Originally Posted by
gijoe
This decision is the right one and, at last, demonstrates an amount of commonsense. There will still be some that are not happy but this is most definitely a step in the right direction and will do much to prevent lots leaving.
Agree, hopefully now we have RPAS which will operate from the U.K. it will cement the move to broader recognition of what constitutes a significant operational contribution. I can’t think why it took so long though given the existing precedents. However, some of the biggest grumbles, on the few sites I have seen, are from the serious medal collectors who are simply concerned what opening up of metallic recognition means to the value of medals. It’s almost tempting to point out that military decorations don’t exist purely for their benefit.