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Nugget90 ... a senior RAF Regt officer of my acquaintance did his full career to 55 without a single medal. He was either 'wrong place wrong time', or 'not long enough' ... missed the Silver Jubbly, gone before the Golden one, etc etc. But then there Air Officers back then with nothing, so I didn't feel left out
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Old-Duffer ... indeed, an officer's Good Conduct is implicit, as I noted earlier.
Being involved with the RAF post-retirement in 94, I was staggered to see the collection of medal/ribbons people has earned. There was a 'sea change' in Military involvement that many of us avoided, or were too old to participate in. The guys earned theirs the hard way - I did nothing special for 30 years, but I got my Vet Badge.