Yeah. And the medal is for drone pilots and cyberwarfare folks. Story is here: http://www.armytimes.com/mobile/news/2013/02/military-new-medal-for-drone-pilots-outranks-bronze-star-021313
You should see basic training now. It's a joke. The privates are still scared of us NCO's and are easily flustered, but they are Coddled. DS can only drop them for 5 push-ups, can't smoke the shit out of them anymore. Man things have changed. Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Feb 14, 2013, at 5:57 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's really changed huh? > > I think we're heading to another Clinton style draw down with all the bull > shit that entails. > On Feb 14, 2013 5:54 PM, "Bruce Sorge" <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> So a new medal was created for the people who sit in nice air conditioned >> rooms thousands of miles away from ANY real danger. No issues there. They >> help those of us slogging it out on the ground. What has me speechless is >> the fact that it will rank ABOVE the Bronze Star medal, a medal that if >> awarded with a V device denotes valor in combat. Really? POGS whined >> because the infantry has a special badge, the Combat Infantryman Badge as >> well as the Expert Infantry Badge, so they have their own special badge, >> the Combat Action Badge. Now we give them a medal that is higher than a >> valor award. Wow. >> And for the record, the BSM is also awarded to certain people who >> performed well in a combat zone but did not do anything valorous. This is a >> real slap in the face year for combat troops. Women maybe being in front >> line jobs, and now this. I am so glad I am retiring soon. >> >> Bruce >> >> Sent from my iPhone 4S. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361289 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
