Which branch of Service is the easiest for earning ribbons?

I take it the 1Lt Guard dude is disrespecting the Chief Master Sergeant from JSOC?

The US Army in actuality only have 3 ribbons (Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon & the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon) the rest of the "ribbons" are actually medals, that other branches either share (i.e. Iraq & Afghanistan campaign medals, Silver Star & Purple Heart just to name a few) or they have their own version of (i.e. Good Conduct, Cross, Commendation etc.). A lot of our schools are open to other branches as well (Airborne, Air Assault, Pathfinder etc), upon completion of these schools, other branches are authorized to wear these badges.

Air Force by far...

Sgt Jay Jones, I would have to say the USAF.

Metals it is the Air Force hands down.  It took me 24 years to get an MSM and then only as my parting gift. I know a guy that has gotten two of them for reserve duty in the states that only did the bare minimum training time.

They give ribbons and awards for anything.

The good ole boy! Oh wait, that's a system, not a component.

AF for sure

I think some of the awards are affected by how large the fruit salad bar is. Expeditionary stuff has more to do with what forces participate, Navy has sea and overseas deployment thing, but the rest of the stuff are awards with have equivalents amongst the services. I suspect the Army and Air Force have larger fruit salad bars. That doesn't mean something is inherently wrong unless things get way out of hand.

Also we're closer to each other than the mania that goes on in other countries for which you don't have to be military to have lots of ornaments. Take any Thai school teacher whom are required to have a white dress uniform. Over time they collect a lot of stuff. It's meaningful in their culture but looks so out of place in ours.

So I'm OK with awards so long as they remain meaningful. Achievements and Commendations are not as meaningful as they used to be.

Interesting that the Navy hasn't got that many votes. Don't they get to wear all the ribbons the ship has been awarded? That seems to me like a pretty easy path.