I never agreed with or understood why Officers were not eligible for the LS & GC Medal, so am pleased to hear that they now are. After all, 15 years of service is 15 years of service irrespective of rank.
I am not pleased with the fact an arbitrary qualification date of 2014 has been set, and that years of loyalty will continue to go unrewarded for many, including my dear old Dad who gave 37 years of his life to Commissioned service. I would have liked to have seen him awarded the medal and Bar retrospectively. We always seem to do things half-assed.