Service Jacket
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for successfully spotting and eliminating a Cheltenamese infiltrator who had penetrated the perimeter and was about to grenade the medical station during the defence of Point Ganges as part of swamp patrol activities in Operation Wiping Litmus.
OPERATION COMPASSIONATE BURRITO (2025-01-12):
Combat Patrol west of The Bra, clearing Ban Onglouang (PH Barbie Girl) then fortifying it up to withstand attacks overnight. Following day, push down the road to Antoum top clear some bastards out of fortified rocks.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for expertise and determination as point marine during intense close quarters battles in fortified rock positions in and around Ban Onglouang as part of Operation Compassionate Burrito.
OPERATION CONTENT CARROT (2025-01-17):
Find and destroy the five missiles of an SA-2 GUIDELINE SAM site, its FAN SONG guidance radar and the associated supply dump.
OPERATION GRAPHIC RABBIT (2025-01-19):
Search for the radio transmitters in the marked areas, then use them to triangulate the location of the command centre.
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for grit and determination in the face of squad losses and blue-on-blue grenade occurrences while searching for Cheltenamese radio positions during Operation Graphic Rabbit.
OPERATION SETTLER SPIRIT (2025-01-26):
A flight of three helicopters (Loach, Cobra, Guns-a-G-GO) under the control of a Forward Air Controller (Bird Dog) take on multiple hostile ground targets with varying success. Upon return to base, alternative ground transport is organsied to take a convoy of supplies to an IDAP camp in the village of Phouvong, which then needed defending from hostile attacks.
Meritorious Unit Commendation: AWARDED Meritorious Unit Commendation for the defence of the IDAP encampment at Phouvong in Operation Settler Spirit following a supply delivery, emphasising US support of NGO activity in South ChelteNam for the betterment of the average citizen in the move towards civilisation from their west-country origins.
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for dedicated efforts to improve squad morale through counter-irritation during the defence of the palisaded village of Phouvong during Operation Settler Spirit.
OPERATION PRESS RECORDING (2025-03-02):
SAR for the crew of an A-3D Skywarrior bomber down in the vicinity of Fuck That. While TACAIR was available and landed some hefty strikes (some on the enemy, and some on the platoon) difficulty with radio propagation meant that in the end, a Herculean effort from the infantry was required instead.
OPERATION DANCING PROPOSITION (2025-03-09):
A lovely little jaunt to the seaside. And a selection of islands. And a stairway which did not go to heaven.
Navy and Marine Corps Medal: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Medal (NMCM) for excellent skills in small boat handling in extremely challenging conditions during littoral combat operations under the banner of Operation Dancing Proposition, resulting in a mere two ramming fatalities compared to the other squad boat.
OPERATION IGNORING LEAVE (2025-04-25):
Sneaky beaky night mission over the border into Dorset to observe and recover/destroy information on the new weapon, Wild Wurzel, which is being surreptitiously refitted to North CheltNamese aircraft by the theoretically neutral forces of the Dorset dairy farm leadership under the rule of Chairman Moo.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for accurate and effective rifle fire suppressing multiple guard towers and defensive positions during an airfield assault as part of Operation Ignoring Leave, permitting a successful medical evacuation of casualties from a building about to be overrun by an airmobile North Cheltnamese quick reaction force.
Navy Unit Commendation: AWARDED Navy Unit Citation for actions to prevent Dorset-ChelteNam technology transfers that could have critically affected the war effort during Operation Ignoring Leave
OPERATION FINGER CARIBOU (2025-04-27):
Garrison and defend the firebase of A Luoi at the southern end of the A Shou valley, as Cheltie approaches through the mist.
OPERATION PURE PIE (2025-05-16):
Endgame Red conducted riverine operations through the Cheltenham river system, engaging targets of opportunity and enemy concentrations, along with destroying several fortified positions controlling the river valleys.
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for spearheading a successful counterattack against a Chelt Cong assault force reacting to the platoon assault on a river overwatch position, allowing the unit medics to render multiple casualties from the other squad combat effective and achieve victory during Operation Pure Pie.
OPERATION PINK BUSH (2025-05-18):
Hold the village of Bo Lieu on the river, with small detours to rescue the ambulance and save allies.
Mentioned in Despatches: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for a single minded focus on Kok that allowed the unit to pull out without injury during Operation Pink Bush.
Promoted to PFC.
OPERATION BUBBLING LAPDOG (2025-05-30):
Four separate sorties as air cavalry. FAC ordered to sweep and send a preparatory bombardment, then the marines went in to sweep up and clear the area, lift out, and on to the next.
OPERATION SURE INSTRUCTION (2025-06-01):
Sweeping patrol through the Chelt countryside. Air support via our Air Force friends, and a Seahorse on standby as required.
OPERATION TURBAN SINK (2025-06-15):
Foot patrol through Chelt held hills to relieve Firebase Rockpile. Due to the heavy chelt presence, we never made it to Rockpile, but they did do a load of shelling the baddies for us.
OPERATION PUMPKIN CHASM (2025-06-20):
Continuation of Op TURBAN SINK, Endgame Red combat patrols through another three grid squares, taking out the regional Chelt HQ.
OPERATION DOUBT STOREY (2025-06-27):
Let's trip over another punji then get mortared.
EGR continue their sweep and clear to the North of OP Rockpile. Engaging enemy fixed positions, roving patrols and AAA sites.
OPERATION PRACTICING SPHINX (2025-07-04):
Check the collection of bridges all along the river for explosives, defuse them, and run away.