Originally Posted by
The Oberon
There is a precedent with the SAM. If you went operational south of ASI, you got a rosette. If you stayed on ASI, medal only. Surely not that difficult to set a rosette trip line?
Also as per the OSM (Afghanistan) where service in country got you a clasp whilst service outside of Afghanistan just got you the medal.
Onceapilot,
I must confess that frankly the way we do medals is an utter mystery, that seems to defy common sense in the name of who knows what. All I can think is that money, politics and inter-service rivalry are all equal, or possibly greater, considerations than the concepts of risk and rigour. I've always said I thought we should ease up a little on our medals policy. In the current climate where CO's have increasingly limited authority to run their units as they see fit and where finance is primus inter pares, medals assume a potentially increased importance in recognising individual's efforts in a system that seems set up to make life as hard as possible.