Predator Pilot Ejects.....

[EppyGA]

 

[LDJones]

That's funny. Didn't they just come up with new service awards for drone pilots?

 

[flyingmoose]

Thats great. Hope he can fly again.

 

[Geico266]

That's funny. Didn't they just come up with new service awards for drone pilots?

Yes, and they rank higher than combat awards.

 

[docmirror]

Not so fast:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/12/official-hagel-orders-review-new-cyber-medal/

Review is underway.

 

[timwinters]

"ordering a review in response to complaints about what some have derisively dubbed the "Nintendo" medal."

 

[X3 Skier]

If they don't rank the award below those earned for valor it's a travesty. I sometimes disagree with Duncan Hunter but he is correct on this.

BTW, maybe he got the DFC because the Drone landed itself after he ejected.

Cheers

 

[LDJones]

"ordering a review in response to complaints about what some have derisively dubbed the "Nintendo" medal."

That's funny. Do sprained thumbs qualify??

 

[Threefingeredjack]

That's funny. Do sprained thumbs qualify??

Will the Purple Heart will be awarded for for carpal tunnel???

 

[weilke]

That's funny. Didn't they just come up with new service awards for drone pilots?

They did:

 

[MachFly]

 

[Florida Cracker]

Will he be disabled due to dtsd?

 

[gprellwitz]

Reminds me of the M*A*S*H episode where Frank got a Purple heart for shell fragments. Turns out they were egg shell fragments in his eye, IRIC!