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Post by dude on Sept 24, 2016 0:36:34 GMT 9
The other day I pulled out my DD214 so I could go get my free lunch at Red Lobster. Down in the medals section I noticed an entry for AFR 900-48. I had no clue what that was and when I googled it, it came up as a Combat Crew Badge. Can anyone shed some light on this? Except for a stint in Job Control, my entire blue suit tenure was as an MA-1 technician.
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Post by Gene on Sept 24, 2016 0:58:54 GMT 9
were you ever tdy to a combat zone?? ( click on image ) AFR 900-48 covered all awards and decs. the badge was one of them... maybe the reference to the reg. was refering to the award and dec. section in your discharge paperwork.
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Post by dude on Sept 24, 2016 1:22:55 GMT 9
No I wasn't. Maybe. Seemed strange but wondered if it had anything to do with the unit standing alert?
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Post by Mark O on Sept 24, 2016 9:42:43 GMT 9
When I was an FE one of the Chiefs I had was fixing to retire, and knew I was sort of an amateur military historian... I mean geek! Anyway, he got the Combat Crew badge as a young flier, but lost his after they discontinued it. He wanted one for his shadow box, and asked if I could help find him one. Well, I really didn't know the history of it,so I asked him. According to my Chief, he said it was issued when an aircrewman first got his permanent Aeronautical Orders awarding them their wings, and assigned to a combat-designated unit. (As opposed to a flying training unit such as work for now.) Anyway, after two years in flying status the Combat Crew badge was replaced by the Combat Readiness Medal, and no longer worn on one's uniform. Now, by the time I became an FE the Combat Crew badge had been discontinued, but at my two years I was, in fact, awarded the Combat Readiness Medal. Only got one before I retired. Hope that makes sense. Mark O en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Readiness_Medal
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Post by dude on Sept 25, 2016 0:12:57 GMT 9
Well after some digging I came up with this. I can't say with certainty that it is correct, but I believe it is. It appears that within NORAD and SAC the badge was broadly authorized for both aircrews and support elements (ground crews, back shops, command post, tower crews, etc.) that were assigned to an organization with a charter to maintain combat readiness. This applied to 106 squadrons that stood alert as well as B-52 squadrons, ICBM sites, Cheyenne Mountain HQ crews, etc. If true, it would seem to me that most, if not all, members of a Six squadron should have an AFR 900-48 entry on their DD214.
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Post by Gene on Sept 25, 2016 0:53:51 GMT 9
that sounds like a reasonable explaination...i saw that badge on a lot of C 130 people...
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Post by Jim on Sept 25, 2016 1:30:19 GMT 9
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Post by Gene on Sept 26, 2016 0:59:48 GMT 9
didnt earn it, so....
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Post by dude on Sept 27, 2016 2:17:31 GMT 9
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