For those, like myself, that may have been confused about Medals....

[kentuck]

http://www.americal.org/awards/achv-svc.htm

[Feanorcurufinwe]

1. I hate to bring up this detail, since it is probably irrelevant,

but those are Army regulations, not Navy regulations.

[Jack from Charlotte]

2. Note some of those are not medals won in combat.......

like The Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Service Medal.

[Walt Starr]

5. Also, not accurate either

This site is good for information regarding order orf preference:

http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/army2.shtml

and

http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/navyrib.shtml

[Walt Starr]

3. Navy is a bit different

Navy Medal of Honor
Navy Cross
Defense Distinguished Service Cross
Navy Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star

BTW, A lieutenant in the Navy is a captain in the Army. A captain in the Navy is a colonel in the Army, not to be confused with a lieutenant colonel in the Army which is a commander in the Navy.

[pocket]

4. medals, shmedals

it's all frippery

[Gildor Inglorion]

6. Nonsense! It's not "frippery" at all. Medals mean a lot in context.

Medals for valor and for being wounded in action are FAR from frippery.

[luaneryder]

7. You're welcome to your opinion

but I'm pretty fucking proud of my ARCOM.

[tabasco]

8. As you should be. Thanks for your service!

I'm pretty proud of my CIB, myself.