I’m not sure why a military lawyer would ever get a metal for lawyering.
It’s not like they took enemy fire while prosecuting.
Maybe if they caused serious legal butthurt to the enemy.
I felt the same way when the cooks on my boat got NAMs for baking a cake for an admiral. I don't know if they put crack in it or something, but to me seemed to diminish the value of a medal if you are awarded one for doing your job.
I never got a NAM, but on a previous boat, they gave me a letter of commendation from a flag officer for doing my job. I suppose I was doing it exceptionally well. Like some medals, it was worth points towards advancement. So that is probably a better award for a (routine) job well done than a medal.
“I’m not sure why a military lawyer would ever get a metal for lawyering.”
Welcome to today’s military! In the officer corps., “it’s all horn and no driveshaft!”
Some of them, can’t even command a ship without running it into commercial traffic.
They give medals for “Typing Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” now. You should see the rows of ribbons that people who never left the office wear now.
They didn’t even do their jobs, they failed on all counts of the indictment except posing with a body, the most minor of the charges. This is a farce that makes the Navy look very bad.