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Shouldn't Rifle Marksman be in with the other Marksman ribbons? Lou Sander (talk) 13:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

There are different sections for ribbons and for medals. The expert ones are medals, and the other ones are ribbons. -- I. Pankonin (t·c) 03:07, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not a subject matter expert, but that seems like a distinction without a difference. There are distinctly ribbons and medals, but (I think) when you qualify for one, you qualify for the other. Aren't the ribbon and the medal just different physical manifestations of the same qualification? Don't winners just wear the ribbon on some uniforms and the medal on others? Lou Sander (talk) 03:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not an expert either. I've been using the Wikipedia pages as my source. However, I believe I can correct you with an image of Peter Pace wearing both ribbons (on his right) and medals (on his left) on the same uniform. -- I. Pankonin (t·c) 06:20, 23 February 2008 (UTC)