General Petraeus and his many medals

I guess as a veteran I was kind of put off by the number of medals awarded to a general who only saw "combat" for the first time five years ago. He has nine rows of medals on his uniform. I saw quite a bit of combat during my time in the service, and my uniform only had four rows, and most of them were combat-connected.

This is one of the problems with our service these days. They give out medals for showing up, brushing your teeth, organizing a file drawer, building a campfire and whatever. I notice he has a bronze star; I've received that one, too. I'm curious what action he conducted in a war where he was a general that constituted that particular medal. The rest of those medals are essentially "thank you for showing up" awards.

Stumble It!