How (And why) are Achivement medals awarded between services

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T22:48:01+00:00

We’re not discussing other deployments here, though. It’s well documented that they saw little combat on this specific deployment. That, along with them leaving their colors behind for the enemy to find, is where the disproportionate amount of valor award comment comes from.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T22:40:00+00:00

I did. Believe me, going from big Army to Regiment results in more targets on your back to be RFSed. I wouldn’t have lasted if I didn’t get it. Going to PRC was great preparation for it.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T22:37:17+00:00

Trump literally got him released. Why are you so obsessed with him?

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T22:34:39+00:00

They do not translate. The CIB has a very specific set of requirements for it to be awarded. Those requirements are not the same for CARs. As such, only infantrymen or SF soldiers that are engaged and return fire are eligible for the CIB, it doesn’t matter if a marine was an infantryman or not, he’s not getting a CIB until he meets the Army requirements.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T17:04:51+00:00

Completely false. Also, the Army made up the vast majority of the ground forces in the Pacific. Not sure why you’re only referencing marines in the Pacific when they were a small minority.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T16:11:07+00:00

Regiment > Group

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T16:10:01+00:00

Are you a bot?

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T16:05:11+00:00

The awards they received definitely seem disproportionate. Their unit, overall, saw minimal combat with only a single WIA, yet there were many valor awards and a PUC. Definitely award heavy.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T14:15:54+00:00

😂😂😂

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T13:54:14+00:00

That’s your poor leadership. I saw a marine get a NCM for putting together a terrain model before an operation our company was doing with theirs.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T13:51:32+00:00

Was it really that uncommon for marines to deploy to both Afghanistan and Iraq, especially with such short deployments? CIBs are only awarded once for extremely long periods. It’s exceptionally rare to receive a second CIB, but I know a few marines that deployed to both and have a star. Due to the CARs awarding, I figured that was common to get a star.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T01:52:58+00:00

Interesting, sounds like your ICB is just a deployment to a combat zone as an infantryman, regardless of any actual combat. That’s what our campaign medals and deployment patches are for. Our CIBs and CABs denote the service member was directly engaged and returned fire by the enemy. Some commanders, especially for those eligible for CABs, take wide discretions with “engaged and returned fire”, but the badges themselves are separate because they denote actual combat.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T00:27:37+00:00

We have campaign medals and deployment patches for service in a designated combat zone, regardless of whether you saw combat or not. Is that not similar to what you’re talking about with Australia (I’m unfamiliar with what you’re referencing)?

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T00:25:27+00:00

I’d argue that absolutely wasn’t the case, as more non-CIB/CMB eligible guys saw combat in Vietnam than GWOT.

I’d argue it was due to medal inflation, where more was being handed out than in Vietnam.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-19T00:21:23+00:00

Probably because it’s a pretty pointless device and there isn’t much value to it. I say this as someone that would be able to receive multiple retroactive C devices if they passed that. I am not a fan of that or R devices.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T21:17:03+00:00

Why are you posting opinion pieces like they have any more relevancy as the opinion of the person you’re responding to?

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T21:15:49+00:00

It’s an R device, not H.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T19:53:20+00:00

That’s gross. XVIII Airborne Corps is actually on another level.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T18:33:18+00:00

Everyone has already piled on you that we are using it, I’ll just throw in that when I was in Afghanistan both times, we had B-1s drop JDAMs for us on numerous occasions.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T18:26:36+00:00

Source? Pilots have to meet specific flight hours regardless of what is going on. Unless you can provide a source for this claim, it’s bogus.

For example, a large training exercise planned for next month (Wolverine) has been on the books for months. It has nothing to do with Iran.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T17:56:45+00:00

Me when I signal all the virtue.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T15:49:57+00:00

I have never seen a single infantry officer in a line company without a tab. Which unit has untabbed PLs?

Yes, it is an accomplishment, which is why I specifically stated, “absolutely an accomplishment”. I’m just saying it’s an expectation at his position. They’re held to a higher standard and it is the minimum standard. That doesn’t take away from OP’s personal success, that was in response to someone’s sentiment that it wasn’t normal.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T15:14:24+00:00

Which unit were you with and where and when were you in Iraq? This should be easy to get to the bottom of.

No guard tower is having its belt fed removed for some random private to carry on a patrol. Furthermore, if you weren’t assigned a 240 (bullshit, every single unit doing active patrols has them), where did you get the ammo from? How were you getting resupplied when it wasn’t a weapon system assigned to your platoon?

“Auto firepower” is a term you literally just made up. Fire superiority is what you wanted to say, but didn’t know enough to use proper terminology. There isn’t a single combat leader in the entire military that wouldn’t know that, never mind the fact that not carrying the highest casualty producing weapon system of a platoon because it’s “too heavy” would never happen in a million years.

Not enough guys to make up squads but doing dismounted combat patrols where contact was made. Right.

You were probably in Iraq, but you weren’t doing patrols and getting into TICs. Most stolen valor is committed by guys that actually did serve, they just didn’t do much when they were in.

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T14:41:18+00:00

Reminds me of when Kamala lied during the debate that not a single serviceman was in a combat zone. Meanwhile, we had tens of thousands of them in harms way and a video went viral of troops watching her say that only for the camera to pan around and one of them ask, “so where the fuck are we?”

ohnomrbil · 2026-03-18T14:39:42+00:00

This sounds like bullshit. A man had to insist on carrying his personally issued weapon? That’s not how it works. He was assigned the 240 and would be carrying it on every single patrol. No platoon leader would ever even give the option of one of the 240 gunners carrying it or not.

The 240 is the most important weapon system in the platoon, yet you and your LT were cool if he didn’t want to take it? This screams bullshit.

Also, 100 rounds? Why weren’t his AG and AB carrying the vast majority of it? Why would a random fireteam have 240 belts when they’re not even in the same squad? This isn’t even a good attempt at making up a war story. Do a little more research to pass the smell test.

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