Ulsterman Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) hee-hee-As a lawyer, I'm all over questions of intent and enactment of statutes/regulations. U.S. military regulations however, well, my time with the U.S. military stretches directly and indirectly from 1960 to today and as you know, nothing is sometimes more dangerous to military efficiency than regulations. Let me tell you about the (brief) time back in 1971 when all AAFES/ Europe boxed mail was sent via the Spanish postal system! or how I once went TDY and ended up in Iceland for a fun-filled two weeks instead of landing at McGuire AFB (because transfer flight orders were required for each flight taken-so if one gets off to buy a souvenir at Reykjavik during refueling, suddenly you need "new" travel orders! Also, as someone whose personal home number was once accidentally listed as the NORAD/Europe liaison/question number.....for three years (!)..... despite reams of mimeographs being filled out and submitted.... I note that Bender's book also includes an interpretation of a 12 month service requirement. Personally, had I been a units' clerk/officer, I'd have read it your way Doc and Col. McC., but it's an interesting question and I'd like to see service records either way. Like I said, I know a bunch of guys who have this medal, but they were all in in 1940.The navy requirement for the ribbon was ONLY 10 days service, which further argues that the army must've clarified further at some point. In 1941 there were what, an additional @130,000 troops called up before Pearl? Edited January 13, 2009 by Ulsterman
Ulsterman Posted January 13, 2009 Author Posted January 13, 2009 oops-Jeff, I don't know what happened, but this supposed to tag onto the other thread about the US ribbon bars-sorry.Can it be merged?
Doc Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah, agree that some service records would help eliminate the discussion. But, I don't have any available, nor time to dig into them to prove what is, after all, a very minor issue to me. Nice discussion, though. Doc
Guest Rick Research Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Which other thread? Probably easier to copy and paste what you had above to where it should be.I can split but merging is :speechless1:
Doc Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 I think he intended it to go into "Ribbon bars help please US". Doc
Ulsterman Posted January 13, 2009 Author Posted January 13, 2009 I think he intended it to go into "Ribbon bars help please US". Docyup-
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