To: teroknor{at}yahoogroups.com
From: Chuck Pierson 
Reply-To: teroknor{at}yahoogroups.com

David Masters wrote:

> Chuck Pierson wrote:
>
> >> I have a question for the military types.  Who qualifies for service
> >> medals (ie, the decorations you get for just showing up)?  Are they
> >> only awarded to frontline combat troops, or do support & service
> >> personal qualify as well?
> >>
> >
> > All military personnel qualify for the service medals.  My
> particular job was
> > in combat communications, but I was in a support unit.  We all
> received the
> > service medal for being over in the Persian Gulf though.
>
> Combat commo, eh? I was field radio operator my 4 years in the Corps,
> battalion
> level. We still got to see the mud.


Oh yeah.  Excepting I didn't have a whole lot of mud to play in in the
desert.  I also was the unit's 50 cal gunner, Asst. Nuclear . Biological,
Chemical NCO (as a PFC even), and most other non personnel
/supply positions.  Pretty much sucked being in a unit full of pallet
chasers.




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