OMG! **I** was awarded more medals than W (zero for the shrubster)

[underpants]

Me (3 years of service)
- 3 Army Achievement Medals (AAM)
- 3 Army Commendation Medals (ARCOM)
-Good Conduct Medal
-Fire Guard ribbon (completed basic training)

On edit-here is the "Army Service Ribbon" -~'Fire Guard Ribbon'



W
-zero
-nada
-bubkiss

Thanks to Walt Starr for this thread in GD 2004



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=647661&mesg_id=647661

[Bucky]

1. Can beat that. I won just as many medals and I never even joined up

Me:
-zero
-nada
-bubkiss

W:
-zero
-nada
-bubkiss

Also, I've never worked an honest day in the White House.

What a coinky-dink!!

[Bucky]

2. Oh, and PS

Thanks for serving our country, Underpants. I'm taking the time to thank vets this month

[underpants]

4. No thank you!

:bounce:

I think I qualified for the Overseas Service Ribbon too but I wasn't ever actually awarded it personally.

http://www2.powercom.net/~rokats/medals.html

[JNelson6563]

3. You rock Underpants.

:toast:

[underpants]

6. Thanks but that really wasn't the point

I DO appreciate it but W got NO medals. NONE??? Hell you got one for just showing up........oh ...........uh yeah.

[Vickers]

5. Hey, I was, too!

Shucks, I think I even went to more dental appointments than Georgie.

[underpants]

7. I only got to see the dentist twice in 3 years

Stupid NCO's :grr:

[matcom]

8. YEAH BABY!!

mine is a similar list with the addition of my marksman medals as well as the ribbon i earned for successfully guarding the Blastic Missiles in Misau.

:bounce:

oh yeah, was promoted 3 times in 3 years. that's 3 more than W i'll bet

[underpants]

16. I was only promoted once

of course I entered as an E-3. Hell after a year and a half I had enough points (with college credits, awards, a PT score) to be an E-6, don't think I didn't make the NCO's VERY aware of that. If I had gone to PLDC I would have had the Sgt. stripes put on me the day I got back, same with whatever the E-6 school is called. Oh yeah the other enlisted guys loved to rub that in the lifers faces too. Hell I even got saluted a couple of times by NCO's not in my unit. :shrug: The boys loved that too.

[iconoclastic cat]

9. By the way, thank you for doing all that during those three years.

I owe you.

[underpants]

17. Uh....no you don't

trust me you don't :evilgrin:

[Toots]

10. I don't believe that is correct

Everybody receives the National Defense Ribbon after completion of Basic Training. During Basic Training National Guardsmen and regular army are identical. I believe everyone has to have Basic Training. Why Bush* was not wearing that ribbon in the photo Walt showed is interesting. :shrug: Maybe Bush* never took a Basic Training Course.

[Walt Starr]

11. Nope, the criteria for the NDSM is cleaar, Active Duty ONLY

Bush was a Guardsman. The criteria during the Vietnam conflict were clear:

b For the purpose of this award, the following persons shall not be considered as performing
active service:
1 Army National Guard and US Army Reserve forces personnel on short tours of duty to
fulfill training obligations under an inactive duty training programme.
2 Any service member on temporary duty or tempoaray active duty to serve on boards,
courts, commissions, and like organisations.
3 Any service member on active duty for the sole purpose of undergoing a physical examination

[Toots]

14. Nevermind

Sometimes I type before I think

[Vickers]

12. Here is an interesting page:

http://www.seanet.com/~johnco/bush102.htm

Interesting reading.

[Walt Starr]

13. The Underpants Rack of fruit salad

BBBBBBBBBBBBB

[underpants]

15. Um are those spaced 1/4 inch apart that one looks....

ah the totally fabricated stress of dress greens inspection.

:bounce:

[HFishbine]

18. Actually, Bush got one

Small Arms Expert Marksman:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/bushdocs/11-1_2004_Personnel_File.pdf

[underpants]

19. Small arms

Yeah that sounds about right :evilgrin::bounce: