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Hold fire, earn a medal (USMC Medal for NOT shooting???)
Marine Corps Times | 5/12/2010 | William H. McMichael

Posted on 05/12/2010 11:10:50 AM PDT by markomalley

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They are going to award a medal to Marines for not attacking??????

I am so glad I am retired (from the AF, but still, geez....)

1 posted on 05/12/2010 11:10:50 AM PDT by markomalley
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2 posted on 05/12/2010 11:14:21 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants"-Albert Camus)
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What a travesty! Chesty must be spinning in his grave!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
3 posted on 05/12/2010 11:15:33 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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I didn’t even join the Marines. Does this mean I get a Congressional Medal of Honor?

good grief.


4 posted on 05/12/2010 11:17:28 AM PDT by SparkyBass
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Old news...and erroneous.


5 posted on 05/12/2010 11:17:33 AM PDT by verity (Obama Lies - Obongo must go!)
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This is not a USMC medal. The whole thing was the idea of a British general.


6 posted on 05/12/2010 11:19:30 AM PDT by paterfamilias
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Unfortunately, many will receive posthumously.


7 posted on 05/12/2010 11:19:57 AM PDT by NavyCaptain
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I have absolutely no first-hand experience in this matter.

However, I'd argue that a shoot / don't shoot situation must be a pretty hard decision to make.

Not hard enough, however, to get a medal for. Courage under fire is one thing, "Making a tough decision" is a whole other one, and what training is for.

Next, medals will be handed out for showing up on time, dressing properly, playing well with others.....

8 posted on 05/12/2010 11:21:19 AM PDT by wbill
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They call it “Courageous Restraint”


9 posted on 05/12/2010 11:25:38 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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Do you also receive a medal if you shoot yourself in the foot?

Podiatrist Purple Heart?


10 posted on 05/12/2010 11:26:27 AM PDT by RexBeach
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And a good Marine would decline to accept, even if it meant a court marshal.


11 posted on 05/12/2010 11:27:18 AM PDT by fightinbluhen51 ("MOLON LABE")
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My dad, Army, must be spinning in his jar.


12 posted on 05/12/2010 11:27:43 AM PDT by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve and neither do I)
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Next, medals will be handed out for showing up on time, dressing properly, playing well with others.....

It's called a Good Conduct Medal.

13 posted on 05/12/2010 11:31:24 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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Like kids' soccer (or SEIU) when everyone gets a trophy, regardless of participation or performance.


14 posted on 05/12/2010 11:32:02 AM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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even if it meant a court marshal(sic)

martial

15 posted on 05/12/2010 11:32:40 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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I wouldn’t brag if I were you. I heard the AF wants to give Bronze Stars to UAV pilots.


16 posted on 05/12/2010 11:34:04 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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(USMC Medal for NOT shooting???)

Erroneous, bravo sierra, editorial comment on your part.

17 posted on 05/12/2010 11:34:45 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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I agree with Rush the only way this medal is meaningful is posthumous. Otherwise, it will generate a whole new category of civilians saved and how easy it is to get the medal. We can now recruit among the Amish, given, they can get a medal for not fighting, they need to do something to justify that exemption from ZerOcare.


18 posted on 05/12/2010 11:35:20 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (2012, the end of our long national nightmare.)
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Ya....it’s called a Purple Heart!

I was a Nuke Weapons Specialist, do I get one for not firing?

“I’d really like the medal, but.....ah shucks....You got your key?....I got mine! What’s the code?”


19 posted on 05/12/2010 11:36:49 AM PDT by G Larry (DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
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To: GalaxieFiveHundred

2,000 grades raised at Chicago Public Schools’ Hyde Park Academy

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2468036/posts

in Obamaland, everyone gets a medal.


20 posted on 05/12/2010 11:41:34 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants"-Albert Camus)
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