11-04-2012, 12:16 PM
Mind showing the U.S. documents?
I can't speak for the U.K. award, but for twelve years' service you seem to have been pretty busy, fortunate, or both.
Assuming you left service in 1992 immediately after the First Gulf War, you would have had to enter basic training in 1980.
You then would have been either a junior NCO or officer in the "late '80's." I can't imagine a LOM being awarded to either a U.S. or more importantly, foreign servicemember under those conditions. I have plenty of 7th Group friends who were fighting a "hot" Cold War in Central America in the late '80's and I'm pretty sure those "secret" wars weren't involving even our closest allies - SAS, SBS, or TAVN. Congress raked President Reagan over the coals for his activities there (Lt Col Ollie North) and the U.S. wasn't seeking a "coalition of the willing" to fight communism in Central America. Again, the LOM is an award reserved for senior recipients in combat or peacetime. I invite anyone to look here, but among foreign recipients, there are plenty of generals, admirals, marshals, etc.
Legion of Merit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Based on my conjectured timeline above, the BSM is in the realm of slight possibility, but not knowing the circumstances of the claimed awarding, possibility does not equal high probability. Again, the bar for awarding is higher for foreign personnel.
I am honored to offer $500 to see your docs with the name and/or personal information blocked out, either posted here or emailed to me. Such as sum is a mere price for my personal education or as a small token of thanks for an ally's service alongside deployed U.S. forces.
I can't speak for the U.K. award, but for twelve years' service you seem to have been pretty busy, fortunate, or both.
Assuming you left service in 1992 immediately after the First Gulf War, you would have had to enter basic training in 1980.
You then would have been either a junior NCO or officer in the "late '80's." I can't imagine a LOM being awarded to either a U.S. or more importantly, foreign servicemember under those conditions. I have plenty of 7th Group friends who were fighting a "hot" Cold War in Central America in the late '80's and I'm pretty sure those "secret" wars weren't involving even our closest allies - SAS, SBS, or TAVN. Congress raked President Reagan over the coals for his activities there (Lt Col Ollie North) and the U.S. wasn't seeking a "coalition of the willing" to fight communism in Central America. Again, the LOM is an award reserved for senior recipients in combat or peacetime. I invite anyone to look here, but among foreign recipients, there are plenty of generals, admirals, marshals, etc.
Legion of Merit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Based on my conjectured timeline above, the BSM is in the realm of slight possibility, but not knowing the circumstances of the claimed awarding, possibility does not equal high probability. Again, the bar for awarding is higher for foreign personnel.
I am honored to offer $500 to see your docs with the name and/or personal information blocked out, either posted here or emailed to me. Such as sum is a mere price for my personal education or as a small token of thanks for an ally's service alongside deployed U.S. forces.
