03-18-2007, 06:38 PM
I really like how nicely made these medals/orders are. Unfortunately, the US awards are no where near the quality of the former USSR.
A true story...one of my friend was getting awarded an Air Medal for his service in Somalia. Now, an Air Medal is not something that gets awarded that often back then so everyone had to show up for the ceremony. So this guy stood on stage for a few minutes to get this medal pin on, took a few photos with the battalion commander, and proceeded to march back to his seat. He did a snap turn to get to his seat and we all heard something metallic clanging down the aisle back toward the stage. Well the noise came from the Air Medal which came off the hanger. This guy was oblivious, he just went back to his seat with just the hanger dangling from his uniform. We had a pretty good laugh at his expense.
A true story...one of my friend was getting awarded an Air Medal for his service in Somalia. Now, an Air Medal is not something that gets awarded that often back then so everyone had to show up for the ceremony. So this guy stood on stage for a few minutes to get this medal pin on, took a few photos with the battalion commander, and proceeded to march back to his seat. He did a snap turn to get to his seat and we all heard something metallic clanging down the aisle back toward the stage. Well the noise came from the Air Medal which came off the hanger. This guy was oblivious, he just went back to his seat with just the hanger dangling from his uniform. We had a pretty good laugh at his expense.
