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Obama Executive Order Makes Foreign Armies Eligible for DoD Medal
PJ Tatler ^ | April 18, 2014 - 4:24 pm | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 04/19/2014 12:46:03 AM PDT by Olog-hai

President Obama signed an executive order today extending eligibility for the third-highest Defense Department recognition to foreign armies.

“Executive Order 12019 of November 3, 1977 (Establishing the Defense Meritorious Service Medal), is amended by inserting, ‘or to any member of the armed forces of a friendly foreign nation,’ after ‘any member of the Armed Forces of the United States,’” said the short order. …

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: dmsm; executiveorder; foreignarmies; medals; obama

1 posted on 04/19/2014 12:46:04 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“We are the world . . . we are the children . . .”


2 posted on 04/19/2014 1:08:43 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
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To: Olog-hai

Just an Officers medal anyway. They even admit that an enlisted man is not eligible as a practical matter.


3 posted on 04/19/2014 1:17:16 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Olog-hai

Muslims are lining up all over the world. They like a reward for their dirty.


5 posted on 04/19/2014 2:12:23 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: F15Eagle

This is like Caligula making his horse a senator. Chaos all the time, every time. What a nut.


6 posted on 04/19/2014 3:17:37 AM PDT by x_plus_one (Islam Delenda Est)
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To: DesertRhino

Evens things out.

The Good Conduct Medal is for enlisted personnel only.

:)


8 posted on 04/19/2014 3:25:41 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: Olog-hai

Remember when we awarded you this pedal of priase, we need your help now to fight domestic terrorism in our country now, dont you just love transparency


9 posted on 04/19/2014 4:00:58 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe the red green skit of him listening to Hap Shaunessy getting the medal of honor from Bernie Montgomery while in the Canadian army during WWII might have been kind of prophetic.


10 posted on 04/19/2014 4:54:31 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Olog-hai

Everything Obama does makes sense if you think of his administration as a department of the United Nations. I truly believe Obama considers himself to already be part of a global government. This is why he willingly throws his fellow Democrats under the bus with issues such as the Keystone Pipeline.

Our Dear Leader is more concerned with preparing for his ultimate role as Secretary General of the UN and Campaigner-In-Chief for the United World Government. Think of all the nice golf-courses there are throughout the world.


11 posted on 04/19/2014 5:34:48 AM PDT by Junk Silver
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To: Olog-hai

From the description in the article it doesn’t sound like much of a medal. American servicemen received the Legion of Honor etc. from the frogs. Seems like a much higher honor than this medal. I will admit not much knowledge on these matters. It certainly does not rank with a Bronze or Silver Star.


12 posted on 04/19/2014 7:16:45 AM PDT by prof.h.mandingo (Buck v. Bell (1927) An idea whose time has come (for extreme liberalism))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

> the Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Hmm, must be he’s found some jihadists who have “earned” it. Probably those killers in that Benghazi death squad.


13 posted on 04/19/2014 7:36:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: x_plus_one
This is like Caligula making his horse a senator. Chaos all the time, every time.

Yes. Insightful...

14 posted on 04/19/2014 8:14:03 AM PDT by GOPJ (MSNBC reporters couldn't spot a criminal if he was at the company Christmas party.)
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To: Olog-hai

We are all citizens of the world.


15 posted on 04/19/2014 8:29:53 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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