The only placeholder I think would be a DSC I'd think, however, I don't know shit how SMU awards get done. But this MOH got confirmed inside of what, 5-6 weeks? For normies they either get denied or bogged down for years. So this makes me think there was no placeholder.
Unless people give out ARCOMs in SOCOM like toilet paper? You know how many times I almost went to fisticuffs with my CSM over AAMs for Soldiers as an S1?