Why is Silver Medal of Valor the top award?

Started by OldSalt, March 31, 2010, 07:40:53 PM

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manfredvonrichthofen

It's not a congressional gold medal. You should look it up.


manfredvonrichthofen

That is not the presidential medal of freedom.

DakRadz

QuoteIt's not a congressional gold medal. You should look it up.

But you did refer to one, and one exists. So.

manfredvonrichthofen

I did not refer to a congressional gold medal, I said the presidential medal of freedom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom

DakRadz

Yeah, well, guess what! Neil Armstrong was awarded them BOTH! :D

:clap: Go Armstrong!

manfredvonrichthofen

Good, I say he deserves them both, and then some. So does everyone who died in any space shuttle launch explosion.

HGjunkie

Quote from: manfredvonrichthofen on June 14, 2010, 02:35:23 AM
Good, I say he deserves them both, and then some. So does everyone who died in any space shuttle launch explosion.
Armstrong didn't die in a shuttle explosion though... he landed on the moon. I do understand your point of view for that though.
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DakRadz

He is alive still, you know. That was worded in a slightly confusing way..

John Glenn is alive as well.

manfredvonrichthofen

No I didn't mean that he died. Just that all who did deserves it also.

HGjunkie

Quote from: manfredvonrichthofen on June 14, 2010, 02:38:30 AM
No I didn't mean that he died. Just that all who did deserves it also.
You definetly could have worded that better. But, you live and learn...
BTW half your sig is out. :D
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There's also the Congressional Space Medal of Honor:



It is the only U.S. medal (military or civilian) that includes a jewel (a diamond). And unlike the military's Medal of Honor, it does have 'Congressional' in its official title.
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Quote from: manfredvonrichthofen on June 13, 2010, 03:15:52 PM
There is something that all civilians are eligible to be awarded to include CAP, that is supposed to be the same as the CMOH. It is called the presidential medal of freedom. Obama however has been kinda tainting it by giving it to 16 people who did pretty much nothing to deserve it. He gave it to a comedian, and a few others who have done nothing to better the lives of others or anything.

I don't think so; the Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded:

Quote"... [to] those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."

Please take the partisan politics out of the equation. It isn't handed out as a political favor. Those people have earned the PMOF based on the above award criteria.
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Quote from: DakRadz on June 14, 2010, 02:34:23 AM
Yeah, well, guess what! Neil Armstrong was awarded them BOTH! :D

:clap: Go Armstrong!

Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the "Space Medal of Honor", not the Congressional Medal of Honor 
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