What is it with burgers and medals?

The Norks have us beat at participation trophies so fuck off. Also Mexico is the fattest. Suck a dick cunt.

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>>35173135
They give you a rainbow flag for completing training.

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>>35173109
Tons of fucking medals has always been a thing before burgers existed.

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>>35173320

>>35173320
I wouldn't say that, medals didn't really start becoming a thing until a safe amount of time into the 1800's. Before that you'd mostly see members of nobility with badges representing royal orders they belonged to. Like Wellington wears the Order of the Garter badge.

>>35173109
When you do something meaningful people like to have a physical item to show for it and since everyone in the American military does meaningful acts it shows. It's understandable why third worlders don't get it since everyone outside of the americas don't do anything meaningful.

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>>35173665
That may be true for awards that actually mean something but a lot really don't, like those you get for completing training or basically doing your job adequately. I'm just saying too many of them is camp af.

>>35173109
In case you don't know, you pic is a stolen valor guy. Not all branches are the same. My buddy was USMC for 6 years I think active commission and was deployed like 3-4 years of it and actually did some cool shit. I was Army intel, didn't do jack shit, did my 4 and left as an e-4. I have like a full rack of ribbons, he has like maybe half a rack.

>>35173109
>that fucking tragic tie

all gongs are bullshit have two and don't know why

>>35173320
that's clearly just scale armor

>>35173109
I don't know, but that guy has the same look on his face that I do, he's sunk so low and given up he probably couldn't even give a shit anymore, is probably on the brink of suicide daily and even the smallest victory of someone complimenting him would probably make his week and keep him living.

>>35173888
It's the 1000 yard stare of a man with that many medals has seen.

>>35173888
>>35173905
>looks like a bitch on trt

This is what a pozzed (((military))) will do to a "man".

Burgers gonna (((berg))).

>>35173905
You know that guy was a stolen valor right?

>>35173921
I am >>35173712, so it's safe to say no.

>>35173109
Actually, looking at this pic more closely, it looks like he's at a Battalion HQ. Is there a story here?

>hand out medals like candy
>most marines nowadays are lucky to get our with more than 3 or 4 ribbons

Such is life in the Peacetime

Because american soldiers are snowflake pussies.

It's why they also need to be thanked for their service whenever possible and ask for discounts whereever they go.

Korea was the last time our soldiers were real men. Vietnam was a bunch of college kids forced into it when they didn't want to be so their PTSD is justified but anything after is just pussies.

>>35174172
Lol, I was Army 04-08 active duty and thought the first 4 or 5 medals I got were neat, after that I just stopped giving a fuck. Like 2 bronze stars (unit) and a valorous unit award and I couldn't be bothered to give one fuck about them. I remember being so proud of my GWOT medal fresh out of basic. I guess I was basic back then, huh?

>>35174131
It's for your own good, in case one of you thought it was literally candy

>>35174301
It's for the best, some of those ribbons are pretty colorful.

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>>35174117
> this guy showed up for his son’s stepfather’s graduation from basic training at Fort Benning dressed like this. According to our source, the MPs escorted his monkey ass off post;

>>35174399
Oh god, the boots make it so much better.

>>35173324

That dude actually fought in wars, though.

>>35174399
>son's stepfather

You mean the military man isn't the one who got cucked this time?

>>35173109
That guy is verified stolen valor as fuck. learn to troll better.

>>35174399

Wasn't he also a vet who got dishonorably discharged for repeatedly huffing paint?

>>35173921
Isn't it obvious?
Just take a proper look at the medals he is wearing and the "oh fuck, they know" look he has on his Down's syndrome looking face.

>>35176239
He was and died a couple of years ago, I almost feel bad for the guy, he obviously had some serious mental disorder.

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Real answer is because the US military is winding down from several wars, and units want to push medals to distinguish their soldiers for promotions for the enviable career hell of peacetime where privates snicker at deploymentless NCOs and officers.

Units going down range now like to cycle LTs through to get their deployment patches so they don't burn out. CIBs and CABs are given out to guys who slept through combat for being in proximity to it.

EIBs were worth more when I left in 2015 because everyone had a CIB.

>>35173678
>get ribbon for basic
>get two more ribbons because GWOT
>get awards, more ribbons and oak leafs
>go on deployment get shitload of ribbons and medals
>reach 3 years get ribbon
>go nco school get ribbon
>go korea get ribbon
and that is before you start counting the unit awards that includes both awards that are historical to your unit and awards that your previous units earned while you were there

Plus your 4 skill badges, plus a french rope plus your regimental affilliation plus combat unit badge

shit gets unmanagable quick

>>35173308
it's to let you know how much of a faggot you are until you earn some real awards

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>>35176882
And the German PT badge and the Schützenschnur. Soldiers look like something out of 80s funk band after a few years.

Making awards count towards promotion points was a mistake.

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Overuse of medals indicates a degenerate military

Pic related

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>>35176941
Does your country have the equivalent of a "thanks for coming" medal?

>>35176696
The word is inevitable.

>>35173934
Kek

>>35176970
The Good Conduct Medal

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Only a few of them actually mean anything, pic related.

>>35173130
If you removed all the excess shit and just had the ribbons it'd be master race. Ribbons are the perfect mixture of bragging and subtlety.

Why isn't there a KIA ribbon?

>>35176964
Damn, 66 months in combat zones?

>>35178417
Who's going to wear it?

>>35173712
This. USMC rifleman formerly. I love my Army bros but they get ribbons for shit we do but we don't get one.

I'm not jealous, good for them. But you can't give us a 1/1 comparison. We could have done the same exact thing and they'll have more.

No hate just honesty. Maybe a little jealousy, just a bit. But not really because a true Soldier stated it, so he gets it. All that matters, I don't care what civilians think.

Because war without all the ceremonial and symbolism is just savagery so we come up with finely orchestrated rituals and tokens so the next slaughter is justified with "glory" and "honor" or "traditions" and "heritage"

Things to be "proud of"! when all there is are 20 years old getting pierced and mangled and mashed to pieces by high velocity projectiles so people at home can rejoice over particular sets of colors and tell themselves fairy tales and how good those are and how war is good because look at all those fancy uniforms and medals it has to mean something deeper than people killing each other

yeah

>>35180508
It doesn't matter about the stack because we're already in dress blues, rah?

>>35180620
I only wore my dress blues 2 times in 4 years. Grunts wear Alphas. That's back before they issued them, so you could argue "I'm not buying that shit".

I skipped the Marine Corps ball but I did show up to my unit's celebration.

>>35180673
>Alphas
The absolute best modern US military uniform. I always thought the pickle suit was retarded looking.

>>35180549
>dude war sucks lmao

kys fag

>>35173109

Motivation.
It's like video game achievements, but IRL.

>>35180711
In my day, it was baller to show up in alphas. We we're sticking it out to the man. Usually our ribbons we're stacked way harder to hand out boot ass LTs.

And we were allowed to. Many asses were sore.

>>35176970
we have one but you need 10 years of service, if you didn't fuck up you'll get it automatically
t. Kraut

>>35173109
He's missing a Starfleet long service award.

>>35173109

My grandfather had the coolest fucking "fruit salad" I've ever seen. He was Navy in WWII, served on a carrier and then after the war he went into the Army Reserve because he missed being in the military and he was married to woman he more or less detested. Activated for Korea and just stayed in until he retired. He got out early in Vietnam but the ribbons were glorious.

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>>35176206
stolen valor are the best

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bring the iron cross back this shit's gay as fuck

>>35176970
Since my country has had no war but a gay-ass military dictatorship; all medals are either the UN peacekeeping missions stuff or the "mision cumplida" medal which is litterally a "oh so you were on the military in 1989? Here have a medal."

>>35174117
sgt. soup sandwich

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>>35180549
This