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 <[email protected]> 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:361311 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
