Nope, no badge for me! But I did get a ribbon for surviving basic! Seems like they are trying to make medals/ribbons worthless. Don't want the little darlins to get their feelings hurt cause everybody else got one and they didn't. Now I don't see anything wrong with giving out badges/medals or what ever for your Specialty, but they SHOULD NOT make it look like something that DOES mean something, Like the SEAL badge, or Purple heart or Bronze star... you get my drift. For Crying out loud, my uncle got a Purple heart in Vietnam cause he got stung by a scorpion!
Great to hear about you daughter. I guarantee she has and will continue to earn her badge.
You have GOT to be kidding!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I got bitten by a centipede while squatting to "do my business" -- that sucker really stung and the centipede was only about two inches long! I was concerned because at the time I thought they were poisonous. When I told the Corpsman about it he just looked at me and said " so what do you want me to do about it"? I would have never even considered putting in for a Purple Heart - that's for wounds in battle!
I AM very proud of my Eagle, Globe, and Anchor! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
