 Cacique Caribe  | 11 Aug 2017 5:43 p.m. PST |
link What does this really even mean, seriously, for a country whose population has been brainwashed to constantly be on invasion emergency standby? Is there a special super duper emergency level status? Dan
PS. It reminds me of how basketball and other players constantly say that they've put into a game 150% of what they have. Does that mean they're always putting themselves into debt? Where are they getting the extra 50% of their energy? |
| Sundance | 11 Aug 2017 5:51 p.m. PST |
It's the civil defense version of double secret probation! |
 Dentatus  | 11 Aug 2017 6:56 p.m. PST |
It's a country-sized kettle of crazy that boggles the mind. |
| TMPWargamerabbit | 11 Aug 2017 8:51 p.m. PST |
"Stand by to head to the fields and pick the summer crops." Or no food this winter for "joe Kim" family. |
| Cacique Caribe | 11 Aug 2017 9:03 p.m. PST |
If the people finally wake up, the generals shouldn't be that difficult to capture. :) Of course, China would step in to prevent any "regime change", as they put it. A few of those generals will be executed as scapegoats for sure, if not all. Dan
PS. I really love the ones pinned TO THE PANTS. That's just hilarious!
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Old Glory  | 11 Aug 2017 9:10 p.m. PST |
Who did these "generals" fight to get all these medals? They don't look that old ? Regards
Russ Dunaway |
| Cacique Caribe | 11 Aug 2017 9:16 p.m. PST |
Russ, Haven't you heard? They've defeated invasion after invasion after invasion. :) Maybe they get a medal every time they conduct a successful reenactment from that war or every time they march in a parade.*. They are either really lightweight metal/plastic, or they've put some reinforcement on those jackets to keep them from sagging. Dan
* Or maybe they simply get one for every year they don't starve or get shot.
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| attilathepun47 | 11 Aug 2017 9:37 p.m. PST |
It takes stern men indeed not to laugh themselves to death when they look at each other! |
 Doctor X | 11 Aug 2017 10:30 p.m. PST |
The NK equivalent of a participation medal. |
| Nick Bowler | 11 Aug 2017 11:37 p.m. PST |
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| TMPWargamerabbit | 12 Aug 2017 6:55 a.m. PST |
Body armor. May deflect a BB round. Otherwise its their retirement fund. Pull one off for a bowl of soup in later years. I wonder if Ebay is flooded with auctions for these tokens? |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Aug 2017 10:40 a.m. PST |
TMPWargamerRabbit, You might be right. I see a few people bidding on a couple of those medals right now: auction
auction Dan |
| Begemot | 12 Aug 2017 11:40 a.m. PST |
Nick Bowler – you seem to be a person of rare commonsense. The image above with the medals on sleeves and trousers is such an obvious photoshop product that I wonder why people would fall for it. |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Aug 2017 12:16 p.m. PST |
Begemot: "The image above with the medals on sleeves and trousers is such an obvious photoshop product that I wonder why people would fall for it." Lol. It was a joke on a meme, of course. But if one were to take it at face value, it could be because the original photo (see below) isn't so easy to find. And perhaps also because there are already so many idiosyncrasies in that regime, that some no longer dismiss the weird when it comes to them. You gotta admit that even the medals on the real picture are already excessive and downright ridiculous. The photoshopped one didn't really add that many. :) Dan
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| Begemot | 12 Aug 2017 1:26 p.m. PST |
Dan – Ridiculous indeed. Thanks for providing the original image. Unfortunately, an old friend of mine showed me the doctored image a week ago and thought it was for real. I'm inclined to think it's a bad sign when a military starts loading itself down with medals, ribbons and other gewgaws to impress themselves. The American military has moved into this neighborhood.
Which American general looks more like the North Koreans? |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Aug 2017 2:25 p.m. PST |
True. Big difference between the two men pictured. Even so, the North Korean generals have ours beat (by a ton of metal). :) Dan
PS. I can't even imagine how weighed down their generals would be with medals if they had actually fought campaigns and won some battles. The photoshopped picture would be nothing compared to the load of shiny metal in that scenario.
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| USAFpilot | 12 Aug 2017 4:02 p.m. PST |
Since the discussion has turned to uniforms….back during Gulf War 1, ops desert storm, when I was a 2LT in pilot training, we all received the National defense service award just for being on active duty. We called it our CNN ribbon for watching the war on tv. Silly. |
| Old Glory | 12 Aug 2017 10:05 p.m. PST |
Received the national defense ribbon upon entering the USMC in 1967 -- back in them old days it was refered to as " the fire watch" ribbon. Regards
Russ Dunaway |
| Old Glory | 12 Aug 2017 10:10 p.m. PST |
Begemot, I have noticed this "medal phenomenon" also in the recent years ??? I have often wondered what one would have to do to get these things in these numbers -- perhaps save the entire planet several times ?? Regards
Russ Dunaway |
| Supercilius Maximus | 13 Aug 2017 4:29 a.m. PST |
In WW2, British troops said American colleagues got their first medal for potty training. |
| Old Glory | 13 Aug 2017 1:13 p.m. PST |
At least they finally did got potty trained and didn't just " their knickers…" Regards
Russ Dunaway |
| Lion in the Stars | 15 Aug 2017 8:57 p.m. PST |
Yeah, after 9/11 we all got the National Defense Service Medal, and then the Global War on Terror Service Medal. For wearing the uniform, or for enlisting after the event. I call them the CNN medals, and fortunately had enough other medals that my 'top 3' didn't have to show the NDSM or GWOTSM. I think I told my CO that I'd refuse to wear them, even on Full Dress uniform. There is also a Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, which at least means you went someplace outside the US in support of actual combat ops (or actually doing combat ops). IIRC, the GWOTEM stands higher than the GWOTSM. Sadly, the Expeditionary Medal is lower than the NDSM. |
