Posted on Apr 29, 2016
It’s Hard to Tell War Heroes From Paper-Pushers When Everybody Gets So Many Dumb Ribbons — War Is...
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It’s Hard to Tell War Heroes From Paper-Pushers When Everybody Gets So Many Dumb Ribbons — War Is...
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Maj 31A: Military Police
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Well the Bronze star was devalued to the "showed up" medal. Guys who never left the US Embassy compound in Baghdad got it for "being near the sound of explosions" routinely.
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MAJ Matt Williams
You and only you know what you did to earn a given medal. Just because some may have done far less doesn't take away from what you did. A BSM is still a BSM if you know you earned it.
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And --> a jingle from (dated but applicable) link...
"The General got the Croix-de-Guerre,
The son of a gun was not even there"
—From “A Mademoiselle From Armentieres,” a World War I soldier’s song banned in most Army camps at the time.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/09/the-military-s-unfair-awards-system.html
"The General got the Croix-de-Guerre,
The son of a gun was not even there"
—From “A Mademoiselle From Armentieres,” a World War I soldier’s song banned in most Army camps at the time.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/09/the-military-s-unfair-awards-system.html
The military's unfair awards system.
The General got the Croix-de-Guerre,The son of a gun was not even there—From "A Mademoiselle From Armentieres," a World War I soldier's song banned in...
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