🤣😂 yeah dude that sucks if you care about ribbons. Theres a song about going to die for nothing and getting a ribbon..thats cool, have you gained knowledge and lessons from your time in the Marine Corps? Could you try LAT moving? Dog stay in long enough and you'll see one for sure.
Same, once your out, nobody gives a flying fuck. Its cool when in, sure. I mean, I guess its nice to look at it once in awhile to remind one self of once having walked amongst giants or sum shit. But overall, it just collects dust, and im stuck with the body pains, divorce, and the mental stuffs
It's nothing but timing, and your time will come. Hell, I didn't even have the ND to go with my GC after 4 years. And then shit just blew the fuck up from that point forward. Finally got that ND, and a star to go on it.
The third ribbon is being in Oki for a year, bronze star makes 2 years. He’s at his second duty station, which likely means he’s halfway through his enlistment in Oki.
Once I got on station in Vietnam, I never heard anyone, any time, talking about any ribbons or medals, except maybe as a joke. To this day, I dont remember how I made buck sergeant. I sure af wasn't humping for it.
I DO remember my dad WW2 vet in the ETO. He and everyone else were just dumb country boys. Someone had heard about one of their guys who wasn't around any more, how he had won a posthumous medal and got to go home, and they all wanted one, yoo..
I'm a SSgt with 2 hash marks and no good cookie. Thats literally my stack too. Wouldnt say I tried to get caught, but the stuff I was getting up to was just not worth hiding, like chucking eggs at my Plt Sgt's window when I was a Lance lol
Either you've been in for ten years and haven't served 3 consecutive years without getting an NJP, or you are owed a good conduct medal. That would make it 4 medals at least.
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u/ThatMexicann 1d ago
Ten years with only 3 ribbons is rough. Have you tried going to war perhaps?