Posted on Nov 17, 2013
What was your first awarded challenge coin? What is/was your most memorable coin?
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I just receive one today from the Georgia State University Panther Battalion. I assisted the University ROTC program with the commissioning one of their Cadets.
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CPT Aaron Kletzing
Looks great, 1SG. Though I would guess by now you have many coins higher in rank than O-4? ;-)
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First coin was as a young Soldier at Ft. Carson. I was working at Evans Army Community Hospital and heard a Dr. tell a nurse that he needed a Spanish translator to assist with a patient. I told him I spoke Spanish, he took me into the patient's room and I translated for him for over an hour, then I went back to my office and translated the discharge orders for the patient. At the end of my shift I returned to the patient's room with the Dr. to give them the discharge orders. When I came out of the room the Hospital Commander was there to present me his coin. This was my first "coining" experience and didn't know what was really going on. Later I received a second coin from my chief for the same reason.<div><br></div><div>Most memorable would be the one I got a few weeks ago. The Enlisted Diplomatic Association was invited to go bowling by the Colombian Ambassador to Bolivia in celebration of the Colombian National Police Birthday. At the end of the games the top ten high scorers received a coin from the Colombian National Police. Later I was talking to one of the police officers and told him we have the same tradition in the US Military. He said "I know. Where do you think we got the idea from?" He then tells me that the US Military and the Colombian National Police have a long history of cooperation and that "coining" is on of the many things that they have learned from the Yankees. Below is the coin, not the greatest picture but it will do.</div>
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Lt Col Luis A. Rojas
SFC Settle; Felicitaciones...great looking coin! Thank you for your service overseas, especially in representing the U.S. military in a very professional manner.
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SFC Laws, If I remember correctly you were at Carson when I received the coins I talked about in the first part of my story.
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