TacHel Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu recently presented a new medal to members of military units who helped in flood relief and control during the disastrous floods in the Russian far East. I'll post the establishment Order as soon as I find it.
JapanX Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 More like "who is flooded"? http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-floods-damage/25108436.html
Paul R Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Wow! That is a lot of people. How often does this happen?
TacHel Posted October 2, 2013 Author Posted October 2, 2013 I believe the term "biblical proportions" is justified in this case... http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2013/post-3030-0-09498300-1380755469.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2013/post-3030-0-83797900-1380755474.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2013/post-3030-0-57236100-1380755479.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2013/post-3030-0-53161700-1380755484.jpg http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2013/post-3030-0-38664400-1380755537.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2013/post-3030-0-35638100-1380755542.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2013/post-3030-0-39578700-1380755546.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2013/post-3030-0-68795800-1380755668.jpg
peter monahan Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 Coming back to that must be absolutely, mind-blowingly depressing! Acres and acres of water borne crap to shovel away, so you find your life's prized possessions and put them in a garbage bag. I think more and more as I watch see these scenes in the news that were I evacuating ahead of fire or flood, s**w the jewellery and electronics, I'd save the photo albums and favourite outfit, 'cause when the crews go home that might well be all that would be left. Where would you even begin to start the rebuild?Kudos and medals to the relief teams for sure, but probably deserved by some of the quiet survivors who just went back in and got on with their lives!
JapanX Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) Video http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201309271323-z3rr.htm http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201309271327-5c5s.htm Edited October 3, 2013 by JapanX
JapanX Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 Consequenses of such awarding policy (by the way, this lieutenant colonel is Afgan veteran)
TacHel Posted October 3, 2013 Author Posted October 3, 2013 Weird the medal didn't originate with the МЧС... One can easily guess Shoigu's previous job with his approval of this medal out of the Defense Ministry...
TacHel Posted October 3, 2013 Author Posted October 3, 2013 Consequenses of such awarding policy (by the way, this lieutenant colonel is Afgan veteran) He would've drowned in the flood from the weight of the blingbling he wears with his real medals...
TacHel Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 At least combat awards come first ... LMAO! Yeah! Got to give him that! He's way ahead of many others!
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