Talk:Australian Defence Medal
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[edit] Deleted "Distinguished Attendance" joke.
I deleted the sentence about colloquial description of this medal as "Distinguished Attendance" medal. I consider this to be a derisory comment, not appropriate to the introductory paragraph. Perhaps a new paragraph on "Controversy" or "Acceptance" could be added. Some ADF members were unimpressed with this medal, compared with the service and achievements recognised by other honours, awards and decorations - particularly compared with those of veterans. It may also be noteworthy that the medal is not connected with the various long service medals, which are awarded at 15 years, with clasps/rosettes for subsequent 5 yearly awards. There are no clasps for the ADM. A number of joking names for it were circulated by ADF members, including "ADFA Medal" (since three years at ADFA and a year of officer training would qualify a new officer for the medal), but "Distinguished Attendance" would only be one of them. Targetonmyback 00:58, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Lets get a few of the names. A few of my mates have some good ones. Even if we don't put it in the article I want some new ones.
We have so far;
ADFA Medal, Mickey Mouse Medal, Battle of short time (said quickly to make it almost sound like a foreign language.), Me too....
I can't think of any more. There are heaps.
