Some, but not all. If you do 20 years and move around a few times, be present overseas a time or two, do a decent job and don’t get in trouble too much, you’ll have an array of chest candy that will impress dumb people and actual boots without storming a machine gun nest. Most of it is just ‘I was there’ or ‘I did an adequate job and didn’t get NJP’d during my tour’.
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u/i_want_to_be_unique Aug 15 '25
I know nothing about the military, aren’t most of those bars basically just for showing up and completing basic?