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josephd
08-27-15, 01:06 PM
Some other Veterans and myself at school were discussing this...when will the Corps/DoD stop issuing the NDM?...We understand we still fall under the Global War on Terror but being that we are not fully involved in any ground campaigns anywhere..

we were just saying its gonna be weird when boots start hitting the units and don't have any ribbons...just a cute little shooting badge

Baker1971
08-27-15, 02:19 PM
That medal issue should have been stopped months and months ago.

josephd
08-28-15, 01:03 AM
That medal issue should have been stopped months and months ago.

no disagreement here....I have a feeling it is not going away anytime soon though

29palms
08-28-15, 08:49 AM
I guess the Global War on Terror is what's keeping American Legion eligibility continuously since 1990 to the present. That's 25 years of WAR ERA eligibility for American Legion membership. Prior to that was a 30 day window for Panama, (1989) and Lebanon/Grenada (1982-84), which were actually CONFLICTS. (Lebanon/Grenada era membership wasn't given the green light until until 1989. American Legion groups Persian Gulf War on up to the current date for membership..All I got coming out of boot camp was a cute little sharpshooter badge.

FistFu68
08-28-15, 12:22 PM
Medals don't Feed the BullDog 29er just think how ya woulda felt if ya woulda UNQ'ed now that woulda been Buckskin Naked

Tennessee Top
08-28-15, 01:50 PM
Rifle qualification is a graduation requirement from bootcamp (along with some other things). UNQ would've meant no Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.

FistFu68
08-28-15, 02:25 PM
When did that change Top that's great 2 hear

FistFu68
08-28-15, 06:09 PM
Stand corrected bout that UNQ 411...knowing what I know now I should of not Qual'ed 4 a couple more mos got set back 'cause I really Loved that Place Parris Island the best Duty Station in the Corp...Bar none...

m14ed
08-29-15, 01:34 AM
That medal issue should have been stopped
months and months ago.


consider it like the TROPHY's they give
kid sports teams now days.
nobody looses
nobody stands up bare chested

29palms
08-29-15, 11:29 AM
Medals are nice for they that like to collect them I suppose. I suppose a medal with drilled hole put into a key chain reading something like ANTARCTICA SERVICE would make an interesting conversation piece. How many people have that one?

Marine1011
08-29-15, 11:35 AM
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29palms
08-29-15, 06:53 PM
29107

josephd
08-29-15, 07:18 PM
can we stay on topic please

m14ed
08-30-15, 03:37 AM
can we stay on topic please

this thread is like watching paint dry

Riven37
08-30-15, 06:45 AM
It may also be issued to active military members for any other period that the Secretary of Defense designates.

Tennessee Top
08-31-15, 08:00 AM
They could always give boot Marines a ribbon for graduating bootcamp (like the Army does) to go with their shooting badge. I think soldiers also get one for throwing a live grenade close enough to the target. How about a rainbow ribbon for open gays and tranny's! That would make them feel included which is the whole point anyway.

USMC 2571
08-31-15, 08:42 AM
Top, they could have one simply called "The Medal", which covers every period of service and every conceivable situation, so everyone can be included, as you said. This inclusiveness is a national priority the last couple of decades anyway. "The Medal". Available to all---even to those who didn't graduate boot camp.

silveradomick
08-31-15, 09:04 AM
I'm so very glad that I enlisted when I did, and that my career took the path that it did. Allows me to not feel any need to justify or qualify anything to anyone. My fruit salad (and all the baggage that goes with it) was earned the right way.

josephd
08-31-15, 06:31 PM
I'm so very glad that I enlisted when I did, and that my career took the path that it did. Allows me to not feel any need to justify or qualify anything to anyone. My fruit salad (and all the baggage that goes with it) was earned the right way.

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