Tuesday, August 31, 2004
More on Bush's Medals
A retired USAF Master Sergeant squares us away on the regulations for the USAF marksmanship ribbons:
So there's the chink in Bush's armor. Since the small arms expert ribbon is a permanent award, then it should, by rights, be included in his personnel records somewhere, or annotated in a blanket award (an order authorizing wear for "the following individuals" with a roster attached. We have Xerox machines now, so that's easy for us. Not sure how they would have done it in 1971. But it should appear on a DD214 (notoriously incorrect) or the State equivalent (ditto.)
If I were Terry McAuliffe, I'd have some evil henchmen, far removed from the Kerry campaign, go after this one.
Splash, out
Jason
If you EVER qualify expert, the ribbon is yours to wear forever. You can qualify expert the first time you test and fail to pass basic qualification for the next 20 years, and you still get to wear the blue, green and yellow ribbon. If you qualify with both the M-16 and the 9 mil, you get the star device. You can only earn each once.
So there's the chink in Bush's armor. Since the small arms expert ribbon is a permanent award, then it should, by rights, be included in his personnel records somewhere, or annotated in a blanket award (an order authorizing wear for "the following individuals" with a roster attached. We have Xerox machines now, so that's easy for us. Not sure how they would have done it in 1971. But it should appear on a DD214 (notoriously incorrect) or the State equivalent (ditto.)
If I were Terry McAuliffe, I'd have some evil henchmen, far removed from the Kerry campaign, go after this one.
Splash, out
Jason
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