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Army cracks down on foreign foot march badges, sparking backlash
« on: September 05, 2022, 11:40:04 am »
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Army cracks down on foreign foot march badges, sparking backlash
By Davis Winkie
 Thursday, Sep 1
 
A German soldier hands cold beer to a team of U.S. troops after they cross the finish line after marching in the annual Marche Internationale de Diekirch, Diekirch, Luxembourg, May 22, 2016. Under a new Army policy change, they can no longer wear their medals from this event. (Spc. Tracy McKithern/Army)
Army human resources officials removed two foreign foot march awards from the service’s authorized-for-wear list Wednesday morning, and many of the Army’s most-popular foreign awards could be in jeopardy, some fear.

Service officials updated the Army’s awards regulation to ban soldiers from wearing the Holland Four Day Event Cross or Luxembourg’s International March of Diekirch Medal, according to a post from a restricted-access discussion forum. A source shared photos of the discussion thread with Army Times.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/09/01/army-cracks-down-on-foreign-foot-march-badges-sparking-backlash/
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Re: Army cracks down on foreign foot march badges, sparking backlash
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2022, 12:36:01 pm »
Just one more 'morale boost'...
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Re: Army cracks down on foreign foot march badges, sparking backlash
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2022, 02:41:26 pm »
If only the badges were endorsed by the gay and trannie brigade........