[Rodney King]

The awarding of spurious medals only cheapens the honor of those who deserved them. She did nothing to deserve the medal.

[ex-Texan]

From your lips to God's ears ! I will not post what I truly think about your post . . . but it is a vile slur.

[MEG33]

Well now what did they say she did?Could there be something you don't know?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I can understand the Purple Heart, but the Bronze Star?

xzins, what do you think?

[rabidralph]

You don't know that. None of us knows what really happened.

[twowilliam]

This almost makes me want to return my Bronze Star Medal
earned during WW11. The certificate with it reads "for meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy". Then you had to do something...now, it appears
that you just have to be there. Oh well, that's life.

[berserker]

The awarding of spurious medals only cheapens the honor of those who deserved them. She did nothing to deserve the medal. [post 2]

Bronze Stars are not what they used to be. She did as much as most everyone else did in this war to deserve a Bronze Star. Recent Army practice is to hand this out to everyone in a combat zone. Given this practice (which cheapened the medal when compared to awards in WWII and Korea), she probably should be awarded one.

[Squantos]

During times of war a MSM aka Meritorious Service Medal is awarded in the form of a Bronze Star. Had this been a Bronze Star awarded with a V for valor I understand you getting yer panties in a bunch about it as in most cases a citation would accompany the award defining the whats ,wheres and whys. This wrong way corrigan incident doesn't warrant the secrecy or disinformational spin that is attached to it IMO. Tell the story. If Lynch was so injured to not have a clear memory of what happened then ask the others that were in the unit. DOD has allowed this pile of information to grow it's own legs and that is wrong.

The troops that were injured, fought, captured, tortured and or died in that ambush deserve to have their stories told correctly. Had this been a secret squirrel SF mission I could understand some of the BS sh*t and Shineola show but this just discredits/dishonors the individuals involved and brings more doubt upon the leadership in the Goobermint IMHO.

Clerks , Cooks and Bottle washers ect will recieve a Bronze Star for this operation. Just understand that a Bronze Star is nothing more or less than a meritorious service medal under wartime conditions for those in theater . When a V for Valor is included it becomes what most have understood it to be ....... A medal for heroism and acts of bravery while engaged in combat against the enemy.

Albeit some troops who have never left the CONUS like the wing nut mechanic in the B2 unit who recieved one while serving at Whiteman AFB. S/he was awarded one for the Bosnia Conflict I believe. Crazy.....but then I'll trust hopefully that it wasn't a kiss ass who got it but someone that busted their butt above and beyond as it should be.......

Stay Safe !

[OldFriend]

Have you demanded that John McCain and John Kerry return their medals earned by this same 'spurious' process?

[Euro-American Scum]

The awarding of spurious medals only cheapens the honor of those who deserved them. She did nothing to deserve the medal.

The frequency of the awarding of this decoration has been on the increase since Vietnam. It means virtually nothing today.

The DOD took the black beret away from the Rangers and gave it to anyone. And there was talk after the Lynch rescue of awarding her the Medal of Honor in some sick, real-life, life-imitates-art perversion of Courage Under Fire.

Just another indication of dumbing down the standards of excellence to enhance everyone's self-esteem.

[TankerKC]

She did nothing to deserve the medal.

Perhaps, but "inflation" of awards is not uncommon these days.

[montag813]

The awarding of spurious medals only cheapens the honor of those who deserved them. She did nothing to deserve the medal.

Sure she did...she was born a woman.

[ladtx]

She was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious combat service. The key word is meritorious, not valorous service. There is a difference. I have a Bronze Star for meritorious service for the year I spent in Vietnam. I have Air Medals for valorous service for specific actions. She was awarded the Bronze Star just for being in the middle of the crap and being captured, not for any specific valorous action she performed.

[diamond6]

I agree with you. Captain Dale Dye (KFI) made the same statement. Although it is tragic that people are captured and/or killed, you are rewarding someone who made a mistake while ignoring the ones who didn't. Capt Dye was much more eloquent in explaining this than me.