Can some ribbon racks be over the top, or is more always better?

Is that an msm near the top? Holy crap. No real combat related medals and all that bling. Wt?

I don't really think it's a big deal. Ribbons don't make you a better leader. Leading makes you a better leader. With all the military services and allowance of intertransferable ribbons and awards if you switch military branches, this isn't surprising. And as I know nothing about the air force, and ribbons sometimes tell a story, a history of the sacrifice that a man gives for the uniform, at any rank, whether it's 3 pieces of fruit salad or 50, questioning a ribbon rack sounds ridiculous.God bless America, and I thank him for his service. SSG P Lewis

This is called “A Full Salad Bar” ,Congrats to you . My 7 were impressive to me also...

I am old core, retired in the 70th. After 20 years I had a total of 10 awards. Now days I go on base and see E5 etc with more than I got in 20. So they give out more awards now, if everyone stays about equal on promotion points it makes no difference.

If they have earned the ribbons then they should be entitled to wear them.

He is an assoc guy

Be pretty heavy if they were the actual medals! There not required, I would choose the ones I wanted, looks photo-shopped any way

Hell! All my ribbons and medals won’t buy me a cup of coffee

I once knew an ensign who had a ribbon rack like that. He was ex-enlisted and had multiple tours pushing gunboats in Vietnam, having had three of them shot out from under him. He got yelled at by the CO for not wearing them all. He thought it was too much and wanted to just wear "the important ones".

It's way too much, even though earned it's a bit over the top.