I'm not asking about awards, medals, that sort of thing. But in the old mold of a commander mentioning the especially gallant conduct, brilliant leadership, technical mastery, etc. of one of his subordinates that particularly caught his eye while in action, have you ever been singled out for recognition to Higher?
Oh, and by 'action', it does not necessarily have to be combat.
In my own case, I've never been under fire, but I caught the wing commander's attention by writing an intel report just before OIF kicked off, and he wrote a paragraph about it to the Air Staff. (I just re-read it; it's in some computer files I went through after doing a vanity search for my name in a huge classified database.
) THAT sort of thing.