Originally Posted by
Onceapilot
FY
This LS award is not a substitute for pay or pension.
You say yourself "it would be nice to award the medal to everyone", I presume you mean the "everyone" who does the LS time criteria in the services? Expense, we are just talking qualifying for those retired here, I proposed earlier that retired personel could qualify but be left to purchase the medal, if cost is an insurmountable problem for HMG.
OAP
Let's not forget that it's not just "time-served", the conduct ratings throughout the time are of equal, if not more, importance. I know, I had to argue for mine after a Stn Cdr at a new posting considered his rules were more important than the written criteria. I did win but that cost me 18 months which I never got back!