I have been playing Battlefield 2 quite a bit lately. It helps me manage the incredible stress I have been under lately. The first award I earned was the Legion of Merit Ribbon. It represent 200 hours of game play, 26 best kill streak (without dying), an at least 8 death streak and 50 teamwork points in a round.

Then I earned the Air Defense Ribbon. I earned it by spending 3 minutes in an anti-air vehicle and getting 11 kills in a round. I basically hopped in an AA tank and blasted any enemy I saw including ground forces. Yeah, I got shelled by tanks and APCs quite a bit.

Medals are harder to get than ribbons and badges. I got my Good Conduct Medal. I accomplished 27 kills in a round with no team damage, no team kills, no team vehicle damage and over 250 hours of game play. This is difficult to achieve because it is easy to get accidental team damage if a teammate runs in front of your gun or runs in front of a vehicle you are driving.

Finally, I was promoted in rank! I achieved the rank of First Sergeant. In order to reach this rank I needed the following: 20,000 total points, the basic knife badge, the basic pistol badge, the basic assault combat badge, the basic anti-tank combat badge, the basic sniper combat badge, the basic spec-ops combat badge, the basic support combat badge, the basic engineer combat badge and the basic medic combat badge. Whew!

Now I need a whopping 30,000 more points to get the next rank. To give you some idea of the effort involved, my best round so far was 190 points. My average points per round is 19 points. At that rate it will take me 1,579 rounds.

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Legion of Merit Ribbon

Air Defense Ribbon

Good Conduct Medal

First Sergeant Rank