Interesting concept. I dont think I would ever buy or wear it. I am about to graduate from MM A school but I hardly feel that I have earned the right to wear my national defense medal, I have never even been on a ship yet. My buddies and I tend to refer to it as the McDonalds ribbon, simply because it matches the burger joints color and goes well with our french fries (E-3 stripes for the Navy). No disrespect to the medal is meant, its just our way of shortening the name.

Bishop