https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-senator-joni-ernst-less-of-a-combat-veteran-because-she-did-not-get-shot <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Take her politics aside.....<br />Is it fair that those who no nothing about serving in the military, question here service and accuse her of not being a combat veteran. Last I checked getting into a fire fight was not a requirement. CIB and CAB exist for that. This equal to telling all all vets that there not real vets unless they have purple hearts. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/829/qrc/o-ERNST-facebook.jpg?1443033567"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-reinbach/the-honor-of-senator-joni_b_6622184.html">The Honor of Senator Joni Ernst</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Senator Ernst calls herself a combat veteran at every turn -- on her Senate web page, in campaign debates, and in her stump speeches. She can say this because she served in a combat zone. But the unit was never in a firefight, or for that matter attacked at all.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:59:52 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-senator-joni-ernst-less-of-a-combat-veteran-because-she-did-not-get-shot <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Take her politics aside.....<br />Is it fair that those who no nothing about serving in the military, question here service and accuse her of not being a combat veteran. Last I checked getting into a fire fight was not a requirement. CIB and CAB exist for that. This equal to telling all all vets that there not real vets unless they have purple hearts. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/829/qrc/o-ERNST-facebook.jpg?1443033567"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-reinbach/the-honor-of-senator-joni_b_6622184.html">The Honor of Senator Joni Ernst</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Senator Ernst calls herself a combat veteran at every turn -- on her Senate web page, in campaign debates, and in her stump speeches. She can say this because she served in a combat zone. But the unit was never in a firefight, or for that matter attacked at all.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> LTC Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:59:52 -0500 2015-02-12T03:59:52-05:00 2015-02-12T03:59:52-05:00