Quickie on this thread and MPA.
Last year, in the mess at MPA, meeting some defence civvy's on a visit. Army bloke stands up and asks, "when do I get my medal awarded" Civvy's look puzzled. Senior occifer escorting says "you don't get a medal". "Why not" says Army bod "I get them for all my other operational tours" "Ah" say's chief defence civvy "but this isn't an Operational tour" "So why are we here" comes the reply. Embarrased occifer, confused defence civvy's, guffaws from the audience, game, set and match!