I like sniperbait's colors for the medal!! very appropriate. Another medal issue that really pisses me off is the no MOH for someone throwing themselves on a grenade to save their fellow Marines/soldiers

Sounds like the weenie who came up with this one has never been in contact; restraint not nukin' 'em.

My idea of restraint is only using a single round to kill some clown instead of a dozen.

The insanity of political correctness and extolling the virtues of not immediately responding to threats is now epidemic and F$%^king nuts. Simply point a weapon in the general direction of and/or threaten a police office in the US with deadly force see what happens. All she wrote time!

No, the Bronze Star and Air Medal are also awarded for Valor which was its original intent until staff officers found a way to include themselves in the process and added for meritorious service.

What a great balance the Obammunists have given to our military forces: a "Bleeding Heart" medal to offset the "Purple Heart"! Never mind the field commander, it's now up to the individual soldier to determine whether or to be a warrior or a pacifist.

How about a " I shot the fucking Terrorist anyway Medal " Albany, NY

You go to war to fight and to win the fight. We went to war but we didn't go to win and our P C so called leaders will not allow us to do so. Time to bring our brave young warriors home to our own Southern front. You can't even explain freedom to these rag heads, why give your life trying?

ArmyTimes.com May 13, 2010 McChrystal: No Need For A Different Medal By William H. McMichael, Staff writer The top general in Afghanistan said Thursday he believes the concept of "courageous restraint" should be recognized but that a new medal to do so isn't the answer. A spokesman for Gen. Stanley McChrystal's International Security Assistance Force confirmed earlier this week that a proposal was making the rounds for a medal that would recognize heroic efforts to protect innocent civilians during combat "a key tenet of the force's counterinsurgency strategy to win hearts and minds. McChrystal didn't acknowledge that any sort of formal review is under way, but said in response to a question on the proposal during a Pentagon press conference that courage in uniform "can come under actions that may not be as expected or as traditional, involving killing the enemy. They may involve protecting civilians. There's a great photograph from the Marjah operation," McChrystal continued. "I think it's a U.S. Marine shielding an Afghan man and an Afghan child with his own body. He wasn't shooting anyone. He didn't kill any Taliban. But I would argue that he showed as much courage as any that I've seen on the battlefield. So when we talk about courage. I don't think we need a different medal, to differentiate different kinds of courage." McChrystal did not elaborate on what he might be contemplating. Possibilities might include awards of the Bronze Star or Air Medal, awarded for meritorious achievement or acts of heroism "in connection with military operations against an armed enemy."

When you're garrisoned, the chow does taste like $hit!!!

Seems milicrats/bureaucrats are intent upon elevating mediocrity to the heroic and EVERYONE today is a hero thus, making the common into the uncommon.

Courageous Restraint....Chickenshit!!

Have the silly Brits forgotten the Afghanistan of 1842?

as the Brits say, Butter Cutter is spot on!

I forgot to ask: Is the ribbon Pink and UN Blue with Yellow stripes?