Not my rules, just sort of how it has gone. There is that allure of an air-to-air kill which 'they' seem to want to recognize for the difficulty and rareness of it occurring. And while it may seem 'easy' in hindsight, those opportunities are very rare and fleeting, and have been F&^$ed away several times as well.Seriously? From the ground perspective I had to shoot at a lot more than some scabby Syrian just to get considered for Bronze!
We can go down the medals game and how the Skipper of a ship who lofts TLAMs from 400 miles get a Bronze Star w/V, or how meritorious Bronze Stars are the war zone staff NCM these days. It just is what it is.