{"id":21577,"date":"2010-12-19T17:18:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T21:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21577"},"modified":"2010-12-21T20:50:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T00:50:28","slug":"stolen-valor-in-sfgate-homeless-vet-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21577","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Valor in SFGate homeless vet story"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you steal other soldiers’ valor, it’s a good idea to know what you’re stealing;<\/p>\n

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“This is the Expert Infantry badge, the highest peacetime award,” said Jason Nash, 44, pointing to an image of a rifle surrounded by a wreath. “You had to pass (several dozen) tactical tests and you can only fail two; I was the only one in my company to get it.”<\/p>\n

Post-military life has been tough for Nash. After serving in Operation Desert Shield\/Desert Storm, he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and a lung condition caused by the emissions from mortar cannons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The above picture and story was sent by my old buddy 1AirCav69 in an article from SFGate<\/a>. Anyone see an Expert Infantry badge in the picture? I see a Combat Infantry Badge. A CIB doesn’t require a test and it’s not a peacetime award. And although it’s true that you have to pass a few dozen tests to get an EIB, you can’t get the badge if you fail two of the tests.<\/p>\n

Someone tell me what a mortar cannon is. Carolyn Said should have done some research before she wrote the article…from someone who had more than two days in the infantry…maybe someone who really had an EIB.<\/p>\n

ADDED Sporkmaster:<\/p>\n

The reply from the author. <\/p>\n


\nThanks for your input. I just spoke at length with Mr. Nash and he is faxing me his papers proving that he received both the CIB and EIB. He explained that the EIB is not on his uniform because one cannot display both, but in our original interview he discussed the EIB with me at length because he was more proud of having received it, since he was the only one in his unit to pass the qualifications, he received it in his first year in the military as a private, and he got five days’ leave as a reward, which was a huge deal to him. I misunderstood that the badge on the uniform was not what he was talking about.<\/p>\n

After I see the papers, I will run a correction explaining the confusion about the two badges.<\/p>\n

Kind regards,
\n–Carolyn
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