15 April 2009

Military Challenge Coin


Are you familiar with the tradition of the Military Challenge Coin?
Here is the Wikipedia entry (easy click & read, so I won't recopy it into here).

I'm collecting coins here in Iraq (natch). Some I am purchasing.















AFTH ICU COIN














AFTH ANESTHESIA














4th AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE UNIT (From Hill AFB) when I participated in "Medics to Maintainers".


Sometimes a coin is gifted to you.














777th EAS (gift from 1st Lt Parker, who wants to be a dietitian and spent a few days in Nutritional Medicine shadowing me)



And then there is a Commanders coin which is presented (in a handshake) when you do something above & beyond. These are the best!















330th Transportation Battalion - I gave a Nutrition briefing "For the Love of Chocolate" and the Colonel must have really enjoyed it. He gave me this coin in a handshake at the end. Nice!

2 comments:

  1. Those are great to see. I was given one when I got up and did PT with my son, all the other troops and the rest of the families on family PT day. I was in Baumholder, Germany at Christmas. It gave me a new appreciation for the troops, it was very cold out there at 5:30 AM. Looking forward to the rest of your collection.
    Karen

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  2. Great information thanks for sharing this with us.In fact in all posts of this blog their is something to learn . your work is very good and i appreciate your work and hopping for some more informative posts . Again thanks
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