{"id":27415,"date":"2011-11-10T19:43:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T23:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27415"},"modified":"2011-11-10T19:56:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T23:56:41","slug":"real-vets-can-history-be-rewritten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27415","title":{"rendered":"Real Vets? Can History Be Rewritten?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prompted by some of the comments here. <\/a><\/p>\n

And shaded by 40 odd years of occasional melancholy and a more current exercise.<\/p>\n

I always figured that much of the negativity associated with REMFs and FOBBITS was sorta like the inter-service rivalry we all enjoy. Sure there are shitheads who engender less than collegial feelings, but isn’t much of it less than real animosity?<\/p>\n

As for the broader divide of combat vs non-combat – I have struggled with that some but pretty much relegated such thoughts to being a waste of time. You sign up, take the oath, and do what you are told to the best of your ability. Used to work for me quite nicely too.<\/p>\n

Now for some background on my current effort that may belie all I’ve said. The Navy introduced the Combat Action Ribbon<\/a> in February ’69 and I was discharged in May of ’69.<\/p>\n

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I have this:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Click to enlarge<\/p>\n

So I’ve begun a process (thanks TSO) of seeing if I earned the CAR. With luck I might complete the bureaucratic song and dance before I die.<\/p>\n

There were other ships, and other events that would be even harder to verify even though they are in my memory, but I’m going with this one.<\/p>\n

Which brings us to… Why bother?<\/p>\n

Posting here has dredged up feelings I thought long gone. I sincerely doubt any here cares much, but I guess I DO care about the combat\/non-combat divide after all?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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