Squids get to wear a VALOR device on a bleeping "I was there ribbon"? This is outrageous if true,especially since most of them were never even "there",or even within eyesight of the damn country. Are you sure you are not confused and Boorda was wearing a unearned Valor device on his Bronze Star for meritorious service?
even after the Vietnam era CNO went on national TV and stated emphatically that Admiral Boorda earned the right to wear the "V" device.
You are trying to spin this. That idiot went on tv and said that is his OPINION,Boorda had a right to wear it. How the HELL do or that idiot Admiral justify claiming Boodra EARNED a Valor device when he was never in combat,never even IN Viet Nam,and never even SAW a enemy?
And that's your opinion.
My opinion comes from the words of a CNO,Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr.
Until someone produces the regulation that defines the requirements for the "V" device on a ribbon in the Vietnam era Navy, we will have to agree to disagree on our opinions.
I do find it peculiar your position that American service men and women serving on combat ships can not be recognized for duty in a combat zone.
Do you maintain this postion towards only those that served in the waters off of Vietnam, or do you apply the same standards to the men that served in the Navy and participated in the Battle of Midway?
Do you apply the same standard to Navy personnel that served in the Persian Gulf in Gulf War I?
Would you apply the same standard to men and women serving aboard warships in the Gulf and who will soon likely be in combat?
To all:
Does anyone know if any "V" devices were awarded to Navy personnel for service in the Persian Gulf on a warship?