Posted on Jun 26, 2015
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If the criteria was met and documented, should Army personnel be awarded the CAB for any combat service prior to OEF/OIF?
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SGM Matthew Quick
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Why wasn't it retroactively available in the first place?
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I don't know, I want suprised about that too.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
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My "guess" is that they didn't record combat "events" the same way (for the Army). If you weren't a Medic or Infantry there was no need to record it, therefore "they" (the powers that be) wouldn't have bothered, as it was an administrative burden with no reward.
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SGT Burleson Freddie
SGT Burleson Freddie
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So that made us poor Gun Bunnies, that had to fight along with the Infantrymen, after all the VC/NVA did try to over RUN us several times, just fat out of luck. I guess gun bunnies awarded PURPLE HEARTS, ARCOMS W/V, BRONZE STARS W/V, SILVER STARS, DSCS and MOH were not in Combat, in Vietnam. I am not even mentioning all the Rocket,mortar and RPG Attacks. I can seea Vietnam Artillery saw far more combat than an Infantrymen or other Soldiers awarded CIB or CAB. But Vietnam Veterans are use to all the slights, we had to live through them for 50 years. All those 58,200 on the wall were not all Infantrymen.
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SPC Indirect Fire Infantryman (Mortarman)
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As long as it is legit, yes!
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SFC Combat Engineer
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I never got one. Never. Then I see 4 star generals wearing them.......how did they get a combat action badge?????? This award is a buddy buddy award. So at the end of the day I don't want it because there's a lot of jokers out there wearing it just because they heard an explosion in the distance.
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