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2022-09-01 -Land of the Free

Biden administration will give MEDALS to all U.S. service members in chaotic Afghan withdrawal: Pentagon announces awards and 'expedited review' a year after Kabul evacuation

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-01 07:29|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Civies - the military has separate awards for combat and valor, administrative, and "been there, see it, done it" events. Those who wear their ribbons (like Milley) are just flashing their personnel file to others in that bubble rather than demonstrating their 'scars'.

The Meritorious Unit Medal goes to the units involved in a particular action. On the Army side of the house, those who were in those units when it was awarded, get to keep wearing it. Those not in the unit, but join the unit later get to wear it while assigned to the unit.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-09-01 11:51|| 2022-09-01 11:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Now a Participation Trophy; guess mine for Ernest Will is sh!t now.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-09-01 12:06|| 2022-09-01 12:06|| Front Page Top

#3 And Challenge Coins. Don't forget Challenge Coins.

And somebody get Lunch Vader another sprocket, and General Mills one of them fancy .50 cal key chains for his Hilux.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-01 12:14|| 2022-09-01 12:14|| Front Page Top

#4 a lot of the service members involved do deserve awards

the POTUS deserves to be despised forever for his role

Sec of State, Sec of DOD, CIA chief deserve to be fired

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-09-01 12:36|| 2022-09-01 12:36|| Front Page Top

#5 a lot of the service members involved do deserve awards

Indeed. I understand many Contractors earned their pay too.

Many have already been , to use Daily Mail language, 'given' Purple Hearts.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-01 13:13|| 2022-09-01 13:13|| Front Page Top

#6 "I survived the Afghan Clusterf**k Withdrawal and all I got was this stupid medal."

Posted by SteveS 2022-09-01 13:18|| 2022-09-01 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 ...The only people who should be getting anything are the people who were on the ground in Kabul from the beginning of the collapse to the final evac.

If a SINGLE Washington Warrior gets one, shame on them.

Mike

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-09-01 14:10|| 2022-09-01 14:10|| Front Page Top

#8 You know it will. Bet you Team Drone Strike gets whatever their CIB is.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-01 16:24|| 2022-09-01 16:24|| Front Page Top

#9 It's all about promotion points.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2022-09-01 18:11|| 2022-09-01 18:11|| Front Page Top

#10 It would be fun to award the perpetrators an appropriate medal that looks like a trash can lid. Pow! Right to the kisser.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-09-01 20:48|| 2022-09-01 20:48|| Front Page Top

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