Bone Spur 45* wants everyone to get a participation trophy because award ceremonies are his emotional support spirit animal. Note that the southern border invasion(sic) of migrants is apparently not an “imminent threat of hostile action” or even “foreign armed opposition”. Not like the National Defense Service Medal was appropriate.
Thousands of U.S. troops sent by the Trump administration to the U.S.-Mexico border will receive a military award, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday.
The Defense Department (DOD) said it will award the Armed Forces Service Medal to service members who have been deployed to the border as part of a mission to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
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The Armed Forces Service Medal, which was created in 1996 under President Clinton, is awarded to armed forces members who participate in a U.S. military operation “deemed to be a significant activity” and “encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent threat of hostile action,” according to a DOD description.
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