Why do US military soldiers/officers have a chest full of me...

And while I have seen more than a few officers and NCOs who, in my opinion, don’t deserve a lot of their chest candy - the vast majority do.

The exceptions are one of my Purple Hearts, because we were all running away, and we were probably taking friendly fire (and yes, I know that technically that qualifies, but it still bugs me). And my NDSM for very complicated reasons that I don’t want to detail here.

Finally, I think that most in the military have mixed feelings about at least some of their awards - I think that is normal. Some of what we did to “earn” those awards was ugly and painful, we would rather not be reminded of what ...

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

Ugh. I am so tired of this question. I put in 33 years by the time I retired - 5 as an NCO in the Army, and 27 as an officer in the Marines (it’s complicated). I have a lot of ribbons,and with the exception of 2 ribbons, I earned the hell out of the rest.

Why do US military soldiers/officers have a chest full of medal ribbons when they probably haven't been in a combat situation? Are the medals for attendance, good behaviour, or long service perhaps?

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