FOUR DAYS

[Snoopy47]

That's how many days I was short from getting the Overseas Tour Ribbon.

One needs 8 months 15 days, and I was at 11 days.

Unreal.

I'd be more annoyed, but push comes to shove if they gave me a choice to stay another week just to get a ribbon worth zero promotion points I'd probably would have skipped out anyway.

I'm sure I'll get another chance at it.

That was that gents. I'm on transitional leave now.

[ldsnet]

I missed my first deployment ribbon by 4 days as well, did 86 days underway, 4 short of the 90 required.

[ParkwayDrive]

What an odd time requirement. Did you not meet it due to the 9 month deployments now? I hit the time requirement for the ribbon before I even went on R&R.

[jarhead714]

It's just fruit salad brother. Don't trip.

[chris]

they did that to my unit in Desert Storm for their overseas combat stripe on the class A's missed by a week or so.

[11Bforme]

That's how many days I was short from getting the Overseas Tour Ribbon.

One needs 8 months 15 days, and I was at 11 days.

Unreal.

I'd be more annoyed, but push comes to shove if they gave me a choice to stay another week just to get a ribbon worth zero promotion points I'd probably would have skipped out anyway.

I'm sure I'll get another chance at it.

That was that gents. I'm on transitional leave now.

Guess you didn't go then man. I was going to buy you a drink at the VFW as well.

[mikenewgun87]

Army gives out ribbons for deployment durations?
I thought you guys were deployed for a yrs lenght....

Stupid Jarhead here.

[maggie06]

Just be glad you're not MLB pitcher and missed a $500,000 bonus by 1 out

[KOOKARMY]

Just be glad you're not MLB pitcher and missed a $500,000 bonus by 1 out

ha!

[rplusplus]

It's just fruit salad brother. Don't trip.

This.

If you do a full 20, you will have more than you care to replace during each formal inspection.

[pterrell]

No ribbon = not a real deployment.

It's like not getting a sea service ribbon after floating in the Pacific for 85 days waiting for NK to decide it wants to take a shot at you. It's like you weren't even there bro.

YOU DON'T RATE!



It's also just as good as getting a meritorious mass while having a perfect program during the wing inspection. Gee, thanks sir...