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Originally Posted by Ronin 762
Yes there is embellishment in some awards... I have seen Valor awards given for rediculous things like, shooting a tank with an M16, Assaulting an empty building, and Shooting at your own Marine's positions. I have also seen fine men do amazing things that should have merited an award, but they recieved little or no recognition, because of fk-ups later in the tour, or the awards "quotas" were used up.
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One of my buddies was mentioned as being put in for a bronze star for jumping into a trench and smoking a bunch of Iraqi soldiers. It never went anywhere. But the BC got a bronze star for, I shit you not, calling in an airstrike.