Thanks, it's been said.
It's odd how medals used to actually mean something and now virtually everyone who has served gets them. I had no clue seeing as how I'm not affiliated with the military in any way. I guess it's one of those "morale boosting" bull **** tactics.
Apparently this guy was a fairly well-decorated officer.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/06/fort.h...pect/index.html
"He had been awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon, but was never deployed outside the United States."
It's funny how different people today celebrate it for different reasons.
"Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent:
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below,
to prove old England's overthrow!"
Tis true. My father was a chef for a time, before I was born and when I was very young, and he still refers to the front of the house as "waitscum" once in a while.
I wonder if 51-100 will include using a small plate to carry a bowl of soup. I specifically remember seeing a waiter put his thumb in somebody's soup while trying to carry it by the edge of the bowl because the bowl was hot.