Matt45
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Joined :: April 2003
Post Number :: 1278
WA, USA
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Earned it in the same proportions? Your kidding right? You earned your CIB, granted. Same proportions though, I will strongly disagree with. I didnt earn my CIB in the same proportions as the guys down on Haifa st. who where engaged everyday. Some guys got into more than others, we all earned it, but you would say that firing on a car and 1 IED attack=guys who were in 12 or more firefights?
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12 firefights? You patrolled with Korter an awful lot, huh? Shootin' at shadows?
It's hard to draw that line, and it's more of pissing contest than anything. The CIB simply establishes a basic standard, it's those who were awarded "V" devices that the props go to. And then again, for those of us that were there, we know who did what, award or not, deserved or not.
Besides all that-
You always had plenty of nuclear milk and rubber sausage at yellowcake, didn'tcha?
How d'ya think it got there, laddie? Leprchauns?
I had to drive, uphill, both ways, under fire- twice a day so you could enjoy those wonderful meals.
3 IEDs, but the first was the most memorable.
Maybe you forgot, but unlike the weak sisters who kept trying to stay inside the wire or Bn TOC, I went out on patrols, actively sought to work in the only MOS I am Q'd for, which was faaaaar outside the realm or scope of my assigned MOS.
Under fire both ways, Wow, I dont remember that, but ok. I didnt say I was in 12 firefights, I said some had been. Reading and understanding English is an amazing skill. I know what I did and I know what you did and what others in the company did. End statement is, everyone did their job, some more than others. It seems as time goes on the stories get bigger and bigger for some(insert corter here). 3 IEDs ok, how many did my truck take? Big deal. How many RPGs where fired on C-6 or small arms? In the end, it doesnt really matter, we made it home, Medals wont even get you a free coffee, again big deal.