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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2521785, member: 73983&quot;]Thank you for your kind words.&nbsp; Korea is always on my RADAR.&nbsp; I watch with interest every time North Korea is mentioned in the news.&nbsp; I have dreams of re-enlisting and being sent back there all the time.&nbsp; It&#039;s kinda weird that way.&nbsp; And in my dreams, I&#039;m always forgetting to bring something whether it be my boot&#039;s, hat or something that I need for my uniform.&nbsp; LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree with you on the Stolen Valor aspect of buying and selling Medals and badges that are earned.&nbsp; But challenge coins like the one I have were given to me as a memento rather than performing a service.&nbsp; To me Medals and Badges are notated in your Military Service Records and can be verified. Where as Challenge Coins are something given away and collected, they are not necessarily tied to a duty that was performed and earned and then documented.&nbsp; Sure they are given to people for services they perform as a reward, but it&#039;s an unofficial form of a reward.&nbsp; It&#039;s kind of a grey area to me.&nbsp; Someone showing off a challenge coin may not be using it to say they served in the Armed Forces, but someone showing off a Purple Heart typically will be trying to say they earned it by serving when in fact they may not have actually earned it.&nbsp; That does bother me quite a lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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