I like that idea A LOT. WantoB's as I call them. That subject would serve far more purpose than degrading and insensitive comments by some here.
I like that idea A LOT. WantoB's as I call them. That subject would serve far more purpose than degrading and insensitive comments by some here.
Bronze Star awarded during in WW2, Korea and Vietnam are different and well deserved.
Bronze Star in Iraq and Afghanistan, get handed out like candy. Every high ranking fobbit / paper pusher where awarded, Bronze Stars . Every lower ranking soldiers got Army Commendation Medal. ( including the soldiers that left fob everyday )
Bronze Star in Iraq and Afghanistan, get handed out like candy. Every high ranking fobbit / paper pusher where awarded, Bronze Stars . Every lower ranking soldiers got Army Commendation Medal. ( including the soldiers that left fob everyday )
Actually, they awarded nearly 3/4 of million Bronze Stars in Vietnam (far more more than WWII), and only around 150k have been awarded in the 15 years of our involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere during the GWOT. But you are correct, our officers have often adopted it as their own "reward" for sitting in the command post which certainly doesn't help the reputation. You're right about the ARCOM, it's the only medal that's been awarded more often than the BS in recent history! Crazy.
I don't take the position none of them were well deserved (except for specific individual cases that I have first hand knowledge of, and nearly every award has some of those). My point is that they are perceived to be something they aren't, strictly a valorous award, and so many have been awarded that in the absence of individual details they are fairly common. Certainly there are a great many that come with great sacrifice and have book worthy stories. None of what I've echoed diminishes those acts, or the medal itself...unless you have reading comprehension issues and a chip on your shoulder.
Some folks can't grasp that point and are taking offense. Again, not my problem.
My AFSC was 2E190 when I retired. What was yours?
How is that relevant to the factual discussion about the award criteria and history of the Bronze Star, which is not reserved for combat MOSs/Rates/AFSCs?
How is that relevant to the factual discussion about the award criteria and history of the Bronze Star, which is not reserved for combat MOSs/Rates/AFSCs?
Maybe, maybe Not.
"Substantive posts" is definitive.
Do not pass go
Do not collect $200
Go Directly to jail.
Lol. There's certainly someone here hung on it, and it ain't me! And thanks for echoing my point.
Good luck with that post count. Got any old medals to sell? How about license plates? I know some folks who'll gobble that sh$t up! Lol.
Why is there so much hatred for one MOS vs another? I have heard the term "fobbit" and the such for years, and never understood why one MOS was better than the other? Is it the whole combat machismo thing?
I thought we were all fighting under one flag, but damned if this thread doesn't make me think that the "military" I think of as one fighting unit moving in the same direction is in fact a million fiefdoms getting in turf wars with the others who are not exactly like them.
What am I missing here?
I thought we were all fighting under one flag, but damned if this thread doesn't make me think that the "military" I think of as one fighting unit moving in the same direction is in fact a million fiefdoms getting in turf wars with the others who are not exactly like them.
What am I missing here?
Bronze Star?
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