Originally Posted by
Onceapilot
I think you are quite right Melchy. Personally, I believe the RAF has been very poor at fighting for appropriate awards for its personnel. As for not awarding the LSGC to pre-2014 retirees on the basis of "cost, too-difficult" and "its a new award"...
OAP
I know that when it comes to staff work, an efficient staff officer will plagiarise previously successful work, but I have to say what I find really irritating in the case of medals is that almost every piece of work starts with the Churchillian quote on medals casting shadows as well as glittering. It's trite and it strikes me as a having been adopted as the default line to take when its all just too difficult and the criteria is set to ensure the lowest possible cost and effort to recognise service. You just know that any medals policy that starts with that is going to be contentious, vice any policy that they think will fly being rolled out with great fanfare about 'HM being pleased to .... '.