Awarding a medal that is placed above a bravery award when the recipient is in no more danger than clerk back in country, well you may as well hand out awards for everyone that is any way associated with doing anything in the military. Recognition I can understand. Where it is placed would be ridiculous if above a medal that has the recipient at some risk of personal danger. Based on this any ship that launches a cruise missile should have all on board receive a bravery award.
They are flying daily missions in support of ISAF and making life or death decisions, sometimes taking lives to save others and then having to live with the stress of these decisions (watching the effects of their decisions in graphic detail on a high res EO/IR sensor and listening to the screams of combatants in the background on the radio). Surely some of that deserves so,e sort of recognition?
Just like the kids playing video games. I cannot see the parallel with a) seeing the body parts and smell of the guy you just blew away, b) picking up the body parts of your mate c) seeing the carnage after a battle etc to that of being far removed from the action and watching it on a screen