[BIGLOOK]

Excellent analysis Mr. Swampfox. Citations cannot be purchased at the PX. As I recall, they're presented at the awards ceremony. Although I received updated citations post sepros (actually my father did at my home of record), these arrived about six mos. after separation. 10 or more years? Get a grip. A really firm grip. Biglook.

[Terabitten]

You're very right. Kerry threw the medals, not the citations, away. Unless he'd lost the original citation, he'd have no need to get new citations.

Hell, I bought all my medals and ribbons four or five times over as they wore out, or to have one set for my blues and another for my greens, etc. Getting a new set of the actual medals or ribbons is trivial. Getting a new citation... that's just bizarre.