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Solice Kirsk posted:I want to know what they're for. A country like the US that has been constantly at war in one way or another since the 90's it makes sense to have a bunch of campaign medals and such. NK must give them out for shelling unoccupied islands or killing civilians or something. Having served in the Marines for four years (luckily staying out of war zones), this was my question, too. It's like the Army's award-giving philosophy taken to the nth degree.
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I could destroy them all I would need is a big rear end magnet
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Solice Kirsk posted:I want to know what they're for. A country like the US that has been constantly at war in one way or another since the 90's it makes sense to have a bunch of campaign medals and such. NK must give them out for shelling unoccupied islands or killing civilians or something. I believe a lot of it is because of not having a ribbon system for many of the medals - so all the long service, good conduct and so on things that are handed out like candy in NK have the full thing hanging on the coat.
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Apr 2, 2014 17:29
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You get a medal for getting a medal. Also you get a medal when you recieve two medals within a 24-hour span.
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Apr 2, 2014 17:53
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I get two medals 'fore I get two medals, and then I get two more
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:I could destroy them all I would need is a big rear end magnet You're assuming they have enough metal content. I'm betting a good majority of those actually contain chocolate (or whatever passes for a treat for the North Koreans who are able to eat) and are slowly consumed throughout the ceremony. On the subject of fake medals: 
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Apr 2, 2014 18:06
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A lot of those look like repeats of the same medal, so whereas in the US you'd get little devices on the ribbon these guys get the whole bling over and over. Also  at that Air Force guy's Combat Infantry Badge. I would imagine the number of airmen with one of those who didn't transfer in from the Army is pretty loving close to 0.
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Apr 2, 2014 18:16
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Those are actually ribbons 
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Apr 2, 2014 18:17
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Solice Kirsk posted:I want to know what they're for. A country like the US that has been constantly at war in one way or another since the 90's it makes sense to have a bunch of campaign medals and such. NK must give them out for shelling unoccupied islands or killing civilians or something. Hasn't NK officially been consistently at war for the past 60 years? Makes sense that they'd accumulate a few medals.
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Apr 2, 2014 18:20
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Solice Kirsk posted:A country like the US that has been constantly at war in one way or another since the 90's it makes sense to have a bunch of campaign medals and such. the 90's? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States
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Apr 2, 2014 18:22
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One Swell Foop posted:Hasn't NK officially been consistently at war for the past 60 years? Makes sense that they'd accumulate a few medals. There was no peace treaty after the Korean conflict but the DPRK hasn't really attacked anybody other than the USS Pueblo and limited engagments in the NLL with ROK (also a bunch of drug smuggling and SOF poo poo). Medals and badges like that are more indicative of a Stalinist influence than anything else. You should also google North Korea digraph.
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Apr 2, 2014 18:35
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tribbledirigible posted:On the subject of fake medals: Is this guy a fraud or something? I don't know anything about the medals and ribbons he has. But he looks too young to have accumulated all that.
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Apr 2, 2014 18:48
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Is this guy a fraud or something? I don't know anything about the medals and ribbons he has. But he looks too young to have accumulated all that. No those are real medals he posted on the subject of fake medals
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Apr 2, 2014 18:52
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Is this guy a fraud or something? I don't know anything about the medals and ribbons he has. But he looks too young to have accumulated all that. Yeah that's Audie loving Murphy there bud.
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Apr 2, 2014 18:54
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The article includes the real kicker. http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=24149  "Oh dahling, Army reg combat boots with AF blues? Can you spell fashion disaster?"
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Apr 2, 2014 18:56
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Solice Kirsk posted:I want to know what they're for. A country like the US that has been constantly at war in one way or another since the 90's it makes sense to have a bunch of campaign medals and such. NK must give them out for shelling unoccupied islands or killing civilians or something. Well technically Democratic People's Republic of Korea has been at war since at least the fifties so yeah.
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Apr 2, 2014 19:28
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That North Korean medal pic is a pretty obvious photoshop, but the original isn't much better.
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Apr 2, 2014 20:23
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR3wVooTGDk god dammit jimmy the skit is called "stinky harmonica"
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Apr 2, 2014 20:30
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muike posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR3wVooTGDk Gaki no tsukai's 24-hour no laughing new years special is good poo poo. Basically the whole thing is one big trap to get them to laugh as much as possible, which earns them a punishment. The punishment being a thwack on the rear end with a weird bat stick thingy. Team Gaki has a website and they've translated basically every 24-hour special since it started.
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Apr 2, 2014 20:37
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oldpainless posted:You get a medal for getting a medal. Also you get a medal when you recieve two medals within a 24-hour span. North Korea Army: Achievement Unlocked
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Apr 2, 2014 20:38
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the Enthusiastic Teachers one is probably translated the best because one of the guys in the show actually helped out on it. edit: it's probably also one of the funniest ones, but I haven't seen the latest one yet.
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Apr 2, 2014 20:38
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kinmik posted:The article includes the real kicker. Did they take him to a civilian hospital or a military hospital when they were done kicking the everliving poo poo out of him
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Apr 2, 2014 21:53
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Did they take him to a civilian hospital or a military hospital when they were done kicking the everliving poo poo out of him He died earlier this year in a military hospital from what I can tell.
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Apr 2, 2014 21:59
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muike posted:the Enthusiastic Teachers one is probably translated the best because one of the guys in the show actually helped out on it. It was great if only for one of the most emotionally brutal Thai Kicks in any of the batsu games but I really don't want to spoil what happened. Here's one of my favorite batsu gags: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp9oEc0kt8Q Show-Hei HEY
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Blackfish posted:It was great if only for one of the most emotionally brutal Thai Kicks in any of the batsu games but I really don't want to spoil what happened. Gaki no tsukai is becoming one of my favorite things to watch, too bad that I don't know Japanese. One of the great games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxXHw_0XzfY
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Apr 3, 2014 00:04
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Matsumoto looked like such a punk fucker when he had hair
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Apr 3, 2014 00:08
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Yeah, and Yamazaki's put on a fair amount of weight since then.
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Apr 3, 2014 00:12
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Japan.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Is this guy a fraud or something? I don't know anything about the medals and ribbons he has. But he looks too young to have accumulated all that. See bottom row on the right, the one that looks like a moose head? That's the airborne assault badge. Above and to the right is the parachutist badge, also called "jump wings." As mentioned, the blue rectangle with a wreath around it is for combat infantry. None of these are badges you would expect on a pencil-necked guy in an airforce uniform. This guy might as well claim to be an army submarine officer. The ribbons are irrelevant, except that there's way too many of them for a guy his age and dumpiness. From a page linked from the page linked earlier on this page: quote:For those of you who felt sorry for him because he looked like a fricken ritard – this might be the reason whyL he was busted for using percoset, mushrooms and huffing “shoe cleaner” and nitrous oxide as well as dealing meth
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New Leaf posted:He died earlier this year in a military hospital from what I can tell. http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=40011&cpage=2 quote:It is my sad and solemn duty to inform you all of the passing of Nickolas “Nick” Androsky, AKA Master Sergeant Soup Sandwich, on Saturday February 22, 2014. His brother emailed to tell us yesterday, along with a request that we remove the post about him. Of course, even if we were so inclined, Nick’s legacy is spread across the internet in a thousand forms, so I’m not disposed or inclined to comply with the family’s wishes
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Blue Footed Booby posted:See bottom row on the right, the one that looks like a moose head? That's the airborne assault badge. Above and to the right is the parachutist badge, also called "jump wings." As mentioned, the blue rectangle with a wreath around it is for combat infantry. None of these are badges you would expect on a pencil-necked guy in an airforce uniform. This guy might as well claim to be an army submarine officer. I showed the image to my dad (A retired Air Force officer) and he pointed out that not only is he wearing the ribbons wrongly (You're not supposed to have gaps between the rows, and several are placed wrongly in regards to the others as the highest awards are worn at the top) he's also got a National Defense Service ribbon in there, otherwise known as the "Alive in '65" decoration. There is no possible way he could have earned that. Edit: checking on-line reveals that it was re-issued for a time for the Persian Gulf war. Dude is still too young to have it, but he's got in there the NATO medal for service in Yugoslavia! Red_October_7000 has a new favorite as of 03:55 on Apr 3, 2014 |
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I say...we let them win!
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I like the Nazi ribbon/medal policy. They just kept upgrading the same medal until you had single-handedly won the war. Medal:_____________________Requirement: Iron Cross 2nd Class: ...................Destroyed a bunker/tank single-handedly. Iron Cross 1st Class: ....................Destroyed several bunkers/tanks single-handedly. Knight's Cross (MKI): ....................Killed or Destroyed 50 Allied/Soviet soldiers/tanks/planes. Knight's Cross (MKII): ...................Killed or Destroyed 100 Allied/Soviet soldiers/tanks/planes. Knight's Cross (MKIII): ..................Killed or Destroyed 300 Allied/Soviet soldiers/tanks/planes. Knight's Cross (MKIV): ..................Same as above, but you also sunk a battleship. Order of the Grand Cross: .............You're Hermann Göring.
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Joan Pujol Garcia's medals trump all others. He was such a good spy during World War II he won medals on both sides, and may be the only person to have done so.
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univbee posted:Joan Pujol Garcia's medals trump all others. He was such a good spy during World War II he won medals on both sides, and may be the only person to have done so. Agreed. 
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univbee posted:Joan Pujol Garcia's medals trump all others. He was such a good spy during World War II he won medals on both sides, and may be the only person to have done so. Henry Ford
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Ford got his medal because Hitler adored him and Ford's The International Jew was one of Hitler's favorite books. So he got it for being Henry Ford not for actually doing anything war related. He did make tanks and trucks and poo poo for both sides though.
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Blistex posted:Henry Ford Did he get one from the US? I know he got the Grand Order of the German Eagle, but I don't think he ever got a medal from the United States government.
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