 | Criteria: These awards are given to those SFA Staff persons who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve the membership as a whole. Members of the faculty and staff nominate one faculty member. The person who is nominated the most times is the awardee. |
 | Ribbon Description Purple and Yellow Gold and a Gold 3 Pointed Star |
 | Criteria: These awards are given to those SFA Staff persons who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve the membership as a whole. Members of the faculty and staff nominate one faculty member. The person who is nominated the most times is the awardee. |
 | Ribbon Description: Bambu Green and Yellow |
 | Criteria: Chosen by calculating a numerical formula of number of graduates divided by the number of courses a College offers, in addition to Director performance. This allows active small Colleges to compete fairly with slower large Colleges. |
 | Ribbon Description: Grey, Gold, Robo Blue and Red |
 | Criteria: These awards are given to those SFA Staff persons who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve the membership as a whole. Members of the faculty and staff nominate one faculty member. The person who is nominated the most times is the awardee. |
 | Ribbon Description: Red and White |
 | Criteria: These awards are given to those SFA Staff persons who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve the membership as a whole. Members of the faculty and staff nominate one faculty member. The person who is nominated the most times is the awardee. |
 | Ribbon Description: Robo Blue and Cobalt Blue |
 | Criteria: These awards are given to those SFA Staff persons who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve the membership as a whole. Members of the faculty and staff nominate one faculty member. The person who is nominated the most times is the awardee. |
 | Ribbon Description: Red, Burgundy, Gold and Teal |
 | Criteria: These awards are given to those SFA Staff persons who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve the membership as a whole. Members of the faculty and staff nominate one faculty member. The person who is nominated the most times is the awardee. |
 | Ribbon Description: Purple and Magenta |
 | Criteria: This award is given annually to one of the Academy personnel who, as far as the Commandant is concerned, has gone above and beyond the normal expectation of his or her normal Academy duties. This Award is given in a form of special certificate given at the time of the annual International Conference. This Award is listed in the respective staff member’s records for historical purposes. |
 | Ribbon Description: Bambu Matt Dark Red and Pumpkin Orange |
 | Criteria: At the end of the calendar year, the Director of each non-Cadet College nominates the best adult student from their College, based on graduates for the entire year. The student who gains the most nominations across the Academy becomes Red Squad Leader. |
 | Ribbon Description: Red with Gold Strips |
 | Criteria: At the end of the calendar year, the Director of each non-Cadet College nominates the best adult student from their college, based on graduates for the entire year. The student who gains the second-most nominations across the Academy becomes Red Squad Assistant Leader. |
 | Ribbon Description: Red with Silver Strips |
 | Criteria: At the end of the calendar year, the Director of each College nominates the best adult student from their college, based on graduates for the entire year. After the Red Squad Leader and Red Squad Assistant Leader are chosen, the rest of the nominees become Red Squad Members for the previous year. |
 | Ribbon Description: Red with Bronze Strips |
 | Criteria: At the end of the year, directors will report their best Cadet student. The Cadet who gets the most nominations becomes BLUE SQUAD LEADER. |
 | Ribbon Description: True Blue with Gold Strips |
 | Criteria: At the end of the year, directors will report their best Cadet student. The Cadet who gets the second-most nominations becomes BLUE SQUAD ASSISTANT LEADER. |
 | Ribbon Description: True Blue with Silver Strips |
 | Criteria: At the end of the year, directors will report their best Cadet student. After the Blue Squad Leader and Assistant Blue Squad Leader have been chosen, the rest of the nominees become Blue Squad Members for the previous year. |
 | Ribbon Description: True Blue with Bronze Strips |
 | Criteria: At the end of the year, each Director nominates the families who completed exams together. Unlike the procedure for Red and Blue Squads, the Gold Squad Leaders will be determined by the top most combination of the number of nominations and the average number of courses each family member took. This is to provide a balance due to the various sizes of families. |
 | Ribbon Description: Gold Metallic with Gold Strips |
 | Criteria: At the end of the year, each Director nominates the families who completed exams together. Unlike the procedure for Red and Blue Squads, the Assistant Gold Squad Leaders will be determined by the second most combination of the number of nominations and the average number of courses each family member took. This is to provide a balance due to the various sizes of families. |
 | Ribbon Description: Gold Metallic with Silver Strips |
 | Criteria: At the end of the year, each Director nominates the families who completed exams together. After the Gold Squad Leaders and Assistant Gold Squad Leaders are chosen, All remaining families will receive Gold Squad Member awards. |
 | Ribbon Description: Gold Metallic with Bronze Strips |
