I always get a good snicker when I run into P-3 dudes with a few Air Medals... V's and all... these dudes clearly deserve the Silver Star in addition to their paycheck for simply doing their job.
I always get a good snicker when I run into P-3 dudes with a few Air Medals... V's and all... these dudes clearly deserve the Silver Star in addition to their paycheck for simply doing their job.
Don't cry for the sacredness of the DFC. If you look up the history, that medal has been abused off and on ever since the 1920s.
Not to threadjack, but the more things change, the more they stay the same. The problem with medals has, and probably will always be, that some people nearly die getting the same recognition that someone else got for sticking his thumb up his butt.
Sometimes the DFC means something, IMHO, this LT earned his. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/04/downed-navy-pilot-honored-norfolk-sacrifice
I think you might get a real strong arguement from a lot of us Army and Marine R/W guys on here. My guard unit had a hand full of V device air medals and I can tell you they were well deserved. Our BDE had six DFC's. If getting an aircraft on the deck and saving the crew after taking a direct hit with an RPG doesn't warrant a DFC than you might be right.IMHO you could say that about most everyone wearing an Air Medal after, say, Vietnam. Probably say that about many of the DFCs, too.
I think you might get a real strong arguement from a lot of us Army and Marine R/W guys on here. My guard unit had a hand full of V device air medals and I can tell you they were well deserved. Our BDE had six DFC's. If getting an aircraft on the deck and saving the crew after taking a direct hit with an RPG doesn't warrant a DFC than you might be right.
Medals that matter: Silver Star, Navy Cross, and Medal of Honor.
Everything else is just chest chaff.
Medals that matter: Silver Star, Navy Cross, and Medal of Honor.
Everything else is just chest chaff.
Medals that matter: Silver Star, Navy Cross, and Medal of Honor.
Everything else is just chest chaff.