Ribbons
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MSG John Duchesneau
Okay - give the guy some credit. He did serve in Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan. He also has the Distinguished Flying Cross which is very rare for enlisted personnel.
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SGT Cesar Diaz - I see at least two along with many devices so he's got some of these multiple times.
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He could probably make a disability claim for chest or back paint just from wearing all that.
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The Air Force has ribbons recognizing service or skills such as the overseas long tour and short tour, longevity, or marksmanship. The other Services use alternative devices such as service stripes on the sleeve or marksman badges. This tends to increase the USAF member's ribbon rack. Additionally, unit citation ribbons are intermingled with personal awards on the left side of the uniform.
Air Force members end up with been-there-done-that ribbons like all the other services. However, I don't see a lot of Air Force ribbon racks on similar RP threads with what might appear to be excessive medals. The Achievement and Commendation Medals (all Services have them) are fairly common. The bar is still high for the higher president awards such as the Air Medal, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Airman's Medal.
Air Force members end up with been-there-done-that ribbons like all the other services. However, I don't see a lot of Air Force ribbon racks on similar RP threads with what might appear to be excessive medals. The Achievement and Commendation Medals (all Services have them) are fairly common. The bar is still high for the higher president awards such as the Air Medal, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Airman's Medal.
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SSgt Jonathan Dickey
That is sort of the point of the entire conversation as to why the Air Force has a larger ribbon rack than the other services. They allow the awards to be approved at a lower level and it is expected you will get one when you PCS, that is not the case for all the services.
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Josh, there is no such thing as a "PCS" award in the awards manual. The level of performance needed for an MSM is staggering - and when the average SNCO going to the Air Force Senior NCO Academy has four of them - when any sister service SNCOs may have one, while most have zero, what then? When a fifteen year Master Sergeant (E-7) has FIFTEEN Meritorious Service Medals, there's a breakdown in the system.
And LTC Coe, there's a huge difference in the services in how they reward and hand out candy.
And LTC Coe, there's a huge difference in the services in how they reward and hand out candy.
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SPC Stephen Gerard
Since that was a question, captain, I'll state that the answer is "yes, you don't."
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