While the Canadian military isn't quite that bad, you can get campaign service medals. I never applied for mine. Didn't think it was worth it, I had not done anything exceptional.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:38 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it's way overboard. > > It should take something special, and should only be for valor. > > Meritorious awards are basically "thank"s for doing your job". > > I like the marines ethos on awards and badges and uniforms. You have the > be very special to get anything different than any other marine. Airborne > and scuba are the only real badges, and the CAR (combat action ribbon) is > awarded to every marine who actually fights, regardless of job title. > > I got an AAM as a POG private for basically taking out the trash during an > excercise. > > I got an AAM as an Infantry Specialist for a deployment award for > Afghanistan. > > How are those equivalent? > > On Feb 15, 2013 1:21 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Well it was the opinion of the old man (WW2 vet) that you Americans >> got too many medals. When getting one for cutting your hand on a can >> opener was reaching it. >> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 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:361344 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
