so is it time for an award that recognizes a event that doesn't involve personal risk?
We have such an event fortnightly on a Thursday in our mob, it's called payday.
Doing your job well should not qualify someone for a medal that ranks above bravery awards.
If such an award
is necessary, the award of a 'campaign type' medal would be sufficient, with a bar or rosette to denote the fact that there wearer was not 'in country'.
Right now, tanker crews flying over theatre are awarded campaign medals despite having virtually no risk to themselves.
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Virtually no risk is different to
absolutely no risk, it also depends where those tankers take off from as to the amount of risk the crews face during their deployment.
Virtually no risk becomes a lot more real if SA18 is in country.