{"id":117158,"date":"2021-09-04T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=117158"},"modified":"2021-09-04T09:27:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T13:27:55","slug":"another-award-yawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=117158","title":{"rendered":"Another Award? (Yawn!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every time I see a photo of GEN Milley Veniili, my eyes glaze over. He\u2019s really got enough stuff on his suit jacket to set up shop.<\/p>\n

So I did a little back history on people who kind of earned what they wore, just to try to balance things out a bit, because not everyone in the military is a putz. And I went back to WWII for this, because the people who served back then do put most of these current clankers to shame.<\/p>\n

Just in case anyone was wondering, I started with Ike. He was elected President after Truman left office.<\/p>\n

Dwight Eisenhower’s awards are listed in a column on the right side of this Wiki article about him, as well as where and in which conflicts he served.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_career_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, I did look up MacArthur and Patton. Didn’t have to. Just thought I might drop in Ike’s stuff first, since I do remember when he was President (whether anyone liked him or not). It was back when Mao Tse-Tung was letting ten million people starve to death in Cbina and denying everything because he just didn’t ‘give a crap.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s Douglas MacArthur\u2019s ribbon rack:\u00a0 https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Service_summary_of_Douglas_MacArthur#Orders,_decorations_and_medals<\/a><\/p>\n

GEN MacArtuur had a mere 61 years of service (1903 to1964) when he passed (still on AD) in 1964. Not going into his attitude, just saying he seems to have earned that ribbon rack.<\/p>\n

I have also included that WWII Airborne officer James Gavin, who gave a pep talk to his troops while standing on the wing of an aircraft prior to embarking for Normandy, and when the 82nd<\/sup> Airborne returned to the USA, there was a parade in NYC.<\/p>\n

The link to the victory parade video is here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s90og73p2fo<\/a><\/p>\n

His bio is here, but they have his rank incorrect. He was a Major General. He told his recruiter that he was an orphan (which was true), so that he didn\u2019t have to get his adoptive parents\u2019 permission to enlist in the Army.\u00a0 https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_M._Gavin<\/a><\/p>\n

This link is even better:\u00a0 https:\/\/valor.militarytimes.com\/hero\/23091<\/a><\/p>\n

And then we have Patton. If you look at the list of his awards, it really isn\u2019t all that long, is it?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Service_summary_of_George_S._Patton#Orders,_decorations_and_medals<\/a><\/p>\n

Nah, compared to the sycophants infesting the 5-sided Puzzle Palace these days, those guys are really short of all that \u201cluncheon glory stuff\u201d.<\/p>\n

Not sure where my gedunk medal went, but that\u2019s one you don\u2019t have to fake. Everybody gets a gedunk medal. I do, however, have a whole bunch of very old, very faded ribbons from competing in horse shows when I was on the East Coast, and my horse and I earned that stuff, and there are all those awards I got when I competed in figure skating. Yeah, I did that, too. It was fun. I got a standing ovation for my impersonation of Tonya Harding and her whine about her skate not working properly at the Olympics, after her boyfriend tried to whack Nancy Kerrigan.<\/p>\n

But this current crop of Pentagon pencil pushers, chair warmers, and luncheon speakers? They\u2019re getting something for doing nothing other than sucking up to someone higher up the ranks. If you want to hire a \u201cYes\u201d man, go to the Pentagon and find a spot outside in the parking lot, and then set up a card table with job applications and a sign that says \u201cNow Hiring Yes Men\u201d. You’ll probably get a bunch of applicants.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, it\u2019s almost like looking at Rome in its decline. No spine. No gumption. No common sense. What would they do if a real war started and they had to put up with being posted to a hellhole in eastern Europe, and actually lead by example? That’s really asking too much of them, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

I wonder how these bozos will feel when the lights go out. I hope their wood chopping skills are good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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