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braddy

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40. She was only a Company Commander, I would be surprised if she didn't.

Reply to GGJohn (Reply #33)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 08:11 PM

Feb 2015

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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) defends her 'combat veteran' status [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2015 OP

she looks like 1955 spanone Feb 2015 #1

Ernst is right. Ernst is a 'combat veteran' like Brian Williams is a 'journalist'. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #2

She's a dark ages fool, but she qualifies as a vet in my book. Leave her alone on this. on point Feb 2015 #3

Nobody is questioning whether she is a Vet or not NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #6

So she now must admit she never ONCE was in combat, or came under fire, but because NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #4

Then my father....the USCG Veteran who served during that war....was a "combat vet" VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #5

If the Pentagon and VA classify him as such, I guess so. braddy Feb 2015 #13

Was he in a designated combat theater? GGJohn Feb 2015 #18

No he was only a supply ship...he is NOT a combat Veteran and NOT eligible for VFW VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #27

From one Lifer to another, GGJohn Feb 2015 #28

how does she feel onethatcares Feb 2015 #7

Or how about Senator Kerry Bandit Feb 2015 #10

The Purple Heart 'bandaids" vankuria Feb 2015 #44

Veteran? Yes. Combat Veteran? No. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #8

Actually, she is a combat veteran as that term has been defined by the military onenote Feb 2015 #17

She was NEVER in a combat zone. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #19

Link? onenote Feb 2015 #22

"She spent 14 months in Kuwait in 2003-2004 as a company commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom." MohRokTah Feb 2015 #25

Not one of those links says rather or not she ever accompanied GGJohn Feb 2015 #29

Kuwait was a designated combat zone during Op. Iraqi Freedom, GGJohn Feb 2015 #24

Wait for it... Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #21

Had she once accompanied members of her unit out of Kuwait and into Iraq, I'd give her a break. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #23

Total combat veteran yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #31

she is a cartoon charactor olddots Feb 2015 #9

According to the Army anyone in Iraq is a combat veteran former9thward Feb 2015 #11

She never was in Iraq Bandit Feb 2015 #12

The OP says she served in Iraq in two different paragraphs. former9thward Feb 2015 #14

"combat veteran" has a very specific meaning Ex Lurker Feb 2015 #15

Senator Helmet-Hair (R-IA) longship Feb 2015 #16

Stolen-valor fraud. Being in a war zone doesn't equal TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #20

According to the DoD, GGJohn Feb 2015 #26

I understand the DoD designations. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #32

Fair enough. GGJohn Feb 2015 #33

I don't know. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #36

Be interesting to find out, GGJohn Feb 2015 #37

Again, not really. Not unless she got shot at, or shot someone, or got TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #39

She was only a Company Commander, I would be surprised if she didn't. braddy Feb 2015 #40

Perhaps by strict definition. old guy Feb 2015 #30

She's already picking out a flight suit for her carrier landing aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #34

My dad got one of these!!! Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #35

CIB is awarded only to Infantry units, GGJohn Feb 2015 #41

If the Pentagon classified her as a "combat veteran", and it seems that they do, Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #38

+1 onenote Feb 2015 #42

My Understanding erpowers Feb 2015 #43

I'd say we go with the DoD and VA's characterization of her service jmowreader Feb 2015 #45

She gets away with it because of Penatgon arthritisR_US Feb 2015 #46