If you're not up to speed on what a silver star is, here's my own explanation of the military's award system:
| Description | Air Force | Army | Marines |
| Showing Up | Bronze Star | Pat on the Back | Paycheck |
| Bravery | Silver Star | Bronze Star | Pat on the Back |
| Notable Bravery | Air Force Cross | Silver Star | Bronze Star |
| Exceptional Bravery | Medal of Honor | Distinguished Service Cross | Silver Star |
| Sacrificial Bravery | Transfer to USMC | Medal of Honor | Navy Cross |
As you can see, the Air Force has a reputation for being quite liberal with the chest candy, and the Marine Corps quite stingy. The War on Terror has just recently passed the Korean War for number of medals awarded (seriously) and in related news, Air Force personnel are all banking left due to the weight of that side of their uniform (they do look a little like third world dictators).
I've heard an excellent explanation for how critieria is determined for the Medal of Honor: The Medal of Honor cannot be awarded for an action done under orders. In other words, you can't get it for doing your job bravely; it must be truly above and beyond the call of duty.
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If anyone wants to look at the source code and figure out why my table is preceded by about two pages of blank space, let me know. I can't figure it out -- but I'm just learning, so I may be missing something really simple.
Jared
Jared
It has to do with the line breaks ((br /)) you have between the table markers ((table) & (/table)). Tables do not need this unless you want to use them inside a cell. If you do want to use them in the cell then they need to be placed between the cell markers ((td) & (/td)). If you don't need them then remove each line break in between the table markers ((table) & (/table).
Later
David T.
P.S. I had to replace "<" with "(" to be able to submit this post.
Thanks David
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