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Thanks, I may use this as a letter.
POWs can get the same medals as anyone else. A silver star for escaping,
a bronze star for a brave deed in camp, the purple heart for injuries.
But I don't like the idea of a blanket award for everyone, like a lost truck
driver in Saudi who was taken prisoner for a week.
Carlton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Louviere" <clouviere@csbbanking.net>
To: <editorG2mil@Gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:31 PM
Subject: Medals?
> comments...most good...one...well...you decide. > > 1). I see no reason to just pick on officers. If any service member does > something "worthy" of a citation...they should get it. And, it will not > clean up the corruption. I watched the same lower enlisted man receive the > same medal 6 times. In that same time period the rest of us in his section > barely received 6 total...with the majority being see ya later medals. The > system is corrupt from the top down...and for both officers and enlisted > personnel. > > 2). Not all POW's surrendered. I would not count all those Naval Aviators > and Air Force pilots as "surrendered". Being shot down in a dog fight over > enemy held territory and landing in the middle of a NVA rice paddy as the > same as surrendering. But, perhaps other medals could convey the > appreciation of a "grateful nation". > > 3). Fixing the system includes fixing the culture. The system can not > change the politics and favoritism that exist at the Company and Battalion > level. So, having the grand council to dish out new rules without changing > the mindset and culture of those at the bottom...will only change the > paper...the medals...and the meaning...the corruption will remain. > > Chris
I look forward to reading your online
magazine every month. Ed: There are dozens of slightly used 747s parked at
the Mojave airport. The airlines want the Feds to bail them out, so why not
buy some dirt cheap 747-400s, all less than ten years old, now sitting in desert
storage. A couple squadrons of 747s could fill the long-range frequent
USAF base to USAF base missions to free the expensive and smaller C-17s to fly
theater support missions.
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