{"id":122936,"date":"2022-02-15T07:27:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T12:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=122936"},"modified":"2022-02-15T07:28:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T12:28:35","slug":"funny-and-odd-names-for-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=122936","title":{"rendered":"Funny and Odd Names for Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ndsm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122937 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ndsm-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ndsm-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ndsm-314x333.jpg 314w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ndsm-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ndsm.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The website SOFREP published an article pointing out the humorous and odd names that common medals are given.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"text-2xl lg:text-4xl font-industry mb-2 leading-none md:leading-tight lg:w-10\/12\" data-swiftype-name=\"title\" data-swiftype-type=\"string\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sofrep.com\/news\/military-awards-and-some-of-the-funny-names-they-have-acquired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Military Awards And Some Of The Funny Names They Have Acquired<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-swiftype-name=\"title\" data-swiftype-type=\"string\">Receiving a military award or two is definitely something that a soldier should be proud of. That\u2019s a fact. The honor of being awarded one, whichever it is, does not only outwardly display the highlights of a soldier\u2019s career but also speaks of the selfless service that the person rendered for a greater cause.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-swiftype-name=\"title\" data-swiftype-type=\"string\">Brief summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purple Heart = The Enemy Marksmanship Badge<\/li>\n<li>Special Warfare Insignia = \u201cThe Budweiser\u201d<\/li>\n<li>National Defense Service Medal = The \u201cFire Watch Ribbon\u201d, Gedunk Medal, Pizza Stain<\/li>\n<li>The Legion Of Merit = The \u2018Blue Max of Baron\u2019 German Fighter Aces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also heard the Purple Heart called the &#8220;Zigged When I Should Have Zagged&#8221; medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The website SOFREP published an article pointing out the humorous and odd names that common medals &hellip; <a title=\"Funny and Odd Names for Medals\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=122936\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Funny and Odd Names for Medals<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":122937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[478,461],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-none","category-purple-heart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}