My Grandfather fought the Japanese for four years in Burma and escaped from a POW camp, he had Four Medals. My father was a RM Commando Raider and fought with the US marines at Chosin in Korea, and he had three medals and a Presidential citation. I spent 23 years in the military, fought in four campaigns and have five medals , none of which are Jubilee/celebration medals. Was my service superior to either of these men? No, All British medals, that are not for gallantry, do Is tell you where the man has been not what he has done.
I served in the Royal Navy for 40 years and have 3 medals and a bar, your array of medals depends on where you served; mind you I was a Submariner, so of course I never went anywhere !!! Many people served in several war zones and saw things I would never want to see. I thank them for their service.
@@matthewfindlay2242 2 Para Squadron RAF Regiment are very tough troops and go through a very hard selection process, and most of the others are as good as any in the Army, i have had the privilege of RAF and Army service as experience to base that on.
Medals hold no weight unless you know why they are awarded. Once you understand their meaning then you can make an informed statement of one’s career in the military
This one for making the best pasta for the squadron. This one is a medal for the best spit shined shoes in the battalion. This ione is for the best bed with formal folds. And this one is for the best ironed trouser in formation.
Never make a general judgement based solely on a display of medals. Some medals are awarded just for being sent somewhere but not necessarily doing anything whilst there. Some medals are given as souvenirs of our monarch’s anniversaries or a royal event. Very few medals are earned for bravery or distinction of active service and they are the only ones that really count.
That's not true. Just because you served in a war zone and were at risk doesn't mean you served any less than taking out an enemy position single-handed. Having one Wizz above your head doesn't earn you a mention in dispatches, but it proves you were part of a collective machine. The amount of medals this guy was wearing can't all be commemorative. Get a grip.
@@Dibley8899 Pardon me? There is a HUGE Difference! FOB is vastly different than sitting in the rear echelon serving at a desk or serving meals! Frontline Combat is EXTREMELY different because your odds of Killed or Wounded is much higher ratio than the Mess duty or desk duty! YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN COMBAT or you would not say such an ignorant statement! There is a vast difference! Only one he is wearing is the Iraq Campaign Decoration! The rest he is wearing are Ceremonial and Long term Service. Look them up on their Chart! He does not have a special bar or palm attachment which would denote actual combat or some mention in dispatches for special recognition. Every Service Member of all World Armed Forces receive a Campaign Medal when sent to overseas in combat action. You can also earn a NON Combat Decoration to being sent overseas to locations or bases NOT INVOLVED A COMBAT ACTION. Like being sent to South Korea as example in a rotation or to another foreign base deployment that has NOTHING to do with a Combat or Police Action. They will have their own color recognition for that ribbon. None of these Soldiers have such Decorations with a special device attachment on them that involve actual combat roles or some note of distinction. Also, if they had served along as UN or NATO then they would have that award as well.....none of these men have that decoration. NONE of these men are wearing decorations for any heroic or valor decorations such as the VC, DSC, DFC, GC, MC, or any of the other distinction Medals. There is a list of who earned those...none are among these men. Plus none are wearing the Hors de Combat
Medals to include QE2 golden, diamond and platinum jubilee medals, KC3 coronation medal, long service medal and maybe throw in Afghan and Iraq deployment medals.
There is a simple way to overcome the situation where the wrong command is given. Because all will be well practised they will all know what the correct command should be (just like KCS silent drill) and should be briefed to carry it out so instead of the flight looking shite the person giving the command is shown up as incompetent. I did see a parade in Lincoln Castle a few years ago where the officer gave a wrong command during the present arms which caused utter chaos and much embarrassment.
A number of the personal have a hefty set of medals! Including the lady leading the band and one or more of the KCS. As the youngest service the RAF has the newest traditions. The exemplary marching of the Kings Colour Squadron is one of them, but they’re only human. The British armed forces march well with discipline and pride, but it’s not the robotic style and exaggerated steps of some less democratic countries. My Dad joined the RAF age 16 part of Number Five boy entrants and was trained as a photographer. 1937
Until a few years ago, we would say that the RAF was so new that it had habits rather than traditions. Now that the junior service has clocked over 100 years of existence, I suppose we can let them be called traditions.
It makes me laugh how some people are all to quick to pick holes . If the shoes was on the other foot theyd shit there pants. Why cant these people show some respect theres a fare few Afganistan medals amongst that lot.I know theres quite a few people watching this that didnt agree with what went on over there. but our lads did it anyway with no arguments .
That's exactly right. Everyone serving at the time gets to wear commemorative medals mixed with operational medals. This guy's medals can't all be commemorative. There is a lot of petty jealousy in the armed forces today, and it's not as hard as it was 50 years ago.
It is the Iraq Campaign Medal he is wearing not the Afghanistan Campaign medal. Though he may have it and it is obscured from view BUT ALL MILITARY FORCES DEPLOYED OVERSEAS RECEIVES ONE!
@@highcountrydelatite RAF means Royal Air Force. You do not receive any decoration just being there 24 hours. You have to complete an assigned time of deployment.
@@highcountrydelatite You don't know my history! Many? THAT WAS Only the Iraq and Afghanistan War carried that condition and it still required soldiers to have already been in the Military for a minimum period of enlistment and received that Campaign star if part of "particular phase". It did not entitle soldiers being transferred from one base to another with a layover of 24 to 48 hours at the Combat Area ( in country ) My father served in WW2, Korea and Vietnam and there were many layovers. And I know YOU dont come close to all the decorations my father or his brothers received! It still requires 30 days minimum of non stop consecutive combat duty or being in country in a long war. They DONT SEND soldiers in to serve just a 24 hour period then rotate them out! Only Special Forces, Navy Seals etc. get sent to short term "visits" and rate a star to their campaign medal and "only if it is part of a particular phase"! There were a ton of soldiers sent through both Iraq and Afghanistan on their way to a different deployments like in Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia. There were a ton of Soldiers just doing transport coming in from outside of those campaigns to bring in supplies....they rate the Campaign and star ONLY UNDER certain circumstances. Spare me the BS that soldiers went in for just 24 hours then were rotated somewhere else! That is horse shit!
If you did your 22 years between roughly 1990-ish and 2015-ish then you could easily have picked up this number of medals. It's not unusual- watch the Remembrance Day Service in Whitehall and you will see many of similar age.
King's Colour Squadron. Since its formation, it has been formed exclusively by Officers and Gunners of No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment. Nearly all of them are wearing the Coronation medal, but others also have the Platinum Jubilee Medal and others as well as campaign medals for service overseas.
When I worked in the Veteran's hospital they attributed some medals to "The Battle of Bien Dien" Which sounds exotic...but it's actually BN-DN Been Nowhere....Done Nothing So...start at the furthest right...that's the one that defines the man
6 medals is not bad at all shows he has done some time. I view my medals as time I have spent away from loved ones and special moments I have missed while serving.
My son, who is still serving in the army, started his career at the age of 16, now 48. He has 10 medals, of which 4 are campaign medals, long service with bar and 5 medals of the jubilees and Coronation... His older brother has 8, and I have 8.....
And the glorious Warrant Officer's badge which he and others like him would have worn post war were terminated by the usual no nothing venal government. Not the Guards though, they've kept theirs . 😡😡😡
Sadly the RAF have been allowed beards since 2019,the Army only allowed them a few weeks ago. I still don't think it looks right except in specific jobs,but this is just the opinion of an old soldier.
You are totally ignorant! That one British Soldier standing out front has a Iraq deployment medal, the rest are Ceremonial, Jubilee, Long Service. The UK Decorations these men are wearing are given to every member of the British Military depending on length of time in their military service. None of these have anything to do with Valor or Combat! These are Ceremonial Decorations honoring the Monarch's reign. The US Armed Forces do not have such decorations honoring Monarchs or Presidents. THAT IS HANDING OUT MEDALS LIKE CANDY. The US Military is the hardest to earn Valor decorations just like it is difficult to earn the British VC, Only High Ranking Officers just like in all Militaries earn as a standard non valor Distinguished Service type decorations. Enlisted men do not get those! American Armed Forces do not receive Knighthoods or Orders not since WW2 and that was ONLY to the highest ranking Generals in Combat Command. Nor does the US Enlisted men receive automatic honorific medals. They have to be in Combat and have done an act of extreme bravery to earn low level Valor decorations unless it was something extraordinary bravery to earn higher V honors. EVERY Military has long service decoration upon completing their designated period of enlistment, each successful completion another is earned where it is either a star or bar added to the previous one. Then deployment medal, or campaign medals and depending on how many times deployed in the same campaign a star or bar is added! Every Military has this same form of system of service decorations, Except the US Armed Forces DOES NOT HAVE CEREMONIAL DECORATIONS! My father was a US Marine in WW2, Korea and Vietnam and they do not give out decorations just willy nilly and he was in Combat in WW2 and Korea. He was on Iwo Jima and just 20 feet away on Mount Suribachi when our cousin Harold Schultz raised the Flag. You can have US Service men in years of frontline Combat and only receive a Combat recognition and or Campaign medal. Just like my father served in 2 wars in combat and never received anything of Valor, same with 2 of my father's brothers who survived the Bataan Death March and 3 years as a POW's but they were never awarded any Valor decorations only the same campaign decoration and just the POW medal. High Ranking officers taken prisoner would receive high valor decorations like General Wainwright getting the Medal of Honor. For what? High Ranking Officers of ALL WORLD MILITARIES give High Decorations to each other to pat themselves on the back BS
After 2 wars and twenty yrs at war I have twenty medals from the navy to the national guard to the active duty army. I earned everyone. But one the purple heart that was awarded to me because of injuries from Iraq. You don't gets those by showing up
@@lisagilmore6311 So you were in the Navy, then National Guard then ARMY Active duty Combat role? What rank, and MOS? Were any other medals than the Purple or Good Conduct, National Defense and Campaign which entail Valor or are they just Deployment Campaign? My father was USMC in WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Was on Iwo Jima on Mount Suribachi 20 feet away as our cousin Harold Schultz raised the Flag....the true Flag raiser! Not the Stolen Valor committed by Rene Gagnon. It was never an issue of mis information! So what are your Ribbons?
Generally speaking, and only generally speaking. I believe the medal count is more a function of how long you've been in. Look at the medal count on the female professional drum major.
Not in the British military more a count of what you have achieved. Dont forget the Drum Major is still a member of the RAF with other duties and will certainly have been on active service.
its campain medals that count the rest are just anniversary medals for excample if you where in kosovo or bosnia you also get a nato medal, or if you posted to the falklands you can get the south atlandic medal, as it is classed as a deployment, again like iraq, anyone serving in a opeational threater for more then 28 days shoudld get a medal.....
Those are not medals for Valor. They are for Ceremonial, Jubilee, Long Term, Deployment Medals. All Militaries have similar types of decorations except countries that do not have Orders like the USA. The USA does not have Order of Bath, Order of Garter etc. Nor does the US Armed Forces have Honoring a Monarch or President decoration. The British Military has far more differing decorations and Orders than the USA has!
Not from my studies of US decorations and medals the USA has far more decorations, medals, awards and ribbons, even the Civil Air Patrol has more than most British awards mostly for training and even the USAF has training and shooting ribbons. Not to mention the gold framed Unit awards some of which British units have been awarded and wear on their uniforms such as the Gloucesters from Korea with the Presidential Unit Citation, now part of the Rifles regiment.
@@robshirewood5060 Incorrect. The Civil Air Patrol is a CIVILIAN Non Profit Organization. It never carries weapons or serves in any police action or armed conflicts. It is more of a cadet training auxiliary to prep youth to go into the Military branch of the Air Force. Each of the Civilian Police Forces ARE NOT Part of the Military Either! ( Britain has their own medal and badges for their Policing Agencies and auxiliaries also but this conversation is about what is issued in the ACTUAL ARMED FORCES ) The US has altered numerous badges (obsolete form ) replaced as a ribbon. There are a ton of US Decorations that have become obsolete. NO LONGER issued. Here is why it appears the USA has so many ribbons or medals is because it started out as PETTY competition between the Branches of the Military during WW1 that increased by the time of post WW2 where EACH BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES wanted their own medal unique to their branch ( So stupid and petty ) They would have performed the same deed but each branch would have their own design. The British has this too but not in Medals or Ribbons but in so many Uniform styles, gold bullion braiding, sashes, tons of various visors, head dress plumes etc. UK has FAR MORE VARIATIONS OF UNIFORMS----rather expensive too! The British military has the same forms of decorations or badges for shooting, unit citations, patches, a ton of various aiguillettes with further meanings attached to those etc. Plus you are awarded US and other Nation's Decorations when serving together in joint actions. Plus you have Common Wealth decorations. (The USA does not have Common Wealth Decorations) You have Orders of Chivalry for centuries with numerous degrees or levels. Titles for each level of Monarchy system Plus all those honor sashes. The USA does not have any of that. The UK was the largest World Power for centuries with the largest Naval Fleet and and a ton of conquered territories. The USA since the Colonies had none of that and did not have a real military up to the Civil War and that wiped out almost 800,000 Americans. The USA were isolationists and did not want to be involved in the Foreign Wars. So very little was put into a real Navy or Army...not until WW1....then the Crash effected everyone. That crash made it competitive for money from Congress to use for Military Defense. What Military used in training were weapons made of wood. ( Pathetic ) It was not until WW2 did the USA start building a real Military Corp and a NAVY. The USA Military Complex grew to a freaking ridiculous rate in its strive be the world leader. ( Yeah lets all go bankrupt ) The US Military is 10 times larger than the UK. Its nuts!!! The Navy is still being Stupid....battleships, Air Craft Carriers are OUTDATED for the future. Setting up bases all over the world is NUTS. These leaders think we should be the Police of the world. Now we are on the verge of insolvency just like what happened to the Cold War Russia. Massive waste of money and resources and all these proxy wars JUST TO ENRICH those in the Banking and INDUSTRIAL War complex! Every NATO nation should disband. Stop this stupid competition with Russia or China. They ARE NEVER going to go to WW3 ......they would rather make money. But Greedy Politicians, Neocons and Elites keep intentionally poking sticks in everybody's business! I know the American Public are fed up with it all------ we are on the verge of either a complete Financial collapse, Civil War or the UN and the Neocons are going to force Martial Law and replace the existing governments.
@@roryschultz3788 I was under the impression that the CAP was the USAF Auxiliary, as they wear uniforms and have their own awards and carry out SAR. I have got to admit i agree with you on the rest of your posting.
@@robshirewood5060 The Civil Air Patrol is civilian but it prepares youth for entering the actual Air Force if they so choose. It is not an obligation to join the military as per say in Return of Service obligations like those put thru Military Academies. They do assist in learning SAR but most students are not old enough to actually do the flying. That is for those who stay in after earning permits. The learn the basics and laws etc. to prepare them for higher learning to obtain their licensures. My daughter was in love with planes back at age two. She could tell you prop vs jet by sound at 10 K feet. I used to take her to air shows and she went up in a B-17, F- 14 , and twin prop Barron. One time the Gulf Stream pilots were warning it up and had been off in the hangar and they saw her at the fence being excited seeing it so close. They asked if she wanted to see the cockpit and she squealed. They took her in let sit in the captain seat and explained it all and she was in heaven. I took her to see my friend Chuck Carlock who flew choppers in Vietnam and wrote the book Firebirds. I used to fly with him and thought my daughter would get a kick out of going up in one. Nope she freaked out like she was terrified and boo hoo'd Go figure. He eventually donated all his slicks ( 4 ) to the Sam Johnson Vietnam Museum. These were the very ones he flew in Vietnam that the Army let him purchase. They are featured in his book. My daughter considered entering the Civil Air Patrol but lost interest by the time of becoming a teen. Texas A&M University also have a Corp of Cadets which has uniforms and Band etc. They wear the old style Cavalry Jodhpurs, dressage riding boots spurs, look like early WW1- WW2 style. ( I wear these styles for fun) But there are numerous Universities here that have Corps of Cadets not including the actual Military Academies like West Point, VMI or Annapolis. These also earn decorations. But these are not transferrable decorations for the Military.
During WW2, the British presented individual medals for service in North Africa, Italy, France/Germany, Burma, the Pacific, the Atlantic, Air Crew, Arctic Convoys, any service from 1939-1945, and a Defense Medal. If you served in the U.S. military, you received one medal for service anywhere in Europe, one for service anywhere in the Pacific, and a Victory Medal.
When we look at the incredible number of soldiers that are available for ceremonial services I ask myself does England know that times have changed and that the sun sinks every day in their present United Kingdom?
Ceremonial and parades are all part of the military role, they also serve in other roles, such as bandsmen who are medics, musicians who can also be signallers, or other such vital roles. The same applies to the Household Cavalry and Guards Regiments. Every armed forces in the world has ceremonial duties not just Britain and these are British forces not English forces. Of course we know the sun sets every day we have a ceremony on all military bases at the end of the day when the flag is lowered and in the morning when it is raised for another days duties. You will usually see this in the central parade square where the flagpole and flag are flying and everyone stands to attention and salutes not matter what they were doing.
That interesting drill. In to line left turn he said, they all did their own thing, umm....Thats the RAF for you, they are strolling around like civvies.
In the US military, particularly the Marines, we joked that the Army and Air Force got medals for Meritorious Chow Line Standing. I've seen Air Force people with more medals than a North Korean General. It's still harder to get a medal for valor in the Marines compared to the other branches. The majority of Marine Medal of Honor awardees died getting it. My dad was recommended for a Navy Cross (2d highest valor award) during WWII. He got a Bronze Star with a "V" device (4th highest valor award). I served 21-years in the US military. Seven in the Marines, then 14 in the Air National Guard (a reserve of the US Air Force). Did a tour in Vietnam as a Marine and a trip to Desert Storm as a Guardsman. I ended up with a total of 22 awards, 16 of them medals, six of them ribbons only. No valor awards, just one Meritorious Service Medal and one Air Force Commendation Medal. The rest were mostly "I wuz there" or "undetected crime" medals. The award I'm most proud to have is the Combat Action Ribbon I got in Vietnam as a Marine. Not every Marine (or sailor) gets one in a combat zone.
@@davedixon2068 Last Diggers were the conscript sent to Vietnam. All other have been mercenaries, at the bequest of politicians trying to puff their chest out for show. Join the armed forces. and get a disability pension after a few years, and a medal or two!
Ever been in a small area surrounded by buildings receiving verbal orders? It can be extremely difficult to make out the order plus it sounded to me the NCO said left turn not right, so some followed the order and some did as they had practiced it, it happens live with it
A lot medals are not always for active service, you can have long service medal, coronation medal, Jubilee medal to name but a few. You could go to a place, a country and never see action, especially if you are a cook lets say, or rear echelon in a safe place where you are not in danger, hence you can see lots of medals but not always earnt like a front line soldier who puts his or her life on the line daily, just saying.
I had a full career as a cook, got loads of medals, did my job on every deployment, spent several tours with the infantry never met any who killed anyone they got plenty of medals also 🤔
I believe that is OWS and KCS? I used to have a friend back in the 1970's who was a Member of Queens Household Cavalry Guard can't remember which exactly but he said it was awful living....poor pay, live in a shithole and bust your ass just for the Pomp and Parades....he said it got to be just for show to make the Royals appear to still have Great Power......which went downhill after WW2....Just like what has happened to the USA after Vietnam...downhill and becoming insolvent! UN and NATO and all this shit wars are a waste of money and human lives.
Very smart. Just hope you don’t the same problem as we have. High ranking offices who never saw combat giving each other medals, whilst at the same time taking the genuinely earned medals off soldiers who put their lives on the line. 🦘🇦🇺👍
My Grandfather fought the Japanese for four years in Burma and escaped from a POW camp, he had Four Medals. My father was a RM Commando Raider and fought with the US marines at Chosin in Korea, and he had three medals and a Presidential citation. I spent 23 years in the military, fought in four campaigns and have five medals , none of which are Jubilee/celebration medals. Was my service superior to either of these men? No, All British medals, that are not for gallantry, do Is tell you where the man has been not what he has done.
I served in the Royal Navy for 40 years and have 3 medals and a bar, your array of medals depends on where you served; mind you I was a Submariner, so of course I never went anywhere !!! Many people served in several war zones and saw things I would never want to see. I thank them for their service.
The Kings Colour Squadron, and some of them still can’t tell their left from their right.
The NCO's order was a bit garbled. I thought he said left turn as well.
The raf regiment are poundshop always have been always will be
@@matthewfindlay2242 2 Para Squadron RAF Regiment are very tough troops and go through a very hard selection process, and most of the others are as good as any in the Army, i have had the privilege of RAF and Army service as experience to base that on.
Are they from 63 Sqn? or another squadron?
There’s a reason why it’s called the Kings Coloured Squadron. It’s got all kinds or takes all kinds. Whatever.
Medals hold no weight unless you know why they are awarded. Once you understand their meaning then you can make an informed statement of one’s career in the military
This one for making the best pasta for the squadron. This one is a medal for the best spit shined shoes in the battalion. This ione is for the best bed with formal folds. And this one is for the best ironed trouser in formation.
@@dualperspective3365 Don't forget the "Purple Bottom" awarded for desk time
@@dualperspective3365 getting like the US,
Never make a general judgement based solely on a display of medals. Some medals are awarded just for being sent somewhere but not necessarily doing anything whilst there. Some medals are given as souvenirs of our monarch’s anniversaries or a royal event. Very few medals are earned for bravery or distinction of active service and they are the only ones that really count.
That's not true. Just because you served in a war zone and were at risk doesn't mean you served any less than taking out an enemy position single-handed. Having one Wizz above your head doesn't earn you a mention in dispatches, but it proves you were part of a collective machine. The amount of medals this guy was wearing can't all be commemorative. Get a grip.
@@Dibley8899 Pardon me? There is a HUGE Difference! FOB is vastly different than sitting in the rear echelon serving at a desk or serving meals! Frontline Combat is EXTREMELY different because your odds of Killed or Wounded is much higher ratio than the Mess duty or desk duty! YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN COMBAT or you would not say such an ignorant statement! There is a vast difference!
Only one he is wearing is the Iraq Campaign Decoration! The rest he is wearing are Ceremonial and Long term Service. Look them up on their Chart! He does not have a special bar or palm attachment which would denote actual combat or some mention in dispatches for special recognition. Every Service Member of all World Armed Forces receive a Campaign Medal when sent to overseas in combat action. You can also earn a NON Combat Decoration to being sent overseas to locations or bases NOT INVOLVED A COMBAT ACTION. Like being sent to South Korea as example in a rotation or to another foreign base deployment that has NOTHING to do with a Combat or Police Action. They will have their own color recognition for that ribbon. None of these Soldiers have such Decorations with a special device attachment on them that involve actual combat roles or some note of distinction. Also, if they had served along as UN or NATO then they would have that award as well.....none of these men have that decoration. NONE of these men are wearing decorations for any heroic or valor decorations such as the VC, DSC, DFC, GC, MC, or any of the other distinction Medals. There is a list of who earned those...none are among these men. Plus none are wearing the Hors de Combat
Well stated
All service counts towards the medals and awards.
Served have you Greg ?
Medals to include QE2 golden, diamond and platinum jubilee medals, KC3 coronation medal, long service medal and maybe throw in Afghan and Iraq deployment medals.
Plus GSM for NI.
Same as the Sgt behind.
Yeah probably never left London!
@@terryjeisman7550that’s my cousin. He did.
They appear to be medals for service with possibly an op tour inside the wire, but you can only go where your sent!
00:30 . Left.....Turn. Oops. Right...... Turn, Sir. 🥴
There is a simple way to overcome the situation where the wrong command is given. Because all will be well practised they will all know what the correct command should be (just like KCS silent drill) and should be briefed to carry it out so instead of the flight looking shite the person giving the command is shown up as incompetent. I did see a parade in Lincoln Castle a few years ago where the officer gave a wrong command during the present arms which caused utter chaos and much embarrassment.
A number of the personal have a hefty set of medals! Including the lady leading the band and one or more of the KCS. As the youngest service the RAF has the newest traditions. The exemplary marching of the Kings Colour Squadron is one of them, but they’re only human. The British armed forces march well with discipline and pride, but it’s not the robotic style and exaggerated steps of some less democratic countries. My Dad joined the RAF age 16 part of Number Five boy entrants and was trained as a photographer. 1937
My father and his two brothers joined up on the same day in 1936. They made him redundant in 1969. The first ‘peace’ dividend.
Until a few years ago, we would say that the RAF was so new that it had habits rather than traditions. Now that the junior service has clocked over 100 years of existence, I suppose we can let them be called traditions.
Few need to learn how to march in bashers boots....dig those heels in !!!
It makes me laugh how some people are all to quick to pick holes . If the shoes was on the other foot theyd shit there pants. Why cant these people show some respect theres a fare few Afganistan medals amongst that lot.I know theres quite a few people watching this that didnt agree with what went on over there. but our lads did it anyway with no arguments .
That's exactly right. Everyone serving at the time gets to wear commemorative medals mixed with operational medals. This guy's medals can't all be commemorative. There is a lot of petty jealousy in the armed forces today, and it's not as hard as it was 50 years ago.
It is the Iraq Campaign Medal he is wearing not the Afghanistan Campaign medal. Though he may have it and it is obscured from view BUT ALL MILITARY FORCES DEPLOYED OVERSEAS RECEIVES ONE!
@@roryschultz3788 Only if they serve for the qualifying period or i was told if they were injured in service before the qualifying period was served.
@@highcountrydelatite RAF means Royal Air Force. You do not receive any decoration just being there 24 hours. You have to complete an assigned time of deployment.
@@highcountrydelatite You don't know my history! Many? THAT WAS Only the Iraq and Afghanistan War carried that condition and it still required soldiers to have already been in the Military for a minimum period of enlistment and received that Campaign star if part of "particular phase". It did not entitle soldiers being transferred from one base to another with a layover of 24 to 48 hours at the Combat Area ( in country ) My father served in WW2, Korea and Vietnam and there were many layovers. And I know YOU dont come close to all the decorations my father or his brothers received! It still requires 30 days minimum of non stop consecutive combat duty or being in country in a long war. They DONT SEND soldiers in to serve just a 24 hour period then rotate them out! Only Special Forces, Navy Seals etc. get sent to short term "visits" and rate a star to their campaign medal and "only if it is part of a particular phase"! There were a ton of soldiers sent through both Iraq and Afghanistan on their way to a different deployments like in Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia. There were a ton of Soldiers just doing transport coming in from outside of those campaigns to bring in supplies....they rate the Campaign and star ONLY UNDER certain circumstances.
Spare me the BS that soldiers went in for just 24 hours then were rotated somewhere else! That is horse shit!
If you did your 22 years between roughly 1990-ish and 2015-ish then you could easily have picked up this number of medals. It's not unusual- watch the Remembrance Day Service in Whitehall and you will see many of similar age.
From what i can see most of the medals are Jubilee and Coronation medals, with some for active service, such as the General Service medal.
King's Colour Squadron. Since its formation, it has been formed exclusively by Officers and Gunners of No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment. Nearly all of them are wearing the Coronation medal, but others also have the Platinum Jubilee Medal and others as well as campaign medals for service overseas.
I see one of the medals was for having to spend a night in a Travelodge instead of a decent hotel . only teasing. respect to all our armed forces.
Can't have pomp without a chest full of medals! Heck, I'm sure Harry walks around the house wearing all his medals.
I have 3 more... but I wan't in the band but combat...
"Your other left, damn it! Your other left."
How did Charlie 3 get his
long row of medals ,?
For outstanding conduct
as commanding officer
in the officers mess ?
🤣
When I worked in the Veteran's hospital they attributed some medals to
"The Battle of Bien Dien"
Which sounds exotic...but it's actually
BN-DN
Been Nowhere....Done Nothing
So...start at the furthest right...that's the one that defines the man
One for guarding the the naafi,one for guarding the fence and the rest are coronation medals....impressive 😂😂😂😂
Oh dear!
I ate breakfast this morning.
Desfile perfeito👏👏👏❤
R.A.F Regiment.
I don't have any medals I never saw active service. I wasn't in during the jubilee issued medals
,and not long enough for the good conduct
Still got two coins in the rifle magazines , used to be old copper pennies , but I suppose with inflation they will be 50 pence pieces .
I know members of the support services who have more not including the Jubilee medals.
6 medals is not bad at all shows he has done some time. I view my medals as time I have spent away from loved ones and special moments I have missed while serving.
My son, who is still serving in the army, started his career at the age of 16, now 48. He has 10 medals, of which 4 are campaign medals, long service with bar and 5 medals of the jubilees and Coronation...
His older brother has 8, and I have 8.....
Crabs with medals for doing the square route of sod all.
You mean the busiest regiment in the British armed forces! Nice try pongo!
And the glorious Warrant Officer's badge which he and others like him would have worn post war were terminated by the usual no nothing venal government. Not the Guards though, they've kept theirs . 😡😡😡
Purely ceremonial squadron.
Buck house detachment having a few blow outs there
Looks a lot but I don’t see valour medals ( cross). Since when are they allowed beards?
Sadly the RAF have been allowed beards since 2019,the Army only allowed them a few weeks ago. I still don't think it looks right except in specific jobs,but this is just the opinion of an old soldier.
Unlike the US where medals are given out for everything in the UK you actually have to earn these medals and they are huge sign of respect
How shallow you are to make a comment about the Americans medals. I don't understand your stupidity but I admire your commitment to it.
You are totally ignorant! That one British Soldier standing out front has a Iraq deployment medal, the rest are Ceremonial, Jubilee, Long Service. The UK Decorations these men are wearing are given to every member of the British Military depending on length of time in their military service. None of these have anything to do with Valor or Combat! These are Ceremonial Decorations honoring the Monarch's reign. The US Armed Forces do not have such decorations honoring Monarchs or Presidents. THAT IS HANDING OUT MEDALS LIKE CANDY. The US Military is the hardest to earn Valor decorations just like it is difficult to earn the British VC, Only High Ranking Officers just like in all Militaries earn as a standard non valor Distinguished Service type decorations. Enlisted men do not get those! American Armed Forces do not receive Knighthoods or Orders not since WW2 and that was ONLY to the highest ranking Generals in Combat Command. Nor does the US Enlisted men receive automatic honorific medals. They have to be in Combat and have done an act of extreme bravery to earn low level Valor decorations unless it was something extraordinary bravery to earn higher V honors. EVERY Military has long service decoration upon completing their designated period of enlistment, each successful completion another is earned where it is either a star or bar added to the previous one. Then deployment medal, or campaign medals and depending on how many times deployed in the same campaign a star or bar is added! Every Military has this same form of system of service decorations, Except the US Armed Forces DOES NOT HAVE CEREMONIAL DECORATIONS!
My father was a US Marine in WW2, Korea and Vietnam and they do not give out decorations just willy nilly and he was in Combat in WW2 and Korea. He was on Iwo Jima and just 20 feet away on Mount Suribachi when our cousin Harold Schultz raised the Flag. You can have US Service men in years of frontline Combat and only receive a Combat recognition and or Campaign medal. Just like my father served in 2 wars in combat and never received anything of Valor, same with 2 of my father's brothers who survived the Bataan Death March and 3 years as a POW's but they were never awarded any Valor decorations only the same campaign decoration and just the POW medal. High Ranking officers taken prisoner would receive high valor decorations like General Wainwright getting the Medal of Honor. For what? High Ranking Officers of ALL WORLD MILITARIES give High Decorations to each other to pat themselves on the back BS
After 2 wars and twenty yrs at war I have twenty medals from the navy to the national guard to the active duty army. I earned everyone. But one the purple heart that was awarded to me because of injuries from Iraq. You don't gets those by showing up
@@lisagilmore6311 So you were in the Navy, then National Guard then ARMY Active duty Combat role? What rank, and MOS? Were any other medals than the Purple or Good Conduct, National Defense and Campaign which entail Valor or are they just Deployment Campaign?
My father was USMC in WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Was on Iwo Jima on Mount Suribachi 20 feet away as our cousin Harold Schultz raised the Flag....the true Flag raiser! Not the Stolen Valor committed by Rene Gagnon. It was never an issue of mis information!
So what are your Ribbons?
@@roryschultz3788 The US forces have ribbons and awards for training courses and shooting too not all are given for combat or valour.
Generally speaking, and only generally speaking. I believe the medal count is more a function of how long you've been in. Look at the medal count on the female professional drum major.
Not in the British military more a count of what you have achieved. Dont forget the Drum Major is still a member of the RAF with other duties and will certainly have been on active service.
And they cant tell left from right!!
The command was int line LEFT TURN. It was wrong it should have been RIGHT TURN. It can happen others turned right regardless of the order. RAF.
its campain medals that count the rest are just anniversary medals for excample if you where in kosovo or bosnia you also get a nato medal, or if you posted to the falklands you can get the south atlandic medal, as it is classed as a deployment, again like iraq, anyone serving in a opeational threater for more then 28 days shoudld get a medal.....
0:28 Oh dear...
I have 7 medals,, 4 of them are jubilee or. Coronation,,,, just says u did a lot of time in service, for example, my ACSM has 4 2nd award clasps on it
Those are not medals for Valor. They are for Ceremonial, Jubilee, Long Term, Deployment Medals. All Militaries have similar types of decorations except countries that do not have Orders like the USA. The USA does not have Order of Bath, Order of Garter etc. Nor does the US Armed Forces have Honoring a Monarch or President decoration. The British Military has far more differing decorations and Orders than the USA has!
Got that back to front. US service personnel have far more medals than their UK colleagues. It's always been that way.
Not from my studies of US decorations and medals the USA has far more decorations, medals, awards and ribbons, even the Civil Air Patrol has more than most British awards mostly for training and even the USAF has training and shooting ribbons. Not to mention the gold framed Unit awards some of which British units have been awarded and wear on their uniforms such as the Gloucesters from Korea with the Presidential Unit Citation, now part of the Rifles regiment.
@@robshirewood5060 Incorrect. The Civil Air Patrol is a CIVILIAN Non Profit Organization. It never carries weapons or serves in any police action or armed conflicts. It is more of a cadet training auxiliary to prep youth to go into the Military branch of the Air Force. Each of the Civilian Police Forces ARE NOT Part of the Military Either! ( Britain has their own medal and badges for their Policing Agencies and auxiliaries also but this conversation is about what is issued in the ACTUAL ARMED FORCES )
The US has altered numerous badges (obsolete form ) replaced as a ribbon.
There are a ton of US Decorations that have become obsolete. NO LONGER issued.
Here is why it appears the USA has so many ribbons or medals is because it started out as PETTY competition between the Branches of the Military during WW1 that increased by the time of post WW2 where EACH BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES wanted their own medal unique to their branch ( So stupid and petty )
They would have performed the same deed but each branch would have their own design.
The British has this too but not in Medals or Ribbons but in so many Uniform styles, gold bullion braiding, sashes, tons of various visors, head dress plumes etc.
UK has FAR MORE VARIATIONS OF UNIFORMS----rather expensive too!
The British military has the same forms of decorations or badges for shooting, unit citations, patches, a ton of various aiguillettes with further meanings attached to those etc. Plus you are awarded US and other Nation's Decorations when serving together in joint actions. Plus you have Common Wealth decorations. (The USA does not have Common Wealth Decorations)
You have Orders of Chivalry for centuries with numerous degrees or levels.
Titles for each level of Monarchy system
Plus all those honor sashes.
The USA does not have any of that.
The UK was the largest World Power for centuries with the largest Naval Fleet and and a ton of conquered territories.
The USA since the Colonies had none of that and did not have a real military up to the Civil War and that wiped out almost 800,000 Americans. The USA were isolationists and did not want to be involved in the Foreign Wars. So very little was put into a real Navy or Army...not until WW1....then the Crash effected everyone.
That crash made it competitive for money from Congress to use for Military Defense.
What Military used in training were weapons made of wood. ( Pathetic )
It was not until WW2 did the USA start building a real Military Corp and a NAVY.
The USA Military Complex grew to a freaking ridiculous rate in its strive be the world leader. ( Yeah lets all go bankrupt )
The US Military is 10 times larger than the UK. Its nuts!!! The Navy is still being Stupid....battleships, Air Craft Carriers are OUTDATED for the future. Setting up bases all over the world is NUTS. These leaders think we should be the Police of the world.
Now we are on the verge of insolvency just like what happened to the Cold War Russia.
Massive waste of money and resources and all these proxy wars JUST TO ENRICH those in the Banking and INDUSTRIAL War complex! Every NATO nation should disband. Stop this stupid competition with Russia or China. They ARE NEVER going to go to WW3 ......they would rather make money. But Greedy Politicians, Neocons and Elites keep intentionally poking sticks in everybody's business!
I know the American Public are fed up with it all------ we are on the verge of either a complete Financial collapse, Civil War or the UN and the Neocons are going to force Martial Law and replace the existing governments.
@@roryschultz3788 I was under the impression that the CAP was the USAF Auxiliary, as they wear uniforms and have their own awards and carry out SAR.
I have got to admit i agree with you on the rest of your posting.
@@robshirewood5060 The Civil Air Patrol is civilian but it prepares youth for entering the actual Air Force if they so choose. It is not an obligation to join the military as per say in Return of Service obligations like those put thru Military Academies. They do assist in learning SAR but most students are not old enough to actually do the flying. That is for those who stay in after earning permits. The learn the basics and laws etc. to prepare them for higher learning to obtain their licensures. My daughter was in love with planes back at age two. She could tell you prop vs jet by sound at 10 K feet. I used to take her to air shows and she went up in a B-17, F- 14 , and twin prop Barron. One time the Gulf Stream pilots were warning it up and had been off in the hangar and they saw her at the fence being excited seeing it so close. They asked if she wanted to see the cockpit and she squealed. They took her in let sit in the captain seat and explained it all and she was in heaven. I took her to see my friend
Chuck Carlock who flew choppers in Vietnam and wrote the book Firebirds.
I used to fly with him and thought my daughter would get a kick out of going up in one. Nope she freaked out like she was terrified and boo hoo'd Go figure. He eventually donated all his slicks ( 4 ) to the Sam Johnson Vietnam Museum. These were the very ones he flew in Vietnam that the Army let him purchase. They are featured in his book. My daughter considered entering the Civil Air Patrol but lost interest by the time of becoming a teen.
Texas A&M University also have a Corp of Cadets which has uniforms and Band etc. They wear the old style Cavalry Jodhpurs, dressage riding boots spurs, look like early WW1- WW2 style. ( I wear these styles for fun) But there are numerous Universities here that have Corps of Cadets not including the actual Military Academies like West Point, VMI or Annapolis. These also earn decorations. But these are not transferrable decorations for the Military.
"I've been there medals" are awarded for mere presence. Since WWII they have sprouted like weeds. Worse in America though.
Bet you have loads of medals eh? Sprouted like weeds? Mere presence? You troll,
During WW2, the British presented individual medals for service in North Africa, Italy, France/Germany, Burma, the Pacific, the Atlantic, Air Crew, Arctic Convoys, any service from 1939-1945, and a Defense Medal. If you served in the U.S. military, you received one medal for service anywhere in Europe, one for service anywhere in the Pacific, and a Victory Medal.
When we look at the incredible number of soldiers that are available for ceremonial services I ask myself does England know that times have changed and that the sun sinks every day in their present United Kingdom?
Ceremonial and parades are all part of the military role, they also serve in other roles, such as bandsmen who are medics, musicians who can also be signallers, or other such vital roles. The same applies to the Household Cavalry and Guards Regiments. Every armed forces in the world has ceremonial duties not just Britain and these are British forces not English forces.
Of course we know the sun sets every day we have a ceremony on all military bases at the end of the day when the flag is lowered and in the morning when it is raised for another days duties. You will usually see this in the central parade square where the flagpole and flag are flying and everyone stands to attention and salutes not matter what they were doing.
@@robshirewood5060 You did not understand what I meant. Doesn't matter.
@@nibiruresearch never will if you cant string a coherent argument together
That interesting drill. In to line left turn he said, they all did their own thing, umm....Thats the RAF for you, they are strolling around like civvies.
Pffft! What would you know?
@@garagenigel 38 years of service, Army and RN and still going, that's what l know. Don't tell me, you're a crab, it figures.
@@steviechat Cheers Dits!
Medals are weighed, not counted.
What a shower…
You wouldn't know what a shower is Pongo!
@@garagenigel not a Pongo vmt
He’s got 6. Thats not actually that exceptional for an RAF Regt WO. I regularly see RAF SP with double numbers these days.
No, the other left!
RAF REGIMENT 😂 spent 90 % of it on camp Guarding tge Naafi
The
Take away the time-awarded "gizzit" medals and the rack isn't so extensive.
RAF Regiment wanna a be soldiers
You can also get a medal for getting out of bed on time in the morning.
In the US military, particularly the Marines, we joked that the Army and Air Force got medals for Meritorious Chow Line Standing. I've seen Air Force people with more medals than a North Korean General. It's still harder to get a medal for valor in the Marines compared to the other branches. The majority of Marine Medal of Honor awardees died getting it. My dad was recommended for a Navy Cross (2d highest valor award) during WWII. He got a Bronze Star with a "V" device (4th highest valor award).
I served 21-years in the US military. Seven in the Marines, then 14 in the Air National Guard (a reserve of the US Air Force). Did a tour in Vietnam as a Marine and a trip to Desert Storm as a Guardsman. I ended up with a total of 22 awards, 16 of them medals, six of them ribbons only. No valor awards, just one Meritorious Service Medal and one Air Force Commendation Medal. The rest were mostly "I wuz there" or "undetected crime" medals. The award I'm most proud to have is the Combat Action Ribbon I got in Vietnam as a Marine. Not every Marine (or sailor) gets one in a combat zone.
obviously never did anything even remotely resembling service in your life, another me, me, I, I, type
@@davedixon2068 Last Diggers were the conscript sent to Vietnam. All other have been mercenaries, at the bequest of politicians trying to puff their chest out for show. Join the armed forces. and get a disability pension after a few years, and a medal or two!
Those medals are for service, not combat. Let's say - thanks for nothing.
well maybe in Russia where you are from
@@davedixon2068 In Britain too.
@@vladislavovich100 what would you know about it?
Get rid of the beards, scruffy !! If you want a beard join the Navy which suits their tradition.
Cry about it!
A bit more "Square bashing" i'd suggest.
Ever been in a small area surrounded by buildings receiving verbal orders? It can be extremely difficult to make out the order plus it sounded to me the NCO said left turn not right, so some followed the order and some did as they had practiced it, it happens live with it
@@davedixon2068 Yes.Both receiving them and delivering. As i said.A bit more "Square bashing."
Those ISO containers won’t guard themselves you know
Pppfffffffffftttttttttt
A lot medals are not always for active service, you can have long service medal, coronation medal, Jubilee medal to name but a few. You could go to a place, a country and never see action, especially if you are a cook lets say, or rear echelon in a safe place where you are not in danger, hence you can see lots of medals but not always earnt like a front line soldier who puts his or her life on the line daily, just saying.
Does it really matter. He obviously earns them. Congrats to him I say.
@@lizmallard7158 REMF perhaps.
I had a full career as a cook, got loads of medals, did my job on every deployment, spent several tours with the infantry never met any who killed anyone they got plenty of medals also 🤔
Really. 16 cooks were killed in combat in the Falklands War. You guys don't arf talk a lot of shite sometimes.
@@Dibley8899 You are talking bullshit.
Left….. right……. Buffoon guards.
They're not guards.
Sloppy group
wtf is this??
Sehr peinlich, diese Vorführung. rechtsum linksum oder was?
Sorry, but crabs with beards look honking
Can’t do basic drill
Joke
Embarrassing!!
Hello the king has hundreds he has done nothing don,t give me this shit
He has orders from other States and commemoratives from his Mothers jubilees etc.
well he did serve in the navy which from your attitude you probably havent
SWO KCS
Squadron warren officer , Kings Colour Squadron
I believe that is OWS and KCS? I used to have a friend back in the 1970's who was a Member of Queens Household Cavalry Guard can't remember which exactly but he said it was awful living....poor pay, live in a shithole and bust your ass just for the Pomp and Parades....he said it got to be just for show to make the Royals appear to still have Great Power......which went downhill after WW2....Just like what has happened to the USA after Vietnam...downhill and becoming insolvent! UN and NATO and all this shit wars are a waste of money and human lives.
Very smart.
Just hope you don’t the same problem as we have. High ranking offices who never saw combat giving each other medals, whilst at the same time taking the genuinely earned medals off soldiers who put their lives on the line.
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