Thread: Medals, medals and more medals ...

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Originally Posted by BootsDMS

I know others who have at least 3 medals (all issued),that have never done a tour or fired a shot in anger.

What 3 medals are those then?

Northern Ireland (cushty residential tour in slipper city), LS&GC, QGJM? Plus the ACSM if the individual does two residentials back to back.

MBE,OBE,QSJM,QGJM,LS&GC

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

There are blokes with 8 medals or more who have never fired a shot in anger. Doesn't mean they haven't earnt them. I suppose it depends on what line of work they are in.

Agreed. I'm not front line, but I still shudder when I think back to the memory of what each tour provided in the way of thrills, spills and bloody hard graft.

On Op Telic I was based in Umm Qasr working 15-18 hours a day while our clerk whiled his time away fishing and sunbathing. No complaints from this callsign though. ;)

Originally Posted by DAKOTA_STAB

i can kind of see both sides of the fence in regards to medals, on one hand you get someone who has a lengthy career an gets out with no medals. He goes onto buy some bling medals as all the gents that he is marching with, on remembrance day, have a good chest full. This gets him stick and called a walt. Then you get members of the TA, myself included, who get a vrsm for getting 10 bounties, yet you get someone who has a reggie entry as a tom an then goes on to complete his 22 an gets fook all.

Take korea, you were allowed to wear the UN medal and the issue one yet nowadays you cant wear the nato afghan one.

Other commonwealth nations wear defence medals, jasa pingat, and have permission of big liz. we on the other hand get fook all

I think the whole system needs a shake up. Anyway i digress back to future medals.

I can only see limited ops as we are on our chinstraps financially, as mentioned the diamond jubilee medal and maybe a coronation medal, not overly fussed about them, to be fair i'd probably get them mounted just to annoy the ssiite out my old man (hes still bitter about not getting the battle of jubillee gong)

I don't go out of my way to try to improve my medal quota, but the more will always be the merrier in my eyes (until it's time to mount them again, that is). I welcome the prospect of a coronation/diamond jubilee medal, but I wouldn't be too arsed if they reverted to the old CO/RSM/Junior Tom method of allocation.

Originally Posted by RedLeg_1011

MBE,OBE,QSJM,QGJM,LS&GC

Is the anyone out there who owns both QSJM and QGJM?

Originally Posted by blobmeister

I know someone who has coronation, QSJM and golden

I bet you don't know him really. And even if you did, I bet he never got the beers in.

Originally Posted by blobmeister

Well he is our colonel and chief, and has got the beers in during annual mess dinner...and cigars during the christmas stints on tour (he sends all snrs of his Regiments gifts on tour over xmas). I have met him on several occasions including the presenting of my LS&GC (30 min private session).

That's awesome, nice one.

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Originally Posted by BootsDMS

I know others who have at least 3 medals (all issued),that have never done a tour or fired a shot in anger.

What 3 medals are those then?

OK - you could crack a SJM, an LS&GC and a GJM with no tours at all. But you'd have to be quite old to be serving now.

Originally Posted by skintboymike

Originally Posted by RedLeg_1011

MBE,OBE,QSJM,QGJM,LS&GC

Is the anyone out there who owns both QSJM and QGJM?

There certainly isn’t anyone who owns an MBE & OBE or if it was written in the correct order of precedence OBE & MBE

Originally Posted by skintboymike

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Originally Posted by BootsDMS

I know others who have at least 3 medals (all issued),that have never done a tour or fired a shot in anger.

What 3 medals are those then?

Northern Ireland (cushty residential tour in slipper city), LS&GC, QGJM? Plus the ACSM if the individual does two residentials back to back.

Hmmm. Not all residential tours in 'Slipper City' were 'cushty' you know.

Originally Posted by CAARPS

Originally Posted by skintboymike

Originally Posted by RedLeg_1011

MBE,OBE,QSJM,QGJM,LS&GC

Is the anyone out there who owns both QSJM and QGJM?

There certainly isn’t anyone who owns an MBE & OBE or if it was written in the correct order of precedence OBE & MBE

I'll bet there are - you just give up the MBE if you get an OBE and move up the 'order' don't you? You certainly wouldn't put MBE, OBE after your name. Or even OBE, MBE, or any other random order of O,B.E and M.

I heard a rumour many moons ago that they were on about doing a gong for being on Op Fresco! Anyone hear of it? More importantly can l have mine please!

Originally Posted by CAARPS

Originally Posted by skintboymike

Originally Posted by RedLeg_1011

MBE,OBE,QSJM,QGJM,LS&GC

Is the anyone out there who owns both QSJM and QGJM?

There certainly isn’t anyone who owns an MBE & OBE or if it was written in the correct order of precedence OBE & MBE

And while I am at it, in my mind the ACSM was set up for a outstanding reasons, i.e to recognise soldiers who had spent extended periods on operations, however, quickly became a Northern Ireland residential medal.

Not that I am trying to sound too churlish but there is a big difference between an Op Tour and a man who can return to his block/home and family every night and still qualify for a medal (Usually, like everything there are exceptions)

It would be very interesting to see how many lads actually have the ACSM that have not done the NI residential bit (and huge respect to them).

Outrage begin

Originally Posted by Bubbles_Barker

Originally Posted by CAARPS

Originally Posted by skintboymike

Originally Posted by RedLeg_1011

MBE,OBE,QSJM,QGJM,LS&GC

Is the anyone out there who owns both QSJM and QGJM?

There certainly isn’t anyone who owns an MBE & OBE or if it was written in the correct order of precedence OBE & MBE

I'll bet there are - you just give up the MBE if you get an OBE and move up the 'order' don't you? You certainly wouldn't put MBE, OBE after your name. Or even OBE, MBE, or any other random order of O,B.E and M.

You’ve just answered your own question