tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666120865882736559.post4196952488714414957..comments2023-07-08T02:20:33.515-07:00Comments on Iraqi Bootleg: What does "decorated" really mean?Iraqi Bootleghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16823787701551909463noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666120865882736559.post-43834000679679808042018-09-04T04:02:39.214-07:002018-09-04T04:02:39.214-07:00I definitely agree with you. I don't have an ...I definitely agree with you. I don't have an issue with the awards these men earned. What I dislike is that the people who reported on it (and this was years ago at this point) are presenting their "decorations" as the equivalent of purple hearts and silver stars, when they are not. BTW, you can curse freely, we're all soldiers here :) Iraqi Bootleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16823787701551909463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666120865882736559.post-78218819128373443592018-09-04T00:37:22.205-07:002018-09-04T00:37:22.205-07:00Maybe there can be levels of decorations? Like a r...Maybe there can be levels of decorations? Like a real bada33 like an MoH recipient, to someone chilling in Kuwait who got an GWOTEM or Iraq Campaign Medal? I would say I’m sort of in the middle, I don’t have any medals with a V decide, but I did get a Purple Heart, a CAB, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the NATO Medal for training Iraqi Truck drivers, the drivers and mechanic badge, the GWOTSM, and the National Defense Medal. I could probably say I’m low to medium decorated on the bada33 scale.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459270374012863025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666120865882736559.post-9418621663763628552018-01-28T10:25:15.292-08:002018-01-28T10:25:15.292-08:00Jesus Effing Christ "Unknown" are you re...Jesus Effing Christ "Unknown" are you really such a bro-flake you have to find a TEN YEAR OLD blog post to get upset about? And too fucking scared to even give a pseudoynm for christs' sake? Cowardly ball sacks like you make me sick. Citation ant Unit awards are for the fucking unit, dipshit, which means that any individual didn't have to do anything. I had three on my fucking chest when I was in uniform, and not a single one meant shit because I was not involved in any of the actions which the UNIT performed to earn them. Congratulations, you saw combat, so did I. I hope you feel better about yourself, now, yelling at another veteran for expressing an opinion about a bunch of fucking war criminals. Now why don't you get your little butt down to Florida and open wide so you can give your fucking war-criminal hero former Congressman a blowjob, too. Iraqi Bootleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16823787701551909463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666120865882736559.post-34522024475977359562016-06-06T10:04:20.825-07:002016-06-06T10:04:20.825-07:00I was not intending to comment on the medals thems...I was not intending to comment on the medals themselves. I am proud of my own medals (most proud of the Sharpshooter and CAB, since those, as you point out, are actually earned). I was simply pointing out that the Blackwater personnel were not "decorated veterans" in the sense that they performed anything during their deployments that would qualify for anything besides the standard ribbons and medals everyone who deployed gets.Iraqi Bootleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16823787701551909463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666120865882736559.post-4936642026339897152016-06-06T08:06:12.735-07:002016-06-06T08:06:12.735-07:00I don't really disagree with most of your asse... I don't really disagree with most of your assertions, but I have to nitpick a few of them. Not every medal or award you listed is simply an " attendance" award. I am ex-army, and when a soldier qualifies with weaponry, and does so at the expert level, that is not simply an award given for "attending"the range. If you have ever been in a group of soldiers at the range you understand exactly what I mean. <br /> Leadership awards, for attending courses such as PLC, or also not just attendance. You must excel, and perform to a higher degree. Obviously you can get that award for completing the course, but in my units, soldiers were participating based on qualification not just a Cattle call... <br /> Finally, since were both veterans I really don't understand your negativity on qualification awards. No, it's not quite the same thing, but think about how many people don't qualify that are in that MOS field. The ones that just rock along, minimum standards, minimum PT test, that sort of thing. <br /> I entered the army under the civilian acquired skills program, performed my job that I was trained as a civilian to do, for the army. I received two Army commendation metals, and I had to work my ass off for both of them. I really don't get your comments on that metal. You may have been somewhere where someone gave them out freely like someone would distribute Halloween candy… I was serving in Europe and that just wasn't the case in my experience. I am extremely proud to show my grandson the metals to decorate his grandfathers uniform. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com