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By-the-by, in the for what it's worth column - the Navy (and at the
time, the Marine Corps as a department of the Navy) do not give Good
Conduct Medals every three years as the Air Force and Army do, they
give them every 4 years. I could speculate that the reasoning is that
the Air Force and Army can't expect their personnel to behave for 4
years so they shortened the time to 3 years - a conclusion easily
supported by what I have seen here - but I suspect that would only lead
to another childish attack.

Jay

The Marine Corps Times says every 3 years:

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/stor...08-1634194.php

So does:

http://www.amtrac.org/1atbn/Commenda...iption/GCM.asp

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired