{"id":61568,"date":"2015-08-26T07:25:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T11:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61568"},"modified":"2015-08-25T13:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T17:57:00","slug":"usaf-honors-a1c-spencer-stone-with-a-noncombat-decoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61568","title":{"rendered":"USAF \u201cHonors\u201d A1C Spencer Stone \u2013 With a Noncombat Decoration"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know that two American military personnel \u2013 A1C Spencer Stone and SPC Alek Skarlatos, Oregon ARNG \u2013 along with a civilian friend, Anthony Sadler recently were instrumental in stopping a terrorist massacre on a French train. Specifically, they disarmed a terrorist armed with an AK-47, a pistol, and a box cutter who was threatening passengers on the train.<\/p>\n

Well, the USAF has announced that they will honor A1C Stone. They\u2019re going to give him the Airman\u2019s Medal<\/a> <\/em>\u2013 a NONCOMBAT decoration.<\/p>\n

In the words of Max the Volkswagon: \u201cDat\u2019s . . . kool.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong. Yes, the Airman\u2019s Medal is a high honor. But to me, even though it\u2019s a high honor it seems completely inappropriate for this situation. The USAF should know that.<\/p>\n

The criteria for the Airman\u2019s Medal is that it may be awarded \u201cto any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or of a friendly nation who, while serving in any capacity with the United States Air Force … distinguished himself or herself by a heroic act, usually at the voluntary risk of his or her life but not involving actual combat.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

So, here we have an Airman who engaged an armed enemy in hand-to-hand combat, during a time at which said armed enemy was attempting to attack friendlies. And yes, I do mean \u201carmed enemy\u201d; we\u2019re still fighting terrorists and terrorism worldwide today.<\/p>\n

But to recognize the Airman involved for his heroism in doing that, the USAF is going to give him a decoration for noncombat<\/u> heroism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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