The Awards Table - video for my daughters, explaining my military awards - Veteran's Day 2023 

you mean the greatest dad lore of all time?

I was a support guy (MI). I was with 5th Group 1986-1998 (Ft Bragg), and then made the mass exodus to Ft Campbell in 1998. During the time I was at Ft Bragg, I was in the MI Company, and was part of 3d Bn support - I deployed with 3d Bn. I was in 5th Group at Ft Campbell 1988 to 1997, primarily in 2d Bn. 1994 to 1997 I was at the Group MI Det. After some other assignments, I was selected for the Sergeants Major Academy at Ft Bliss 2004-2005. When I graduated, I signed a dec statement and pulled my name from selection to E9. I pulled some strings and returned to 5th Group. The best part was that I was assigned back "home" to 2d Bn. Serving the SF guys was something I was proud to do.

@@benwolf5264 the emphasis on "THE" means what you said, i get the confusion tho since it's similar to a joke ppl use

LORE?? Yes and NO! Enjoy your history lesson firsthand. F kn 🥾 s

alot of them, including mine, didnt want to think about or remember those timesand just wanted to focus on normal happy life

imagine how i feel my great grandparents died on the east front. and when the allies came the family burnt all records

⁠​⁠@@comradelulz7455i can almost guarantee you, if they survived, they probably wouldn’t talk about it. my great grandfather fought on the Eastern Front for the Red Army and never spoke a word of it. I’ve heard similar stories from almost everyone I know with relatives who survived. I am very sorry for your loss and their sacrifice will forever be remembered.

My grandpa has a purple heart, a couple silver stars, bronze stars w/ V, and a DFC. Flew Hueys in Vietnam for two tours after a tour in Korea as a tank commander. Unfortunately, there was an archive fire and we'll never know what they were for.

i really wish my vet family members kept their things. all i have is a shovel from when my uncle was deployed to Vietnam

We’re very stingy on awards in the British Army. I’ve seen people get their first award after 15 years! My great grandfather spent 20 years in the Grenadier Guards, he spent the entire First World War in France and he has the sum total of 2 medals!

@@nikhinson3703 Interesting. Although of course there are always other ways Commonwealth armies express jobs well done and victories, such as notices in dispatch and other similar unit based things.

11 ribbons is not THAT much for a SF guy that saw action for decades

@@gamm8939 Post your video then bigmouth! Why even say anything... That shadow box shows more service than 99% of the rest of the country... IF you served at all and IF you might have a more robust rack... then why say anything, why not recognize the service and the video for what it is.. a reference for the Sergeant's lineage to use to "know what the stuff in the box means". I gotta say, I know a small handful of SF guys and a few Marines.. guys that bled and sacrificed in Desert Storm and various parts of GWOT. I don't know one of them that would try to shit all over another Vet's video like this... if you are a Vet you should be ashamed. Jesus Christ man, *SMH*... this dude is a tabbed Ranger, served with the 82nd, and was a 5th SFG Green Beret.. then add the 1 Bronze Star he received and the other Bronze star that got morphed into an ARCOM with V ... I'd say he walked the walk... Then the last thing I will say to shit all over your shitty comment... if you look at his time in service.... He was awarded in 1983 in Grenada as a Sgt.!!! that puts him as an E7 in Desert Storm... where he was again awarded multiple times for valor and heroism... he had 18yrs in .. Do the math, and the prime of his "ribbon getting" years.... was PEACE with nothing happening. Best thing you could do is erase your comment and stop trolling. Shame.

Since this video went semi-viral, I've had several post comments that this should have been some sort of private video that I gave to my daughters on a thumb drive or some such. But thumb drives get lost, broken. Actually, thumb drives are about as current as a VHS recorder with young folks, no one under the age of 30 uses them much. Everything is streaming, and online. Well, the internet is forever and it won't get lost or broken. I also wished my father had made a video like this, explaining his awards, instead of me just guessing what they were for.

@@Irish_Pirate It also inspires others to do the same for their kids.

​@@Irish_PirateHave you tried contacting the DoD and asking them to send you his service jacket, sir?

@@Fyrwulf No... mainly because I have so many irons in the fire, I don't have time to do much. Being retired is the most active thing I have done!

​@@Irish_Pirateit's excellent. Excellent delivery. I wish my grandfather's had done this.

That was a pretty neat school. I went there right after I finished SF selection, so still had blisters on some feet while I climbed the mountains.

@@Irish_Piratehmmm I wonder if they still do that mountain course? I was in Germany from 2019-2022 and i got my Edelweiss badge and certificate but it wasn’t for a school. I did the edelweiss ruck. 22 mile ruck through the alps with 44lb ruck for time. Got the Same badge though.

@@Irish_Pirateregardless though you’re a badass.

Well... I never ran a mess hall, so ... uhm... yeah (confused)

@@Irish_Pirate 2/325 Mess Hall, when ours was closed, hopefully that unconfuses U.

Though both my father and myself were in Special Forces, we a year apart. He retired in 1978 and I enlisted in 1979. He was also in 10th Group while I didn't get to 5th Group until 1989.

I think I might have started something among the comments here. A bunch of veterans have said they are now going to do this. As a historian, I say wholeheartedly, DO IT! The history will be lost once the veteran passes on.

I have the documents, but they don't really tell the story. For example my Bronze Star has the vague "for exceptional meritorious service" that was put on every single Bronze Star to the men of 5th Special Forces Group. However, the actual reason for getting the medal has more details. The write-up for the awards usually get lost or thrown out by many units.

⁠​⁠@@Irish_Pirate Didn’t realize you were also former 3/75, I served in 1/75 myself, always nice to see other Batt boys. I’m not sure when, but much of the historical award documents, even from units, have been digitally archived. Units can’t shred or actually get rid of personnel awards files, although I’m sure some have been lost. The actual DA-638 is what will have the narrative on it. I’m a vet and a historian, I’d be happy to take a look at anything you have from your fathers period of service. It’s amazing how much historical and military documentation and unit history has been digitized and is available on various databases

The Grenada videos that I posted on there are on my RU-vid channel here somewhere

Yep. House of Pain! There is a strict "no blood wings" policy, so I would never, ever, ever violate that, you know.

Yeah, I'm pretty amazed at some of the comments on here. For some reason, me posting this video has angered them to no end, and I don't understand why. If I came across a video of a guy explaining his awards... honestly, I'd probably just move on without watching it... but for some folks in the comments section, it has triggered them to no end. Like I said... I am amazed.

I had a chance to go up to Canada and get their wings, but there was a guy on our team that had no wings at all yet, and I let him go in my place.

A lot of the "old" operations are still around. I think the longest running one is Reforger.

When I graduated Airborne School, he pinned on his original wings. When I graduated the Special Forces course, he showed up in dress uniform and gave me one of his old berets.

House of Pain?