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[> Re: Air Assault Badge -- Anonymous, 11:18:48 09/25/05 Sun [1]

I think part of the problem in awarding the air assault badge retro to combat vets is that the AAB is a TRADOC initiated award and delegated to the 101stAB. Can't very well award a training badge to combat situtions. Two different animals. Let's say there were no CIB award and us veterans were trying to get the EIB for combat= no bueno.
What the coalition is working is to retro award the AAB to personnel in Nam who made 1 Combat Assault or more. I am sure there will have to be changes, but that is when a Senator or Congressman sponsors the bill. Rigo









>Although we were a Mech. unit, we went on many combat
>air assaults with the 1st. Cav, 173rd.AB, and other
>units we were attached to at one time or another.
>There are photos of our companies out on CA's in our
>website. I would guess that about half of our time we
>were on a chopper going out to the boonies. Many of us
>got the Air Medal over there.
> I am saying this because we along many other troops
>of the 101st, 1st Cav. Div, and many other units who
>put our life in extra danger in CAs and who developed
>Airmobile/Air Assault tactics and perfected them in
>combat are not entitled to the Air Assault Badge.
> Now, if you want to do somethig about it or want to
>support a group who has been working to get the Air
>Assault,to be awarded retroactively -
> go to http://airassault.bizhosting.com/
>The person who started this website and effort is Guy
>C."Doc"Lamunyon who was a Medic over there.
> Lets lend the support to his efforts.
>(OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH THOSE AFFECTED BY
>KATRINA AND RITA) Rigo

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