Originally Posted by
Easy Street
Not what I'd heard, AtG. The current CJO is apparently in favour of broad (ie Cyprus and Gulf) SHADER recognition, and it is the Chiefs of Staff Committee which has been the blockage recently. I can't imagine it would be CDS, CAS or 1SL causing the difficulty...
But amazingly, no recognition for the RN and RAF engaged in the hard graft in the Gulf for the last 20+ years (s/fast Air Ops Iraq and TELIC).
But yes, I can imagine the Pongos not liking the fact there is medallic recognition for anything other than Infantry operations.