I’m glad it was; there was enough combat tourism already without it with certain higher ranks finding “reasons” to go on trips outside the wire; I can’t imagine how fucking stupid it would have been with it.
Also, the Canadian Army is a lot smaller, if you tell someone you’re unit and when you were over, odds are they’ll know what you did and where; and most civi’s don’t know the difference either way.
Evilbred on
People were worried it would qualify alot of the staff officer afghan tourism medals that were handed out.
Withoutwarning6 on
The cancellations were more about top brass being jealous than anything else. Egos of all branches couldn’t face the fact that, up and coming personnel would have an acknowledgment of combat and they did not.
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Peace keepers. Canadian peace keepers.
I’m glad it was; there was enough combat tourism already without it with certain higher ranks finding “reasons” to go on trips outside the wire; I can’t imagine how fucking stupid it would have been with it.
Also, the Canadian Army is a lot smaller, if you tell someone you’re unit and when you were over, odds are they’ll know what you did and where; and most civi’s don’t know the difference either way.
People were worried it would qualify alot of the staff officer afghan tourism medals that were handed out.
The cancellations were more about top brass being jealous than anything else. Egos of all branches couldn’t face the fact that, up and coming personnel would have an acknowledgment of combat and they did not.
Wasn’t the last combat deployment like 2010?