One thing I can agree with. You apparently haven't done your job right, or were sick that day if you don't have a DFC in tacair. I've only seen one (Primary IP, the extent of my helo knowledges) with one. He was "the man". Good job of leveraging your way into the nitty gritty.
They still aren't that common in the Marine Corps. I've met two guys with DFC, and they both were helo bubbas. To be honest, I don't see how that many tacair pilots deserve valor awards. I'm not being a smart-ass, I'm just asking where the threat is to those guys. Yeah, you many have dropped some really good bombs, but the hazard to yourself probably wasn't that bad. I'm not saying there weren't isolated cases, but if Navy FW guys all have them, something's really amiss.
In anycase, I'd say the awards system has been completely perverted anyways, so who cares?
Glad to see the Navy helos doing something besides starboard D, though! Ooh-frickin'-rah!