#66 (permalink)
Thomas coupling
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 2,287
I suppose its the yanks way of suppressing their troops yet again. If it moves and salutes - give it a blue peter badge. Keeps them happy.
Nothing more embarrassing than seeing yanks in uniform absolutely dripping in badges and spaghetti only to find they turned up for work on time and were smartly dressed.
The real heroes out there - the bronze/silver/purple stars, the DFC's, et al, must be absolutely hopping mad. And did the guy who thought this up, ever talk to the real heroes for advice?
Campaign medal - of course, no question. Anything else... a bit of overtime perhaps
I've heard it all now - armchair X box 360 nerds winning medals....God help America.
He probably realised it fast tracked him to one as well, campaign medal aside that denotes not in theater, you are correct in what you say, and that is the crux of the matter.