Originally Posted by
Onceapilot
FR, you are late on parade. The concept is simple and has been well aired on the "Whopee! Medals for all!" thread over a year ago.
OAP
I’ve just read that, as Boxing Day TV is pretty poor. I’m still not any the wiser - I agree that the imposition of an arbitrary date in 2014 is divisive, but there has been a divide between the “qualifies” and the “don’t qualifies” for every medal that I can think of.
The Silver Jubilee medal was only awarded to a handful of people in the 70s - should we revisit that? I was serving in 2002 when the Golden Jubilee medal came out, but didn’t get one as I hadn’t done 5 years - whereas my ex-UAS colleagues did. Should we revisit that decision? I do know that I don’t feel bitter at all that I don’t have a Golden Jubilee medal...
I’m never convinced on the ‘National Defence Medal’ argument either - people get a very nice lapel badge saying ‘Veteran’ when they leave, along with a lifetime of memories and friends; isn’t that enough?