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[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

A lot of veterans hung out on a FOB for a year. A very small percentage of soldiers saw real combat. Most of the soldiers wearing CABs were not in Combat either. Anyone in the vicinity of a gunshot or explosion would get one.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

There's a crisis of medal inflation in the US.

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Dont get me started on the bronze star bullshit ive seen.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I heard that two women got bronze stars for running a printer in the office.

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I've seen worse. There were sometimes guidelines that stated a soldier had to perform one mission outside the FOB in order to get a bronze star. This creates a hazard because all the officers want their bronze star, so they would intentionally get placed on missions they weren't qualified for, in order to get the medal, sometimes displacing the qualified soldiers that should be on the mission.

Example - Helicopter recovery team. When a helicopter breaks down, you have a team specifically trained on how to rig the helicopter to be lifted out by a Chinook. So instead of sending the entire trained crew who does this all the time, they might replace the team or part of a team with some untrained female lieutenants so they can "earn their bronze star".

Great idea right? Results: Lt. Shaniqua and Lt. TikTokBoobs fuck up the rigging and cause millions of $ in damage to an attack helicopter. And of course, still get a bronze. Mission Accomplished. This is literally how the military of a country with drag queen story hour works.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lmao! No wonder the US couldn't beat the ragheads.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lol!

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    [–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

    Wait, he was SAS? Weren't they supposed to be the best trained men on the planet?

    [–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    He was an army medic

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        [–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        Yeah I'm retarded must've confused with another article