Are the ribbons required, in toto, or just “signaling”.
My SIL wears ribbons for these purposes.
He wears them proudly.
But... he’s SRG-MAJ in the infantry and doesn’t have a ‘wall of ribbons’ to show off.
He finds more comnpatriots that way.
Perhaps they can keep the awards and ribbons, but limit the display to twelve, or three rows. Valor ribbons at the top.