Pongoflaps said:
Because, unlike 'the KAF "Hat Police" or... A1' you've never been in theatre.
Au contraire...I have been to BSN, KAF, LKG, KBL, FOB EDINBURGH, FOB PRICE, FOB DELHI to name but a few... One tour "over" Afghanistan and one tour "in" Afghanistan. That's because I've never flown Reaper and only used its products in the sandpit.
With that in mind, and having seen what the Reaper boys and girls are doing for the main effort, I think the fact they don't get gongs is disgusting. They have to decide to take life on a regular basis in self defence of our own troops, work 12hr days for 3 years on constant 24/7 operations (not 6 months about every 4 years as a Bde is currently doing). I believe that gets the personal "rigour" tick and it should be rewarded with a gong, maybe without the rosette? But hey, let's not points score, I have my opinion and you have yours
By the way, it could be argued that the streets of Las Vegas are far more dangerous than in KAF - there were 131 violent deaths in Las Vegas last year!!!
"Joke, OK?"...
LJ