Well today just sucked. I found out that the LTC is not recommending me for a BSM (Bronze Star Medal) even though I have gone way above and beyond the call of duty starting with coordinating a group of 8 of my Soldiers and myself to stay an extra 6 months so that Kuwait had enough personnel in my job set to do its mission. After that I solved another manning gap by taking over a 2nd job that I should not even be involved in. I have created a plan to increase the size of our operation in support of the Iraq draw down in a way that we can fall back onto our original footprint after the draw down is over and not show any excess damage to the area.
I have increased the size of 1 of my operations and upgraded its facilities and I am working to relocate another of my locations to a much better facility. I have overseen a contract worth of 10 million. All I had to do was go home in May, but I felt that I could help more and my family agreed to let me stay.
And now I get this bullshit. I wrote the damn award, all he had to do was sign it and send it to the COL. I know that there are pieces of shit out there that are going to get a BSM because they know someone or they are in the right slots or based solely on their rank, not what they have done.
Don't get me wrong, I go outside the base all the time but this is Kuwait and there is not much risk of being attacked here, but I could the award I will get by sitting at my desk, just because I am a CPT. This just really sucks, this is the 2nd time I deserved it and will be passed up for it, and it just may be my last chance to get one.
Sorry, but this is the only safe place that I can't vent about the military. Most people use Facebook but I have some of my Soldiers are my friends and I can't let them see their Commander bitching about their BT Commander.
I have increased the size of 1 of my operations and upgraded its facilities and I am working to relocate another of my locations to a much better facility. I have overseen a contract worth of 10 million. All I had to do was go home in May, but I felt that I could help more and my family agreed to let me stay.
And now I get this bullshit. I wrote the damn award, all he had to do was sign it and send it to the COL. I know that there are pieces of shit out there that are going to get a BSM because they know someone or they are in the right slots or based solely on their rank, not what they have done.
Don't get me wrong, I go outside the base all the time but this is Kuwait and there is not much risk of being attacked here, but I could the award I will get by sitting at my desk, just because I am a CPT. This just really sucks, this is the 2nd time I deserved it and will be passed up for it, and it just may be my last chance to get one.
Sorry, but this is the only safe place that I can't vent about the military. Most people use Facebook but I have some of my Soldiers are my friends and I can't let them see their Commander bitching about their BT Commander.
misfit762:
I kinda feel your pain, I was downgraded twice for the Bronze Star, once with "V". All because I was an E-5 and not an E-6.