General Wears his Medals Upside Down at State of the Union

YouTube ^ | 2/6/19 | Angry Cops

[Godebert]

National Guard general admits his ribbons were upside down during State of the Union (Air Force).

[mass55th]

"Did he say why?"

Blamed it on an aide.

[jonascord]

"Peterson is abandoned? Don’t think so — maybe you’re thinking of some other base."

So, that O-1 will have someone to talk to?

[TheThirdRuffian]

“You would think that at least ONE of the other Joint-Chiefs would have noticed his medals were jacked-up before sitting down for the SOTU speech.”

Maybe if they have reading glasses on, which they didn’t.

[castlebrew]

I might have told him he had the stars on the wrong shoulders, or in reverse order.

We used to catch LTs and CPTs with the “your bars are upside down” gag. Got a few, as I recall...

[an amused spectator]

He probably had his tongue down Obama’s ear to get his stars.

And Reggie "Shove" Love was behind him all the way while he was Frenching Zero's ear.

[48th SPS Crusader]

Well has he bee charged? That is certainly a violation of the UCMJ.

[Oldexpat]

You often see Brits wearing their decorations on civilian suits, but rarely Americans. Is it ok to wear your ribbons on a civilian suit?

[T-Bird45]

O-1s don’t typically serve as an aide. A one-star gets an O-2 and it goes up from there in rank and number of aides. At O-10, there is typically a senior aide, minimum O-4, and a junior aide, usually O-3.

[reasonisfaith]

No, incorrect.

Wrong judgment from both of you. It’s not certain he did it on purpose.

The way to judge this matter is to gauge whether there’s enough certainty to outweigh the value of a general’s lifelong service.

[Vermont Lt]

Idiot general. Tedious sergeant.

[rfp1234]

General D. Sarray?

[Maudeen]

I guess you are right. . .innocent until proven guilty. How many medals were there anyway? If several, at least one should have been upright.

[EDINVA]

It’s possible he’s slipping into dementia. Otherwise, this is an “accident” a lifetime airman who rose to general would never make under any circumstances, much less representing USAF at the SOTU. It just would not happen.

[Godebert]

"On the handful of times I wore dress blues, my wife had to read me the reg book to see if I was doing it right. I am still not confident I did it right. It made me feel much better when I talked with all the other combat arms guys there and they didn’t have a clue, either. We did more important things."

So you did "more important things" while wearing the dress uniform? I would think wearing the uniform correctly would be task number one. If you can't even get that right......

[RJS1950]

The BMT would not be surprising. There are and were plenty of senior officers who were enlisted before obtaining a commission and yes, those former enlisted do go through OTS or through a two or four year AFROTC program. A number of enlisted airmen are also selected for AF Academy appointments each year. All of the services do this.

[Hot Tabasco]

Just curious, what medals were out of line or upside down as claimed? As a side note, this guy in the video is a bonafide jackass and nut bag..........

[Hot Tabasco]

As a post script, I’m not going to malign any past or present military officer for the way they allegedly display their earned medals. I’ll leave that up to the leftists to do their devouring...........

[Godebert]

"Just curious, what medals were out of line or upside down as claimed?"

All of them. His entire ribbon rack was upside down.

It's not a claim, it's a fact. The general has admitted it.

[Hot Tabasco]

Yeah, but the guy should be getting crap for this for the rest of his career.

Just what the left wing piranha wants to hear.........

[Hot Tabasco]