Cpl Shane Cunningham4435444<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I heard ketchup stain in the USMC.What did your crowds call the National Defense Medal?2019-03-10T00:44:57-05:00Cpl Shane Cunningham4435444<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I heard ketchup stain in the USMC.What did your crowds call the National Defense Medal?2019-03-10T00:44:57-05:002019-03-10T00:44:57-05:00LTC Jason Mackay4435445<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Heard it once referred to as the Hudson River Valley Occupational MedalResponse by LTC Jason Mackay made Mar 10 at 2019 12:46 AM2019-03-10T00:46:37-05:002019-03-10T00:46:37-05:00CPT Andrew Wright4435539<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The older Vietnam vets I served with called it the Fire Guard ribbon.Response by CPT Andrew Wright made Mar 10 at 2019 5:33 AM2019-03-10T05:33:23-04:002019-03-10T05:33:23-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member4435815<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My father-in-law (a Navy Retiree) called it a "gee-dunk" ("ee" as in tea), but we just learned it as the McDonalds medal as everyone when I joined had one and had to order the GWOTSM (Burger King medal) and ASR (rainbow or other term).Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2019 9:16 AM2019-03-10T09:16:49-04:002019-03-10T09:16:49-04:00Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS4435838<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Firewatch ribbonResponse by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Mar 10 at 2019 9:28 AM2019-03-10T09:28:39-04:002019-03-10T09:28:39-04:00SSgt Private RallyPoint Member4436184<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Firewatch ribbonResponse by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2019 11:53 AM2019-03-10T11:53:27-04:002019-03-10T11:53:27-04:00CAPT Kevin B.4436454<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Gedunk Medal. That and we had to learn what the colors stood for.<br />Red is for the blood I didn't shed, white is for the skies I never flown, blue is for the seas I never sailed, and yellow is the reason why. We had to pipe that out in boot all the time.Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Mar 10 at 2019 1:19 PM2019-03-10T13:19:30-04:002019-03-10T13:19:30-04:00LTC Tom Jones4436529<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>“Alive in ‘65.”Response by LTC Tom Jones made Mar 10 at 2019 1:40 PM2019-03-10T13:40:24-04:002019-03-10T13:40:24-04:00SSgt Private RallyPoint Member4437041<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>sketti (spaghetti) stainResponse by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2019 5:42 PM2019-03-10T17:42:25-04:002019-03-10T17:42:25-04:00SSgt Private RallyPoint Member4437070<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Real question is; how do so many junior service members manage to mount it upside down on their ribbon bar?Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 10 at 2019 6:10 PM2019-03-10T18:10:48-04:002019-03-10T18:10:48-04:00LtCol Robert Quinter4443479<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Shirley Highway Ribbon in Quantico/DC area, the Firewatch Ribbon in the rest of the USAResponse by LtCol Robert Quinter made Mar 12 at 2019 9:26 PM2019-03-12T21:26:36-04:002019-03-12T21:26:36-04:00PO2 John Rennolds4871094<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Alive in '65, was the Coast Guard nick name.Response by PO2 John Rennolds made Aug 1 at 2019 1:19 PM2019-08-01T13:19:39-04:002019-08-01T13:19:39-04:002019-03-10T00:44:57-05:00