Posted on 07/03/2013 1:44:36 PM PDT by EXCH54FE
USAF with a Combat Infantry Badge? How often does *that* happen?
There’s a special kind of stupid ...
I had the honor of meeting and talking with Jeremiah Workman this year at a Memorial Day ceremony at my son’s former school.
Well, I think I’ll run down to the Good Will store and pick me up a few battle ribbons.
Its just the Sanford police version of “flair”.
This is the b*tch who said GZ was following TM. Baloney. He never followed him. He ran in the direction TM was last seen AFTER he lost him, but he NEVER followed him! How can you follow someone you cant see? And when he was running to get sight of TM again, 911 said We dont need you to do that in which he immediately stopped. You can hear this quite clearly on the 911 tape. This all started when GZ WATCHED TM from his car looking into houses. He then drove past TM, parked his car and called 911, in which TM started walking towards him with his hand in his waist. But GZ NEVER FOLLOWED TM! This is another myth created by the media and this faux medal recipient.
I do not see this as an instance where a person is wearing a military uniform and trying to pass these military experience ribbons off as earned.
She is clearly wearing a police uniform. The police department supervisor was merely trying to come up with a rewards system for his officers. He didn’t believe anyone would try to make the case these patrolmen were trying to take credit for military service.
He thought they would take pride in what those ribbons meant to them based on their department service.
I don’t see this as an insult to members of the military. It wasn’t intended to be referenced in relationship with the military.
Do folks who serve in the military see this as an insult. Perhaps I’m off base here, but I don’t believe they should.
This was a local police dept. uniform, not a U.S. military uniform. Whatever she was wearing was local only and completely harmless.
I can't tell you how many times I have seen stars and bars on the shoulders of police chiefs that in no way reflect that they were generals or officers in the military.........
This is a ridiculous non-issue and needs to be ignorned..........
Its reasonable but (cost wise) that the pd use ribbons from milsurp. There is no attempt to claim they are Mil Awards as they are not an Mil uniform. It would I think have been better if they added a device that made then obviously not military awards
She looks like Joe Namath after a bad night....
And you would think CORRECT........Local PD's got to have ribbons of some kind as well as rank designations in the form of stars and bars so why not use the military's?
But then again, a thread ain't worthy of posting unless an issue can be made from it......LOL!
Wrong word: “Bling”.
Why don't these keystone cops come up with their own medals, instead of stealing the awards of our WWII veterans? Did your father or grandfather serve in WWII?
Not the point. As a civilian she shouldn’t be wearing military-issue ribbons (especially as a part of her official duties), which the chief readily admitted they are. They are not ribbons issued by or unique to law enforcement, which is the only kind she should be wearing.
“USAF with a Combat Infantry Badge? How often does *that* happen?”
He’s so amazing he has unit citations in with all of his individual medals for “bravery!”
I thought candidates for promomotion to E-7 were required to finish puberty before they are considered.
Yes. You are off base here. The ribbons were specifically designed and have particular meaning. Using them as decorations is inappropriate and belittling.
This ain’t the forties. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Air Force Senior NCO younger than twenty eight years old.
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