Medals, medals and more medals ...

**k13eod** · 03-07-2009, 09:31

Originally Posted by jack-daniels

Originally Posted by Filbert Fox

nah, Saif Sareea 2, 2001.

Showing my age now!

My OH was on the first phase of that exercise setting up and working in the field hospital. I could be wrong (FFS on this thread I have already been wrong in how I wear my medals/tie/belt/chins) but as I recall, the second phase coincided with the Afghanistan invasion and the field hospital went operational to receive casualties. Did this not qualify them for a medal?

**eodmatt** · 03-07-2009, 09:51

Originally Posted by k13eod

Originally Posted by jack-daniels

Originally Posted by Filbert Fox

nah, Saif Sareea 2, 2001.

Showing my age now!

My OH was on the first phase of that exercise setting up and working in the field hospital. I could be wrong (FFS on this thread I have already been wrong in how I wear my medals/tie/belt/chins) but as I recall, the second phase coincided with the Afghanistan invasion and the field hospital went operational to receive casualties. Did this not qualify them for a medal?

Not forgetting the use of a button down collar! (very nasty

)

**Filbert Fox** · 03-07-2009, 10:00

They were all back by the time the invasion went in (ex lasted September and October 2001), however the RAF maintained a 'field hospital' there throughout the early Afghan deployment but that was as part of Op Veritas and not Saif Sareea.
The RAF surgeon that I later deployed to Sierra Leone with said that they spent the majority of their waking hours by the pool at the hotel they were staying in.

Ex Saif Sareea isn't mentioned in the list of Operations that count toward the award of the gong:

Op VERITAS, Op ORACLE, Op LANDMAN, Op BLEED, Op DETERM, Op SCOW, Op DAMIEN, Op LARVA, Op FINGAL, Op JACANA, Op JACANA, Op RAMSON, Op BANDOG and Op HERRICK

**k13eod** · 03-07-2009, 10:02

Originally Posted by Filbert Fox

They were all back by the time the invasion went in (ex lasted September and October 2001), however the RAF maintained a 'field hospital' there throughout the early Afghan deployment but that was as part of Op Veritas and not Saif Sareea.
The RAF surgeon that I later deployed to Sierra Leone with said that they spent the majority of their waking hours by the pool at the hotel they were staying in.

Ex Saif Sareea isn't mentioned in the list of Operations that count toward the award of the gong:

Op VERITAS, Op ORACLE, Op LANDMAN, Op BLEED, Op DETERM, Op SCOW, Op DAMIEN, Op LARVA, Op FINGAL, Op JACANA, Op JACANA, Op RAMSON, Op BANDOG and Op HERRICK

Cheers mate ... but, out of interest, did they maintain the same field hospital that was used for the exercise?

**Filbert Fox** · 03-07-2009, 10:05

I'm not sure, but probably if it was next door to a 5 star hotel! :D

**jarrod248** · 03-07-2009, 10:22

Originally Posted by k13eod

Originally Posted by IndianaDel

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

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

Originally Posted by jarrod248

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

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

Originally Posted by jarrod248

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

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

NEXT!

I was there but you seemed to evade me!
Look at how your buttons fasten and your trousers, right got that left to right - so should your shagging belt.

**sillyboy** · 03-07-2009, 10:37

Originally Posted by cantbearsed2

edited for not thinking statement through

apollogies to all

That was a statement of personal feelings, have a backbone and dont backtrack, quantify it.

You deserve stabbing in the face with a broken marmite jar.

**k13eod** · 03-07-2009, 11:34

Originally Posted by jarrod248

I was there but you seemed to evade me!
Look at how your buttons fasten and your trousers, right got that left to right - so should your shagging belt.

Right ... my buttons are on the right and fasten into a hole on the left ... male into female (I know that might be an alien concept to you). My stable belt fastens with the male on the right into the female on the left. Military webbing belts likewise. So my trouser belt fastens likewise. Because I am not living in medieval England and need to keep a sword in my fcuking hand. Go check out belts with decorative buckles or fcuking cowboy gun rigs ... all with the fcuking male bit poking into the female bit right to left.

I didn't evade you last Saturday ... you were probably tucked away in the dark recesses of some dockyard shed sucking off sailors ... or Gren

**DAKOTA_STAB** · 03-07-2009, 14:37

got to agree with k13eod, looking at the piccies, he is right, or are my wah senses working overtime?

**postman_twit** · 03-07-2009, 15:10

Originally Posted by Filbert Fox

They were all back by the time the invasion went in (ex lasted September and October 2001), however the RAF maintained a 'field hospital' there throughout the early Afghan deployment but that was as part of Op Veritas and not Saif Sareea.
The RAF surgeon that I later deployed to Sierra Leone with said that they spent the majority of their waking hours by the pool at the hotel they were staying in.

Ex Saif Sareea isn't mentioned in the list of Operations that count toward the award of the gong:

Op VERITAS, Op ORACLE, Op LANDMAN, Op BLEED, Op DETERM, Op SCOW, Op DAMIEN, Op LARVA, Op FINGAL, Op JACANA, Op JACANA, Op RAMSON, Op BANDOG and Op HERRICK

Pedant hat on. Slight correction, Saif Sareea 2 lasted September to November 2001. Pedant hat off.

P-T

**dance_with_the_devil** · 03-07-2009, 19:18

Nijmegan March Medal looks the dogs Danglies
And i still have the mental scars all these years later..lol..;)

**Bravo_Bravo** · 03-07-2009, 20:26

One od our screws has an ACSM and VRSM. Worth around Â£8k due to the rare combination, I'm told.

**Poacher** · 03-07-2009, 20:33

A LE QM at RSA had an unusual set as his LS&GC was issued after he was commissioned and came engraved with his Officer number, which apparently made it quite valuable.

**dingerr** · 03-07-2009, 21:55

Originally Posted by Poacher

A LE QM at RSA had an unusual set as his LS&GC was issued after he was commissioned and came engraved with his Officer number, which apparently made it quite valuable.

Even more so now that LEs stay with their original Regt No.

**AFA06** · 03-07-2009, 23:14

Originally Posted by Bubbles_Barker

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Originally Posted by Closet_Jibber

The ACSM will definately start clocking up names on its list of winners.

It is harder than ever to qualify for the ACSM now. A soldier would have to complete 7 tours of Afghanistan. 2 year NI tours are a thing of the past.

I would've thought that a 2 year tour in NI was the norm right now, if not longer. The issue is whether these tours still qualify for the GSM 1962 and therefore the ACSM - I don't know (although Antrim would suggest that they certainly should).

This is close to my heart - I only have to clock up another 20 odd days service to get a bar to my ACSM but somehow I don't think it'll happen

The bar will come sooner than you think - qualifying period for ACSM is dropping from 3 to 2 years so if you have 5+ years you will get your bar without even having to leave the NAAFI