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

Some guys are just busy-busy-busy. Looks kinda overpowering, but *WOW* is my impression - in a good way ^__^

"MEDAL INFLATION"
FIRST OF ALL LET'S MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF THIS COMMAND CHIEF OR ANY PARTICULAR PERSON.
There is actually an article in Wikipedia called "Medal Inflation"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_inflation
Now the the medals on the top of the scale ie: Medal of Honor, Silver Star... have remained the same and should always be there but what this airman is wearing has become excessive. I know when I sent to find out the medals my Dad had earned in WWII, I was surprised how few medals there were for the largest war the world has ever seen. My Dad earned five actual medals but he was on a destroyer that quite frankly moved all over the globe. So he got all the campaign medals possible plus his Honorable Discharge medal. As it was he had only 5 medals. I am a Vietnam veteran and also was in a unit which got several commendation ribbons so I have 5 medals and 2 ribbons.

I noticed that this trend started even in JROTC 25+ years ago. I set up Veterans Day assemblies in the schools I taught in and I would have JROTC (this is high school) be honor guards for the program. Some of them who had only been in the program a year or less had numerous ribbons on their racks.

I talked to their CC who was a retired Army Colonel and he was upset about it also. He said they gave them away like candy. This is possibly an off-shoot of the criticism that has come in our public schools and recreation programs where every participant gets some certificate or reward for just participating. It therefore diminishes the awards given in competitive situations for people who actually won the event or placed in the top 3 or 4. Several generations of sailors, soldiers and airmen are used to this type of pseudo-recognition.
Maybe a solution be would be to first stop giving so many ribbons out and then only allow 6 rows of the top ribbons and then have a single ribbon at the end where a number could be attached to the ribbon or medal (1, 2 , 3 ......25.....) which would designates how many more awards they have earned.

If he earned he should wear them. Especially if it’s regulation.

For the sake of comparison, most of us returned from Viet Nam with three ribbons.

The UCMJ states that ribbon display is 1'8" off the top of the pocket, display ribbons in as many rows of 4 ribbons each as is necessary to show awards. I had to look it up and this is regulation.

Doesn't regulation state that you take the most important and display those ribbons on the rack and leave the rest in the drawer for use later when you kick the bucket and just before they close the lid?

Looks like a comic opera general.

Is the issue that the Command Chief has so many ribbons? Or is the problem the AF policy that you have to wear ALL your ribbons? I'm sure that thing gets in the way....