Posted on 07/09/2021 2:46:52 AM PDT by ransomnote
I know I am going to get a lot of grief with my following comments, but-This is what I have despised about medals since its conception. This whole CREW should receive the same medal. Period. The fact that the copilot and SMAs only received an Air Medal, suggests that they were not essential and played no role in the mission. This was a crew event, they act as one, with one leader. Individually, the mission is a failure, together, it is successful. Thankfully on all my missions where we received medals, the whole crew was awarded the same medal.
I wonder what awards were bestowed on the ground troops in this fight?
The Air Force really needs to teach how to render a proper salute...geez.
I was wondering the same thing. I guess the Senior Airmen simply brought the others drinks and snacks during the flight. /sarcasm
I’ll add my catty remark - office depot id badge clips? Are the presenters that fumble-fingered?
Cousin; William Degnan Jr, got DFC after being shot down over Germany and making his way back uncaptured through France back to England working with French resistance
I won't speak for the awards & decoration ceremonies for the other branches of the service. In the Air Force such a ceremony can involve up to 15 people. Fiddling around with a sharp pin through an individual's dress uniform means someone at sometime during the ceremony is going to get stuck. There is also the possibility (haven't heard of it, but possible) of someone accusing the presenting officer of "groping". With the badge clip the ceremony moves along at pretty good speed, not to diminish the significance of the award/decoration.
Reasonable.
Then they could go full ‘blood-wings’, but that would probably cause other issues :)
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