Distinguished Warfare Medal Rejected! Device recommended instead

The video gamers aren't going to get a medal for killing an American citizen as he drove in a car with his son and his son's friend? I wonder what the "device" will look like? A little black plane with a pinback? The Army started to go downhill when the Klintons decided that every Soldier should look like a Green Beret.
 
The video gamers aren't going to get a medal for killing an American citizen as he drove in a car with his son and his son's friend? I wonder what the "device" will look like? A little black plane with a pinback? The Army started to go downhill when the Klintons decided that every Soldier should look like a Green Beret.

I remember that soon after this farce was announced, a blogger put up some proposals for the medal that were hysterical. I'm sure I posted it here but can't find it as it's somewhere in 286 results found in the search feature.
 
Mebbe dey should call it the PlayStation medal...
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Pentagon: Drone pilots, cyber warriors might get medals after all
March 20, 2014 WASHINGTON — During an upcoming review of the military’s decorations and awards system, the Defense Department will reconsider the sensitive issue of whether drone operators and cyber warriors will receive medals for their service.
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s announcement last year that a new Distinguished Warfare Medal had been created for drone pilots and cyber operators drew heavy fire from veterans, politicians and others who objected to it being ranked above the Purple Heart and other decorations earned in direct combat.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel canceled the medal soon after taking office and said DOD would instead create a new device to affix to existing medals. But that decision is being revisited as part of an upcoming study of the military’s decorations and awards system that Hagel ordered Thursday.

The “comprehensive” yearlong review, to begin June 1, will be led by acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness Jessica Wright, and she will work closely with Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, the services, and the combatant commanders, according to Kirby.

“[The study will] determine the best way to recognize servicemembers who use remote technology to directly impact combat operations, such as through cyber and remotely piloted aircraft … That's part of the review, whether or not we should have a special device to go on another ribbon or [a new] medal,” Kirby said.

The review team will also look at how the awards program is structured to see whether it’s too service-centric, as well as examine the processes and procedures by which medals for valor are nominated in order to determine whether they can be improved, according to Kirby.

Pentagon: Drone pilots, cyber warriors might get medals after all - U.S. - Stripes
 

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