Pentagon to Start Awarding Medals for Drone Strikes

[itshappening]

The Defense Department is reportedly inventing a new medal designed to reward soliders who fight battles from the safety of their computer consoles. The Associated Press says the Pentagon is creating a new ribbon, called the Distinguished Warfare Medal that will be given for "extra achievement" related to a military operation. That would include drone pilots operating unmanned planes from halfway around the world, or even hackers who launch a successful cyberattack on an enemy. Unlike all other combat-related medals, this would be the first one that you can be awarded without actually putting your life online.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...attacks/62104/

[MRK]

Big deal, I won the Counterstrike CAL championships back in '99. These guys only know how to kill unarmed, unaccused 16 year old Americans.

[ronpaulfollower999]

The Call of Duty generation.

[Spikender]

Play a cool little "simulation", kill some "terrorists", cause some "collateral damage", and get a cool little medal.

Looks like a win-win situation to me. Let's crack open a casket of cider and celebrate.

[kcchiefs6465]

[HOLLYWOOD]

The Call of Duty generation.

Yes, I can imagine their training technical schools consist of playing every version of; Call of Duty, HALO, Command and Conquer: RED ALERT, Medal of Honor, and Counterstrike games.

[Spikender]

Yes, I can imagine their training technical schools consist of playing every version of; Call of Duty, HALO, Command and Conquer: RED ALERT, Medal of Honor, and Counterstrike games.

Play some "games", kill some "enemy combatants", get some shiny medals; sounds like every schoolboy's dream!

[itshappening]

I miss counterstrike, is it still going? what happened to it?

[CyberTootie]

Sweet, tangible items for "achievements!"

[Spikender]

I miss counterstrike, is it still going? what happened to it?

Yep, Counterstrike is still going strong. Tens of thousands of people still play it. They're all waiting to kill you if you want to come back.