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Please explain this. What has one soldier being denied a CAB have to do with another soldier being denied the same one. Is there evidence of, as you seem to be saying, a trivial reason that would make him ineligible?

Very well. I believe that a General officer might not face as great a difficulty geting his award approved as would a junior soldier (who-as I pointed out earlier-had their requests for award denied for trivial reasons). It seems to me that a General officer would not be in position to qualify for such an award as would regular soldiers who run regular missions and patrols (our division commander, for example, moved from FOB to FOB by helicopter). For all I know, Patraeus is perfectly desering of his award. But I know soldiers who are just as deserving who have had their award denied and I wonder at the discrepancy.

Thanks for the reply. I think this has been resolved, however, by the posting of the regulation that covers the medal. It seems the issuance of the medal can be for actions seen previous to the date the medal was conceived.

Even thought the medal was 1st made available in 2005, even soldiers who saw the necessary action from 2001 forward would be eligible.

If there was a whiff of credibility to this absurd claim by KOS, the NYT and all the Networks would be all over it and they are not.