Born too late to see the world, born just in time to see jrtc and ntc a few times. 29 jumps in 4 years.
When someone is receives the MOH, sometimes we see the phrase "upgraded to the MOH." Does the recipient keep the original, often another very high medal that was originally awarded (though not as high as the MOH)?
Joined early at 17, became a hard charger, doesn't mean shit now. But I miss it every single day of my life. Met the best people and friends anyone could ask for. Love all you brothers and sisters.
And yes, that is a JSCM for working with the Army.
Ecco a voi il dritto e rovescio di 2 medaglie, secondo voi sono originali o riproduzioni?
21 years. Marine during the mid-late 90s. Joined the Army Reserve during the surge. Did pretty much what everyone else did. No ragrets.
Just a humble Guards-Guy. This app looked cool and I wanted to jump on the train. In a few days I’ll hit 18 years of service, did some enlisted time as well. Hit a few ODTs. One deployment under my belt.
4.5 years in the Army. Plan on adding much more, back after a break in service. Cheers boys
Unnamed Air Force Officer's Ribbon Bar to a Ww2 and Korean War vet.
There's a few interesting things to note about this particular ribbon bar.
The first one is that is that the ribbons are skinnier then normal ribbons. Could have been made by the veterans wife or something. This isn't the first time I have seen skinny ribbons being used.
Second is the fact he has the Joint Service Commodation ribbon witch was created in June 1963. This would put him at minimum of 18 to 19 years of service. His air force longevity ribbon has 3 bronze oak leaf clusters on it representing 16 years of service. The ribbon is awarded for 4 years of service and each oak leaf cluster represents an additional 4 years of service. Also the Journey Service Commodation ribbon wasn't just handed out back then like it is now it was a prestigious award really only give to higher ranking officers and for him to be awarded it early on is a sign he was in a important position.
Third is the fact he was a officer his entire career meaning he was likely a west point graduate who got commissioned in either 1944 or 1945 and got sent to the Pacific towards the end of the war and would fly several missions based upon the fact he the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster.
The National Defense Service Medal for Vietnam wasn't authorized under January 1966 and was then back dated to anyone wbo served during the eligibility period after December 31st 1960. Thus making this ribbon bar correct for the time period from 1963 to 1965. Since this ribbon bar is from at minimum June 1963 he wouldn't be eligible for a 2nd service star on his NDSM ribbon. However if was still in service after January 1966 he would be eligible.
Executive Order 11265, dated January 11, 1966, extended eligibility for the NDSM to service members "who served during any period after December 31, 1960, which the Secretary of Defense designates as being a period for which active military service merits special recognition." The closing date of this period of eligibility was later set at August 14, 1974 by a letter from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, subject: Termination of Eligibility for the National Defense Service Medal, dated June 30, 1974.
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Unnamed Air Force Officer's Ribbon Bar to a Ww2 and Korean War vet.
There's a few interesting things to note about this particular ribbon bar.
The first one is that is that the ribbons are skinnier then normal ribbons. Could have been made by the veterans wife or something. This isn't the first time I have seen skinny ribbons being used.
Second is the fact he has the Joint Service Commodation ribbon witch was created in June 1963. This would put him at minimum of 18 to 19 years of service. His air force longevity ribbon has 3 bronze oak leaf clusters on it representing 16 years of service. The ribbon is awarded for 4 years of service and each oak leaf cluster represents an additional 4 years of service. Also the Journey Service Commodation ribbon wasn't just handed out back then like it is now it was a prestigious award really only give to higher ranking officers and for him to be awarded it early on is a sign he was in a important position.
Third is the fact he was a officer his entire career meaning he was likely a west point graduate who got commissioned in either 1944 or 1945 and got sent to the Pacific towards the end of the war and would fly several missions based upon the fact he the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster.
The ribbons are the following
Air Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commodation
Air Force Commendation
Pacific Campaign with 2 bronze stars
American Campaign
Ww2 Victory
National Defense
Korean Service
United Nations
Armed Forces Reserve
Air Force Longevity with 3 bronze oak leaf clusters for 16 years
My partner took a copy of my DD214 and some pics of mine she found and put this shadowbox together for me.
She got many of the items from USAMM because I didn't really keep track of my stuff, and some of the things I did have became playthings for my son and got lost over the years. It was incredible of her to do this for me!
Just a waiting game til 4 years when I'm eligible for 6. In the mean time I gotta knock out some schools and some college
Basically nothing, but a bit of a unique situation at DLI
I know the picture is not great but it’s about all I’ve got.
Wondering if anyone can tell me what my great grandfather got these for during his service? No one in my family knows and I’d like to know, maybe label them to be displayed