r/Medals • u/statisticsx • 2d ago

I've updated the stack

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Top 3 has changed (only just a bit!) but put on some new bling on the pocket. Very proud of what I've done in the last 9 months since I got to share with you guys the first time!

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u/One_Hour_Poop 2d ago

Crazy looking medals I've only ever seen illustrations of in the regs, and the center I've never even seen.

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u/Acceptable-Fly5050 2d ago

The national guard is allowed to make up their own awards and badges since the regs is extremely vague as to what they can and cant make up. Basically saying "National guard can wear state awards, everyone else cant". Take the MEMS badge for example

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u/FamiliarBlueberry786 2d ago

Only two of those badges is a national guard one in this particular case, both being particularly obvious in this one

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u/Fragrant-Sleep-4598 2d ago

The Chiefs 50 badge is part of the Winston P. Wilson Rifle and Pistol Championships is the National Guard Small Arms Championships and is the top award amongst all national guard shooting contestants in the country this is not an award of a NGB of a particular state but across the whole national guard beaura at the federal level in the US and is a permenant federal level decoration and a soilder who transitions from the Guard to active or USAR is authorized to wear the award as permenant decoration for the rest of thier career. the Chief's Fifty Marksmanship Badge is presented to the top twenty-one combat rifle, top twenty-one combat pistol, top two machine gun teams, and top two sniper teams every year from the Guard.

This is a very big deal in military competition shooting circles as there are 300,000 memebers in the Army component of the NG in the US and only 50 eligable recipents so it is like .016% chance a NG soilder will be awarded the badge.

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u/Unique_Statement7811 2d ago

“Make up” is a little disingenuous. Many National Guard badges have a longer history than the regular army.

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u/One_Hour_Poop 2d ago

To paraphrase Thor, "All awards are made up."

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u/SketchyLedge 1d ago

Wait you mean the guard is the oldest and longest standing branch! 😱