This article begins: "Barely 24 hours after the Pentagon announced its new medal for cyber
warriors and drone pilots, the Veterans of Foreign Wars is demanding the
decoration's ranking be lowered.
"The Distinguished Warfare Medal is ranked above both the Bronze Star
with Combat "V" and the Purple Heart – medals typically awarded for
combat in which the servicemember's life is at risk." http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/02/14/vfw-wants-new-medal-ranked-lower.html?comp=700001075741&rank=2
I could have written that the ranking of this award above the Bronze
Star with "V" and the Purple Heart is "unbelievable" but I am too
cynical and have to argue that the ranking is disgusting. Those who
wear or know the circumstances of others who wear or were buried with the BS w/"V" awarded under direct combat
conditions should be angered and insulted by this ranking.
To place such as award above the Bronze Star
with "Valor" device, an award presented for valor in direct, face to
face, ground combat is ridiculous and an insult to those who wear or
went to their graves earning the Bronze Star award for valor.
To place the award above the Purple Heart which is awarded for wounds
received in direct combat and often the only award presented
posthumously to a soldier killed in action is morally reprehensible and
unjustifiable.
