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2006-05-08 Home Front: Culture Wars

Upset vet gives back his medals (In Empty Gesture)

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Posted by Frank G 2006-05-08 14:04|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 bad graphic choice PIMF

Posted by Frank G 2006-05-08 14:23|| 2006-05-08 14:23|| Front Page Top

#2 The National Defense Service Medal was awarded to EVERYONE who served during a given period. It used to be called the "alive in 65" medal, or in Navy terms, the "gedunk medal". The Good Conduct Medal is awarded to any enlisted person who doesn't screw up too badly (I think the Air Farce gives the Good Conduct Medal to officers, too. In the Navy, it was just assumed that an officer would be well behaved).

What a hoser.

Commander, US Naval Reserve (Retired)

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2006-05-08 14:24|| 2006-05-08 14:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like ol David spent his career at Clark Air Base drinkin too much Rum and sleepin with the smiley girls in Angeles. When he tears up his VA loan and pays back his GI bill money then I might take note. But a $38 dollar letter to Bush is just dumb!

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-05-08 14:26|| 2006-05-08 14:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Loons of a feather......

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-05-08 14:27|| 2006-05-08 14:27|| Front Page Top

#5 The Good Conduct medal reminds me of a guy I knew in Ft. Hood who spent his entire month's pay on heroin ( so he said ) and then next ten days shooting up, then spent the following 20 days trying to "keep up with the joneses."

He got a Good Conduct medal, or so I was told.

Posted by badanov 2006-05-08 14:33|| http://www.freefirezone.org/cgi-bin/index.pl]">[http://www.freefirezone.org/cgi-bin/index.pl] 2006-05-08 14:33|| Front Page Top

#6 i AGREE 49 pan, let's see the money order or check for the full asmount in about a week

Posted by Greamp Elmavinter1163 2006-05-08 14:36|| 2006-05-08 14:36|| Front Page Top

#7 sorry, or SHUT THE FUCK UP

Posted by Greamp Elmavinter1163 2006-05-08 14:36|| 2006-05-08 14:36|| Front Page Top

#8 This reminds me of a still active duty MI LTC I met once. For some reason or other, his entire 201 file had been classified, and was only very slowly being declassified.

That day he was positively giddy, because after a long time of wearing almost nothing on his uniform, he had finally been authorized to wear his Airborne wings, that very afternoon.

The best comment came from a Major in his office, who just said, "His poor wife..."

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-08 15:57|| 2006-05-08 15:57|| Front Page Top

#9 That day he was positively giddy

Beware of "giddy" MI officers.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-08 15:59|| 2006-05-08 15:59|| Front Page Top

#10 The guy's full of crap. He probably lost his issue medals. The Air Force ALWAYS gave me the award I was given - Commendation Medal, Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service Medal, etc. The only awards I received that I only got a ribbon for (which I did have to buy for myself, but they usually cost under 30c) were AWARDS - Outstanding Unit, Honor Graduate, Foreign Service, etc.

Wonder if he pulled a Kerry - bought a second set to throw over the fence, while keeping the originals. Wouldn't surprise me - as someone said, loons of a feather.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-05-08 17:04|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-08 17:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Those are cheapo medals. And if he had a real service record, he'd have had the real medals.

I have mine, a few of which I cannot discuss the citations (but at least I get to display them), and medals I think I'll be able to display in another 11 years. Yep, MI.

I don't care how bad the President gets whoever is in there - I am proud of my citations & medals and I earned every f'ing one of them. Maybe thats why he sent his in - he didn't pay much of a price for them at all. I paid for mine. Hard.

What is it with these REMFS slamming our warriors today?

Somone needs to go down and toal some sense into his idiot ignorant baby-boomer ass.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-05-08 18:07|| 2006-05-08 18:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Thanks for earning them and appreciating the sentiment they represent from the people, not the politicians.

Posted by John OHara 2006-05-08 18:37|| 2006-05-08 18:37|| Front Page Top

#13 I think the Air Farce gives the Good Conduct Medal to officers, too

No.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-08 19:00|| 2006-05-08 19:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Pointless gestures are the hallmark of fools.

Q: Why does he think he's special?
A: He chooses to live in an echo chamber.

Waste of skin and waste of space.

Posted by Thrailing Ebbort7863 2006-05-08 19:06|| 2006-05-08 19:06|| Front Page Top

#15 The guy is a poseur.

Posted by RWV 2006-05-08 19:10|| 2006-05-08 19:10|| Front Page Top

#16 Yep, I got a "Geedunk" Medal when I enlisted in '66, since they gave them to anyone and everyone they were considered worthless.
They wern't earned, just handed out.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-05-08 19:12|| 2006-05-08 19:12|| Front Page Top

#17 ...Actually, I'm rather proud of my NDM - it's the one award my father and I share. Having said that, this clod seems to be relying on the MSM's total lack of knowledge of things military to pull this off. Ignore him.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-05-08 21:34|| 2006-05-08 21:34|| Front Page Top

#18 my letter to the editor:

what? Was it a day of good news from Iraq? How hard did you have to dig and humiliate yourselves to find an anti-Bush, anti-war story? A guy whose claim is that he served, but had to order his medals so he could send them back? Good conduct medal? Jeepers! You oughta be ashamed to have that spread over a page in your newspaper, and Mr. Patterson should (but won't) be ashamed at his desperate plea for 15 minutes of fame or relevancy. If you had an ombudsman with any ethics this would have someone fired for lack of balance and perspective
Frank G****

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-08 21:47|| 2006-05-08 21:47|| Front Page Top

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