When my wife watches the Pentagon channel, she'll call me to see some tin-pot dictator E-4 with a chest full of "I shopped at the commissary" ribbons. She chokes even more than I do as her father was a Marine in the South Pacific in WWII.
For all the salad bar ribbons given out these days, I can't believe a "Cold War Victory" medal was never created. We lost a lot of guys showing the Commies what for. Lots and lots of guys lost pushing back against them. It WAS a war. We came very close to going hot many times, and nary a ribbon. Bogus I say.
I agree. The Navy has lost it. Pretty soon we'll surpass the Chair Force and will be giving medals out for having sex on the mess decks. And what is all that crap on Army uniforms? I can't even find the rank half the time. Don't even get me started on the blue-cammie "smurf" uniform. WTF? Hell, why don't we give out berets to everyone?
For all the salad bar ribbons given out these days, I can't believe a "Cold War Victory" medal was never created. We lost a lot of guys showing the Commies what for. Lots and lots of guys lost pushing back against them. It WAS a war. We came very close to going hot many times, and nary a ribbon. Bogus I say.
I agree. The Navy has lost it. Pretty soon we'll surpass the Chair Force and will be giving medals out for having sex on the mess decks. And what is all that crap on Army uniforms? I can't even find the rank half the time. Don't even get me started on the blue-cammie "smurf" uniform. WTF? Hell, why don't we give out berets to everyone?