- Reaction score
- 114
- Points
- 680
Duey said:Armyvern, the first case cited would have gotten two medal as well, had the GCS existed in Apollo's day....but it didn't.
AFAIC, if Auntie Liz says you're entitle to something by her own rules, you should get it.
- 30 days in theatre or 90 days in support is what it takes to qualify for SWASM with bar.
- 30 days cumulative in theatre for the GCS w/ ISAF bar.
...easy to do in 4 1/2 months. This is sequential, doing one after the other, not like th ecase of the GCS and the NATO non-Art 5 ribbon of earlier ATHENA rotos.
Cheers,
Duey
I agree with you...but here's what confuses me.
Troops from 2RCR who came into theatre on the Op Athena TAT 3.5 months after we got there and who left theatre approx 1.5 - 2 months before we left were awarded the GCS/GCM as applicable.
Therefore, although announced after their time in theatre (which co-incided with those who did Roto2 Apollo /TAT/ and Roto Zero Athena) it was made retroactive to include them. Why did it not include all who participated under the new Op tour and mandated missions? We were told we weren't being awarded it as well because you can only have ONE medal per deployment despite the fact the mission/mandate had changed. And really, I am really OK with that.
So really the question is, why is it happening now for this tour? What new precedence has been set by this tour that was not set by the Apollo/TAT/Athena personnel?
???