Its a time honored Enlisted medal of tradition. It speaks a great many things about our past. Being a TSgt I have a great repsect for that title of Non Commisioned Officer. The Good Conduct Medal is a part of that. Most NCO's will back me up on that. Being an SME on USAF History and have taught USAF enlisted to history countless new recruits, it has a place in our history. Many of those who just think its a BS ribbion has very little knowledge on is history in relation to being Enlisted and a NCO. That is the problem with today's USAF, there are many NCO's who do not know what it actually means to be an NCO. No offense JM but the last part of your statement leads me the the fact you are ignorant of what it means to be an NCO and the purpose of the GCM. I know many many many people who have not gotten a GCM for misconduct. I am glad it's back.