[darkwing104]

Is it because it has the same medal as all the other services, or because it is getting rid of it?

The Air Force now believes that Good Conduct is an expected acceptable behavior and there is no need to award a medal for it. I figure sometimes in the late 70's it lost it's meaning of Good Conduct and became a place marker for serving three years without screwing up. Before I retired it was a hassle to not award it to an Airman. It pretty much denied them the chance to re-enlist

I believe the General and the current CMSAF have too much faith in the current rating system, which in itself is a very flawed system.

[Rokke]

Well I appreciate the response, although I suspect there is a little more substance to your reasoning than that of most of the posters here. However, I'm not sure why keeping a medal with screwed up justification helps straighten out the flawed rating system. As far as I'm concerned, both should be dumped.