Posted on Apr 7, 2014
How long into your service did you earn your first coin?
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I got my first earned coin a little past my 3 1/2 years mark. I got it for having the most squared away uniform in a ASU inspection.
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Love everyones stories behind their first coin! I still only have one, that I earned myself. Hopefully before I ETS I can get one more.
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While it is supposed to be a form of recognition, I don't see what the big deal is when it is being handed out like candy. If it does mean something for you, good for you! If you don't remember when and why you got it, it is just a pretty piece of metal now, isn't it?
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SFC Michael Hasbun
You might as well have been describing AAM's and ARCOM's... Personally, I'd take a coin over an AAM any day of the week and twice on Sunday..
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It is true. I don't understand what rank has to do with the level of award you get for PCS-ing. If a E-4 deserves a MSM, by all means give it to the Soldier! If a E-8 or E-9 hasn't done much, why the MSM? That's another discussion.
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About 2-3 years. Was out on guard duty and shot the SMA. He was upset that his miles gear was going off. I got one of his coins. I asked for him to vault to be reckonized and he kept on marching lol. No idea where it is now.
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One year. I got it when I participated in the BWC at Bragg. I actually just got my second two weeks ago!
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LCpl Rick Ponton
IAM BEING JUSTIFIABLY COMPENSATED FOR ALL MY PAST AFFLICITON AND IAM TRYING TO GET IN THE POSITION OF WORKING AGAIN AND I THINK IAM A PEER SPCIALIST AND A REHAB AIDE AT THE VA PLUS A PATIENT SO THAT I CAN TRY TO PAY ALL THE MONEY BACK
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I didn't receive my first coin until after about 3 years. I PCSed to Ft. Campbell and graduated AASLT. I received my AASLT Coin at graduation. Until that point, I didn't even know there was such a thing! Think I have well over 100 now! LOL!
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Day one. I recieved a coin from the commander of ROTC Adv Camp (now LDAC) on graduation day when I was commissioned.
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MAJ (Join to see)
"ROTC Adv Camp (now LDAC)"
The year I went, it was in-between those two names. It was called NALC (National Advanced Leadership Camp). I'm pretty sure that lasted only one year.
The year I went, it was in-between those two names. It was called NALC (National Advanced Leadership Camp). I'm pretty sure that lasted only one year.
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LTC Paul Labrador
The year I went was the last year Nurse cadets were in their own separate regiment.
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I was given my first coin about 8 months in the Army. In 2010, West Point was offering those under the age of 23 with high GT scores a weekend visit to the campus to understand the life of a freshman Cadet at the USMA. This was a recruiting process to accept more Activee Duty Soldiers into the program. During the Army, vs. Virginia Military Institute football game, a group of about 25 junior enlisted Soldiers, including myself, received a coin from CSM Mahoney, the Senior Enlisted Advisor of the United States Military Academy. The coin was to show appreciation for making the sacrifice of joining the Army and for sharing our experiences with the future 2nd Lieutenants of the Army.
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About the same, around three years. Met GEN. Jones before heading to Afghanistan, got his coin.
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I thought I was behind the power curve, but it was at my two year mark when I was deployed to Iraq
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SFC Michael Hasbun
There are a lot of variables. I left the Marines with a handful of coins. When I joined the Army, that number doubled in two years. When I hit Balad it doubled again, and when I went to my Special Duty Assignment that number exploded. Its all about being in the right unit at the right time.
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First room inspection 2 months in at AIT for the cleanest room on the floor.
Ended AIT with 4 coins.
Ended AIT with 4 coins.
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Never Got one while in the Navy. Got one from the US Coast Guard after hurricane Katrina. The coast Guard Used the Hotels and Convention Center I was managing as the NOLA Coast Guard Command Station. After all was said and done I got a Letter of Com, a pin and a Coin from the Co of the Coast Guard Sector of New Orleans.
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