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"Brian Daily" <daily.brian@gmail.com.nomaps> wrote in message 
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> Bronze Star loses its luster in Iraq war
> July 24, 2006 8:26 PM / FUBAR .


        The "noble" ameKKKans even awarded bonze stars [posthumously
        of course] to the 4 Canadians killed by the heroic F-16 cowboys.
        So it is a bribe if nothing else [and it is NOTHING else]!!





> By CRISTINA RAMIREZ
> Scripps Howard News Service
> In the hierarchy of military medals, the Bronze Star ranks in the top 
> tier. But
> in the war on terror, some troops have been honored with the medal for 
> going
> above and beyond the call of duty, while others received it for just 
> getting the
> job done. For example, the Bronze Star has been awarded to:
>
>    * Army Lt. Col. Andrew MacDonald, Soldier Systems Center chief of 
> staff, for
> leading a team of military and civilians in delivering equipment to troops 
> in
> Iraq.
>    * U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Patrick Burke for "transporting a hospital" 
> from
> Pakistan to Afghanistan with "no pilferage or incident."
>    * Marine Cmdr. Alan Hansen, deputy force chaplain, for fulfilling his 
> role
> as adviser and confidant to service members of all faiths during his 
> deployment
> in Iraq.
>    * Navy Yeoman 1st Class Matthew S. Bryan for "repeatedly being under 
> fire in
> Iraqi convoys," but also for planning a party the =-- "Seabee Ball" -- in
> Baghdad.
>
> As the fourth-highest medal, the Bronze is awarded for heroism or 
> "meritorious
> achievement or service." According to the Military Awards Manual, a
> "meritorious" Bronze Star medal is given to individuals whose acts are 
> "well
> above the expected performance of duty." For particular acts of bravery,
> military members receive a Bronze Star for Valor.
>
> In the war on terror, the military has been generous. More than 47,000 
> Bronze
> Star medals have been awarded for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
> Enduring
> Freedom, the Wartime Award Statistics by the Military Awards Branch shows.
>
> That is substantially more than the 30,000 Bronze Star medals given during 
> the
> Korean War-- a war that involved triple the amount of troops and 
> approximately
> 20 times more casualties.
>
> About 500,000 troops have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more than 
> 2,600
> U.S. soldiers have been killed.
>
> On the other hand, during the Korean War -- sometimes referred to as the
> Forgotten War_ more than 1.7 million U.S. troops served there, and more 
> than
> 54,000 died, according to the Directorate for Information Operations and 
> Reports
> in Washington.
>
>