No signature from me, sorry. It wasn't a war, just a time of raised tension and posture, just about everyone got to go home at night to sleep in their own bed and see their kids on a regular basis, just about everyone got to go out on the lash at weekends (and more!), and most got to go camping for two weeks at a time on the Rhein Valley.
I'm not having the "but people died whilst training" angle either, people always die whilst training for missions that might come (including in the UK, look at Pen Y Fan in the last few weeks, 3 victims), but at what point do you say the whole build up deserves it's own medal?
The whole discussion cheapens what brave young lads are doing and have been doing for many years. I get the feeling that many 19 year old toms getting malleted in their mud walled FOBs would be less than impressed with the neckiness of this thread and would happily swap a 3 year tour in the mess at Bruggen for their 6 months fighting in Nahri Saraj.