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Wearing a Combat Infantry badge with three mustard stains on indicating he fought in three theaters of war is pretty much Stolen Valor.
That he shows Airborne Wings indicating he is a Paratrooper
As for the third badge I swear that thing looks like a CAB (Combat Action Badge)
By wearing those badges he is indicating his accomplishments

99% of the military going to get this but when you see another trooper you look at his/her badges which we refer to as "Stacks". When you hear the term "Tower of Power" then you look at tabs on shoulder.



As for me dumping on the Navy Jasper then you fail to see what I was getting at.

The PTSD label is a catch all phrase for us then been to the Box.
Everyone that goes into the Box gets PTSD
Then you get some like me with PTSD and TBI which is a good combo so when I get angry then its because my PTSD and TBI kicked in and I rant on you all because I have not medicated myself.

@Jihadin: I was wrong to have mentioned PTSD. I was obviously a bit peeved by the recorder's behavior, and his automatic assumption that the guy's sole intent was to get some discounts. Maybe I'm too soft...my gut reaction to seeing this guy impersonating a soldier is that he might be a sad and lonely person just trying to get attention.


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 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 jasper76 wrote:
Yeah, Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned that (although I do suspect it...he lost friends, and was himself injured...it would be unusual if he did not have PTSD under those circumstances). Anyways, I was just trying to explain why he might have let himself get so angry over such trivia.

It's one thing that I've noticed about many Vets who have served around me, that they take extreme pride in the uniform and its proper wear, and how it "represents" all the dead who have served previously, etc.

Hell, I had a 1sg in actual tears, chewing out soldiers at a Class-A uniform re-inspection, because he had lost a number of close friends in Iraq and even previous engagements (he was a 1sg, he'd been around since Desert Storm at least)

So, to me, I can envision many circumstances where a guy's emotional response is much greater than would otherwise be "normal" for that situation without it being PTSD.

I may be too close to the problem here. The one thing I absolutely could not stand about military life was the uniform business. To me, it was a huge PITA. And although the Navy did have some cool-ish uniforms, they made me wear this:



I mean, come on! That's just cruel and unusual.

I suppose I should be happy that I never had to wear this:

I agree about the uniforms bit. I wouldn't of fathomed walking about in one, off hours. The last thing I desired was undue attention. Wearing the uniform to a mall no where near your supposed duty station/base, though, goes even further down the rabbit hole of crazy. Homey wanted his scented candles discounted...bad.

If this waste of space wanted a discount and be noticed, all he had to do was make a poor attempt at shoplifting. Less money wasted on the wardrobe.

 jasper76 wrote:


I may be too close to the problem here. The one thing I absolutely could not stand about military life was the uniform business. To me, it was a huge PITA. And although the Navy did have some cool-ish uniforms, they made me wear this:

Yeah... I think the Navy in particular has some issues with uniforms. I mean, I know there's a crap load of different uniforms, and you have to know which one gets worn on Mon or Tuesday, vs. Thursday and Friday... THEN you have to know what the day's date is... if its late in the year, do I wear khaki? Or do I wear blue? Is the temperature low enough that Im supposed to wear long sleeves and a jacket, or do I wear short sleeves?


I mean... I remember a Duffelblog article about the "38" uniform combinations the Navy has... and It quite often feels like that article isn't even satirical

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 jasper76 wrote:


I may be too close to the problem here. The one thing I absolutely could not stand about military life was the uniform business. To me, it was a huge PITA. And although the Navy did have some cool-ish uniforms, they made me wear this:

Yeah... I think the Navy in particular has some issues with uniforms. I mean, I know there's a crap load of different uniforms, and you have to know which one gets worn on Mon or Tuesday, vs. Thursday and Friday... THEN you have to know what the day's date is... if its late in the year, do I wear khaki? Or do I wear blue? Is the temperature low enough that Im supposed to wear long sleeves and a jacket, or do I wear short sleeves?


I mean... I remember a Duffelblog article about the "38" uniform combinations the Navy has... and It quite often feels like that article isn't even satirical

And then if you're assigned to some sort of FMF duty you have to have a bunch of Marine uniform items on top of that.

 Hordini wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 jasper76 wrote:


I may be too close to the problem here. The one thing I absolutely could not stand about military life was the uniform business. To me, it was a huge PITA. And although the Navy did have some cool-ish uniforms, they made me wear this:

Yeah... I think the Navy in particular has some issues with uniforms. I mean, I know there's a crap load of different uniforms, and you have to know which one gets worn on Mon or Tuesday, vs. Thursday and Friday... THEN you have to know what the day's date is... if its late in the year, do I wear khaki? Or do I wear blue? Is the temperature low enough that Im supposed to wear long sleeves and a jacket, or do I wear short sleeves?


I mean... I remember a Duffelblog article about the "38" uniform combinations the Navy has... and It quite often feels like that article isn't even satirical

And then if you're assigned to some sort of FMF duty you have to have a bunch of Marine uniform items on top of that.

It's enough to cause PTSD on its own