NO and erm NO

Nobody said they were ALL cushty, just some were, for the select lucky few.

The reason i said about the 3 medals was because i was at a parade last year & the guy wearing them,who i have known for many years,is an ACF instructor.
He told me that he actually felt embarressed about them when standing near people who had less medals,but who had them for op tours.
I think they felt worthless to him.

He was lucky to get a Silver Jubilee Medal aswell wasn't he?

Or are you allowed to wear it if you qualified but just weren't issued it like so many?

I believe you can have an OBE and an MBE if one is civil division and the other is military division. I have tried to find 'evidence' of this but I can't and I may be confusing it with the rules that applied to BEM's awarded for bravery.

Absolutely - what about an EOD AT expert who spends his tours walking the long walk but doesn't necessarily spend a lot of time with a bayonet charging enemy trenches? Or the RLC driver in a Helmand convoy, or the Siggy EW guys and countless other CEG's / jobs? It's a big jigsaw and everyone has a part.

I didn't ask a question - I thought I was trying to answer one...........

BEM although part of the order was a different award and therefore you can indeed hold a BEM and MBE.

KBE, CBE, OBE & MBE are, in the simplest terms ranks and you can not hold two ranks at once.

There are no separate post nominals for the civilian and military division i.e. OBE(M), however the military ribbon differs from the civil one with a pearl stripe running down the centre.

Incidentally Op military awards in the Order of the British Empire Division used to be signified by some sort of a leaf of rosette to distinguish them from normal military awards.

This is bound to get messy. He said, I said, you said………

I said no one owns an MBE & OBE, you said “I bet there are”. You then said, “You just give up the MBE if you get an OBE”. That is correct, if you get promoted in the order you are required to return your ‘lesser’ medal.

Therefore you cannot hold an MBE and OBE at the same time.

See, clear as mud

Hard to see you well, leaning out the ship/boat. Big bloke in a blazer is in the way!

Never mind the medals, button down collars........ err ...... not sure what to say...

And another thing that belt - it's fastened the girly way.

Who tied your fu.cking tie? Edward Scissorhands?

Hardcore double chin and buttons on the collar is worthy of an 80's victim MID.

Big bloke as in fat bloke? ... anyway the bloke on the ship is a slap heed ... I've still got me 'air!


If you'd have been there it would have been button down everything!


No it's not ... it's done the right way you big tart.


They taught me to build bridges and blow sh!t up ... not mince about the Palace looking pretty in a tie.


Thats a treble chin you cheeky twot ... fcuk me 80's victim? Have I finally managed to drag myself out of the 70's then?

NEXT!

you have indeed dragged yourself out of the 70's but sadly have broken down in the 80's

I recommend listening to Yazz and the Plastic Population 'The only way is up' and purchasing a shell suit...

This will enable you to listen to cool tunes whilst looking ally as you marvel at the Army's new High Leg Boots and Tupperware Helmet..

Do they come with puttees?

No.. Shell Suits have zips.

Yup, see my previous post................

Got to agree with you there, I have seven gongs plus a number '2' on my Bosnia gong, I never fired a shot in anger, but I there are a multitude of people still alive (can still see, have their limbs etc..) thanks to my job and those who I work with. Surgical teams are for winners!