Posted on 05/18/2024 6:41:35 PM PDT by artichokegrower
A Marine truck mechanic received a medal typically awarded to more senior service members for saving the Defense Department more than $140 million through work he began as a teenage lance corporal.
Cpl. Gage Barbieri, now 21, received the Meritorious Service Medal on Friday from Col. Damon Burrows, commanding officer of 2nd Marine Division’s Headquarters Battalion. Barbieri is only the second Marine corporal to receive the Meritorious Service Medal since at least 2008, Burrows wrote on LinkedIn
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Very smart young man
The military will take that send it to Ukrania as new found weapons somehow located in the depths of Pentagon accounting
That’s for Saving $140M, what does one get for giving up $85M?
Like they always tell us about themselves. “We may not be the pride of the corps, but the pride don’t ride without the motor T.”
Good job Marine.
This story made my day and gives me hope for the young people of America
Bravo Zulu marine
Congratulations to the marine but to the Pentagon this is chump change.
They spend more on coffee makers and toilet seats than this.
Just need a lot more young geniuses like this and maybe the budget... Won’t crash as quickly.
Meritorious Service Medal, the good MSM.
Permit me to break your brief moment of hope...
(weak men are asked to) Donate a Testicle to Fight Toxic Masculinity!
Its always a good thing when money of this magnitude isn’t just wasted.
Oshkosh should be offering him a good job.
He should have patented his idea first. Let the military pay him for his idea and anybody else.
An angry contractor and a couple of bought off congressmen. Linda probably isn’t happy either. The point is the take and not making sure you got something for the deplorable taxpayers, which was never the point.
Sorry, but the Secretary of the Navy would have title to the patent. They might have given him a consideration, but the patent would belong to the government.
“ The military will take that send it to Ukrania as new found weapons somehow located in the depths of Pentagon accounting”
What a sourpuss. Get a hobby that gives you some joy. This kid did a good job, so give him some credit.
Save your criticism for US policy for the big guys.
Patent it first and then mention it.
Suck it up snowflake they give away billions like it’s nothing to keep the wars going you can toot all the horns you want it’s like a drop in the ocean of wasted unaccounted taxpayer money with no end in sight
Reality is my hobby. Stay clear unless you want a dose
Doesn’t work that way. If you work for the government they own patents that come from the work you did for the government.
The Marine did a great job and the system still sucks.
I see. Well that might be true when I used to work for the American government. :)
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