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submitted 1 week ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world

Tom Cruise has been awarded the US Navy's highest civilian honour for "outstanding contributions" to the military with his screen roles.

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[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago

He probably thought he was being honored by the Sea Org.

[-] francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

An upvote is not enough. I must provide an unnecessary comment to support this as the best comment. You're doing Xenu's work.

You win the internet today, my friend.

[-] halykthered@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago

"Recruiter Of The Year"

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

What a worthless award this must be.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 12 points 1 week ago

I was going to say that while his acting was fine in Top Gun and A Few Good Men and such, he's also been paid for that, and I feel that an award should really require going above-and-beyond.

But I looked at the recipients of that medal, and it has a long list of political recipients, people like Jared Kushner. I'm not sure that the medal has a lot of integrity to safeguard.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

You get the Navy’s “highest civilian honor” for being in movies? TIL

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Not that I would give him the award, but Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun has probably done more to get people to join the navy than any recruitment office could ever hope for.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You get the highest civilian honor for pumping out propaganda and driving recruitment.

[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

So no shade (despite the fact that I don’t like Tom Cruise) but he looks 15 years older here than he did during the filming of Maverick

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Apparently he hasn't cleared his body of Thetans in a while.

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, he looks closer to a man his age.

[-] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The magic of Hollywood my friend

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

As a common point of confusion, Tom Cruise was surprised to receive a call from the Navy instead of the Air Force.

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