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Serious question: Does anyone know the US military constantly hands out participation awards a promotions at like 5 times the rates of Euro forces?
Things like good-cookies and automatic promotions don't even exist in most of Europe.
For example, some any given GWOT-era US infantryman with 12 years of service and 3 combat deployments will have like >20 different awards and be a staff sergeant.
Meanwhile his Euro counterpart with a near identical service record is liable to have 2 or 3 awards and be PFC or maybe a specialist.