Army retirement medal?

2014-03-21T13:30:30-04:00

Sgt. 1st Class Steven Janotta recently shared his idea for a retirement medal with the readers of Army Times, and he’s since
garnered thousands of supporters. Now one soldier has gone so far as to lobby
the commander-in-chief himself.

On Feb. 5, a White
House petition was created compelling President Obama to consider
instituting a retirement medal. The petition (which has a LONG way to go to
reach the 100,000-signature threshold for actual consideration) states:

“If a Soldier continued faithful service for at least two decades or more to
the US Army; then, their service and this significant event should be recognized
in the same light of day as medals awards for achievement or commendation at the
successful completion of a tour of duty; the only difference being this award
would be a culmination of decades of successful tours of duty around the
world.”

The petition, as of Monday afternoon, had only garnered 32 signatures. It
needs 99,968 by March 7 to get a response from the White House.

This came from an Army Times article dated Feb 10, 2014. I also believe that all services should have it not just the Army. What do you folks think of this?

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