference does not state that the NIAM and NIEAM are the same thing. In fact, the 2012 ICD-655 memo makes no reference to the NIAM. You are making a supposition that is not based on a reliable source. In reading DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE 7/1 that doc states that the National Intelligence Achievement Medal ranks directly below the National Intelligence DSM, directly contradicting your assertion of identical rank. EricSerge (talk) 19:03, 19 October 2013 (UTC)