OR are US medals given out too easy ? example bronze star US is same as UK military medal on ebay a bronze star is £10 ? military medal £200
2006-10-24 11:22:54 · 25 answers · asked by uk expat 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Sorry forgot to add , troops in US get a medal everytime they have a crap !
2006-10-24 11:24:59 · update #1
to answer a previous answer , yes replacements are available , but if you are british they were a lot harder won so you would look after them , no need for copies !
2006-10-24 11:30:16 · update #2
A military medal is the lowest galantry award in uk same bronze star ? All uk medals of that type were named so could traced to a man , you are not buying a piece of tin like a bronze star !
2006-10-24 11:35:31 · update #3
answer to idiot wind ! The value of ENGLISH medals reflects how it was earned , try and buy GUY GIBBSONS VC for example
2006-10-24 11:38:56 · update #4
Cos they like to make them look pretty !
2006-10-24 11:44:28 · update #5
Message to SJSOSULLI ,read other comments nuff said !
2006-10-24 12:24:41 · update #6
SJSOSULLI ,dont shop on ebay for worthless bits of US tin , have respect for the uk guys that earned medals !
2006-10-24 12:27:48 · update #7
As a prevoius answer , tour of duty , USbomber crews had to do a lot less missions in WW2 than UK counterparts just one example !
2006-10-24 12:30:12 · update #8
Purple heart ? is that not a drug ?
2006-10-24 12:32:00 · update #9
How many medals were given out for loosing in vietnam ?
2006-10-24 12:34:12 · update #10
Can anyone tell me how many CMH have been awarded and when they were first awarded ?
2006-10-24 12:36:45 · update #11
Tom 1 , you must have a chest full !
2006-10-24 13:09:28 · update #12
US Medal system is different than the UK's.
Also, you can buy replacement medals in the US.
Can you buy replacement medals in the UK?
2006-10-24 11:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by DW 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I once went to a formal dinner where both and US Army colonel and a British colonel were present. The US colonel was the Co of a NATO logistical base in Europe and looked after the allocation of materiel to US and NATO forces. The British colonel was the CO of a regiment and had served in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. He had also served as an advisor in Rwanda and Timor Leste.
The British colonel had one row of medal ribbons including his campaign ribbons. The US officer had 5 rows and had no campaign ribbons as he had never been on active service.
I know this because we asked, the difference was so obvious.
The answer is simply that most American ribbons are not gallantry or campaign medals but are linked to time served, qualifications and courses, responsibilities etc.. I believe that the top row is the important one.
2015-12-07 14:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you write something like this, it really doesn't have much meaning - it depends on the pfc and the general . . .
What you could do is find some type of research on the distribution of medals and ribbons in both the US and the UK, and make a comparison.
With research, you could see the average number of medals for a general in each service, a pfc in each service, and the average given to each rank.
Then, it might also be interesting to look at how many US military have died or been wounded in the last 10 years in combat, and compare that to UK statistics.
Do that and then come back and tell us!
2006-10-24 11:28:08 · answer #3 · answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The criteria for SOME US Army medals are not very tough to meet. The Bronze Star is NOT one of those. I don't understand your ebay example to well. If you're saying that a US Bronze Star is 10 pounds on ebay and a comparable UK medal is 200 then that's just the medal - not the earning behind it.
The medals by themselves don't mean squat. It's what it took to EARN them that means the most.
Everytime they have a 'crap' eh? I think that's a little harsh. Let's just agree that the criteria for earning medals is different from the US versus the UK.
2006-10-24 11:27:00 · answer #4 · answered by Scotsman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The earning of a medal, citation, or other award or commendation is not so easy as you would try to trick people into believing, my friend. The price for earning a medal is much more than what you might buy one for on e-bay. That you would shop for military medals on e-bay is pretty disturbing, in my book, and I have earned my honorable medical discharge, complete with my ribbons and medals.
Maybe the PFC actually got off his/her duff, stormed a hill, was riddled with bullets/shrapnel, and still managed to perform his/her given duty in the face of incredible odds. You disgust me with the way you try to make your country, an allied nation, look better by cheapening another nation's soldier's duty. That is unethical, amoral, and dishonorable in the extreme!
2006-10-24 11:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by sjsosullivan 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Everyone gets the Army Service Ribbon and the National Defense Service Medal. I'd expect an infantryman to have a rifle marksmanship award. Bit surprised they qualified in pistol, though.
2016-05-22 10:40:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hardest earned medal the US can award is the Medal of Honor. 3,460 have been awarded since its conception in 1862, nearly half of that number being awarded in the American Civil War.
The hardest earned medal in the UK: The Crest Toothpaste Healthy Smiles Award. Times presented: 0
2006-10-28 01:00:16 · answer #7 · answered by spork02 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are three different type of medals. Skill metals such as the bubbles meaning they passed the scuba class, combat medals and some have gotten foriegn medals. The U.S. military also has campaign ribbons. This is a resume and experience system. It's not a bravery system. In combat, soldiers don't even wear their rank let alone their medals and ribbons.
2006-10-24 11:34:33 · answer #8 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UK forces medals are simply allot harder to earn. For medal involved in campaigns you may have to be there for a period of 90 - 120 days. You may find your self returning to the same theatre but you will not receive another medal.
There is a story that there were two USAF pilots who received Falkland medals for flying over whilst the conflict was on going.
US forces believe in reward and therefore make it easier to receive some medals and awards. Were UK forces is based more on duty not reward.
2006-10-24 12:05:37 · answer #9 · answered by dcukldon 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
To answer your first question before you went rambling off on a rant. A US PFC has more medals than a British General because he's smarter, better trained, braver and a whole lot better looking. Every time a US PFC takes a crap another British general is born. British medals cost more because so few of them are earned.
2006-10-24 12:21:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
So is this really a question or are you just here to say how much better the UK Army is better than the US Army? Just because the soldier is a PFC does not mean he has not earned his medals.
2006-10-24 13:53:15 · answer #11 · answered by Curt 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋