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Angleae

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6. Criteria is only a little more than "you didn't screw up today"

Reply to Raven123 (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 31, 2019, 08:00 PM

Jul 2019

"You suck up well, here's a medal"
"You made me look good, here's a medal"
etc

And as memory serves, it only takes an O-5 to approve an achievement medal (maybe O-6). It doesn't go up to SECNAV or CNO.

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Trump Orders Navy to Strip Medals from Prosecutors in War Crimes Trial [View all] Eugene Jul 2019 OP

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I thought this was a parody...until I realized its not Pachamama Jul 2019 #2

Does the Navy give out such medals so easily? Raven123 Jul 2019 #3

High honor and service is not just limited to fighting forces. FredSanderson Jul 2019 #4

Criteria is only a little more than "you didn't screw up today" Angleae Jul 2019 #6

Trump doesn't know how the Navy works. Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #5

Wish the NYT article had been so informative. Raven123 Jul 2019 #8

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