Should Op Pitting Personnel Receive Medals?

[Bob Bacon]

There are doubts over whether UK servicemen and women will be given medals in recognition of their roles in the evacuation of Afghanistan.

Missions must usually last 30 days for personnel to qualify for a service medal, with the Ministry of Defence acknowledging that precedent, adding that any changes to that protocol will require "lengthy consideration".

Operation Pitting saw hundreds of personnel travel to Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover, helping individuals flee the troubled country.

The mission lasted two weeks, with Boris Johnson praising "around-the-clock" efforts by the British military.

Should personnel involved in Operation Pitting be given medals for their efforts? Let us know in our poll above.

[jones20]

It always had the 30 day rule to get a medal, how many people went on spearhead to places maybe did 28 days got nothing if it’s agreeded to award a medal that will open up a whole new can of worms to service personal who in the past didn’t qualify for one who will now want one regardless of time served on active operations,they just need to look back on it and congratulate themselves on a job well done