Originally Posted by
North Front
On the medals front... well... the phrase "everyone has to do one in rank" seems to have been trotted out by my poster quite a lot... and latterly, those postings have been far more general in nature than aircrew specific. In fact, I would have thought an infra specialist would have been vital in Afghanistan.... particularly considering our work in NTM-A... and also with the PRTs?.... just sayin'
I hesitate to comment on this - it's a bit of a shabby discussion. Look when the great sandpit tour kicked off not every rank had a post requirement - particularly the more senior ranks. So quite understandable that some of our senior officers don't hold these - nothing whatsoever to do with them. If you wear a medal other than for valour then thank your poster for that. I'll probably upset a few folk with that but hey ho medals are for heros not for eating pizza. In my opinion, feel free to disagree of course.