Not a bad idea seeing as you cant deploy until you reach 18
But im not a Veteran and dont consider myself one.
Next it will be Campaign medlas for being able to spell the country were fighting in!
Syri…ah damn it!
Syri…ah damn it![/quote]
Dont worry looks like we wont be going at last the system works!!
You’ve got no chance then Mabbz - you can’t even spell ‘medals’… :lol:
But im not a Veteran and dont consider myself one.
Next it will be Campaign medlas for being able to spell the country were fighting in![/quote]
Your personal preference (same here btw), but I was just pointing out the facts.
Wow! I never read this thread first time I saw it. glad I did now. I never realised what a hot subject it was. My personal thoughts are that the Veterens Badge is a nice to have. I was presented mine in the WO’s and Sgt’s Mess after completing 25 years service in the Army at my retirement dinner. It was a nice way to get it, presented by the CO, in front of my peers; better than through the post with your pension package like many of the others get their’s.
So, should I have got it? Well 25 years is a long time, folks!! I never served in Afghanistan or Kosovo (no medals) but spent over a third of that time in Northern Ireland (GSM1962 and AGSM) in the 1980’s and 1990’s mainly in South Armagh. I served in other locations around the world attached to the FCO in odd guises (no medals there). You will see that Iraq is missing from the list. I served 22 days in Iraq on a Police Operation (no medal there either). So, all I have is a couple of GSM’s and LSGC and GJM. Not much to show after 25 years but you know what? I’m actually not bothered. I know what I did and actually that’s all that matters.
As far as the Veterens Badge is concerned, I think providing you have completed training and have actually gone on strength at your unit then fair do’s.
You’ve got no chance then Mabbz - you can’t even spell ‘medals’… :lol:[/quote]
That would be the Army field cooking i mentioned…