That is really petty, no officer is going to sweat a missing NAM from their service record ...but damn does it ever send a message and it will make the right people howl and claim undue command influence or some equally ridiculous transgression.
You won’t have to talk to many servicemen before you find someone who was passed over or denied a medal because of politics, or given a lower precedence medal based purely on politics... or had to stand at attention while someone everyone knew was undeserving got an award for the same.
It wasn’t petty. The CIC was completely PISSED OFF.
How about we execute those military scum in Leavenworth like that POS Hassan? If there were true justice,Bergdhal would be put in prison for life.
Back when I was a relatively new enlisted troop on Missile Combat Crew we had a really bad emergency out in the Silo Equipment Area. The air conditioner that cooled the guidance system caught on fire and it was so hot the metal cabinet on the AC was melting.
Since we were 40 feet underground and locked behind all those blast doors my facilities technician (the other enlisted man on the crew) and I were able to get the fire out.
Our four-man crew were put in for AFCM's but someone up at SAC HQ decided that us enlisted, the ones who actually put our lives on the line and fought the fire, were to only get AFAM's. We were told our Wing Commander had a fit and made some calls to HQ SAC and did some serious yelling. We were all awarded the AFCM.