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French, German flags worn on US paratrooper uniform
Blackfive -- The Paratrooper of Love ^
Posted on 01/13/2004 8:16:37 AM PST by aculeus
A great photo of an American paratrooper.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakephoto; notnews
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:16:38 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
That was funny until his SGM showed up...
2
posted on
01/13/2004 8:17:29 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(if this guy wants to insult our president and call him evil, he can just join the Democrat Party ")
To: aculeus
Those look stripped in to me.
3
posted on
01/13/2004 8:18:03 AM PST
by
brewcrew
To: dighton; general_re; BlueLancer
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:18:54 AM PST
by
aculeus
(What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.)
To: aculeus
obviously photoshop.
Not funny, except that it's true.
To: aculeus
What supposedly makes this SGT a paratrooper?
Background looks like Germany, Bosnia, or Possibly Korea.
To: aculeus
The flag of Russia is the one above the German flag.
This is a Photoshop spoof.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:21:35 AM PST
by
Alouette
(Proud parent of an IDF recruit!)
To: .cnI redruM
Phoney Bologna, fer sure.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:23:29 AM PST
by
boomop1
To: aculeus
The image was reversed, why is the US flag backwards?
9
posted on
01/13/2004 8:23:46 AM PST
by
Alouette
(Proud parent of an IDF recruit!)
To: aculeus
It's got Registered's watermark on it. Duh.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:24:32 AM PST
by
Alouette
(Proud parent of an IDF recruit!)
To: aculeus
LOL! Another gem from the mind of Registerd.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:25:14 AM PST
by
conservonator
(To be Catholic is to enjoy the fullness of Christian faith.)
To: .cnI redruM
Well that's about as close to the action as the french & germans have been in decades!
12
posted on
01/13/2004 8:26:01 AM PST
by
Fighter@heart
(Anti-troll Mechinism is now activated!!)
To: Alouette
It's called "Flag Forward." The flag on the right shoulder of the uniform displays the star field to the front of the body as if to imply the wind is in the face.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:26:16 AM PST
by
brewcrew
To: Alouette
It's got Registered's watermark on it.
Yep - that's the first thing I noticed!
14
posted on
01/13/2004 8:26:28 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Some days you're the windshield; some days you're the bug)
To: American_Centurion
I haven't jumped since 1980, but back then there was an extra pad in the back of the helmet (pre-kevlar helmet) in case of a hard PLF.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:29:37 AM PST
by
airborne
To: Fighter@heart
DECADES? ´xcuse me, but which country was divided by the f´in Commies? Our hands were bound.
To: Alouette
From
https://www-perscom.army.mil/tagd/tioh/FAQ/FAQ.htm WEAR OF THE FLAG PATCH BY ARMY PERSONNEL. HQDA policy is that during joint or multi-nation operations, soldiers are authorized to wear the full-color U.S. flag cloth replica (approximately 2"x3") on utility and organizational uniforms. Wear of the cloth replica is at the discretion of the organizational commander. Soldiers are not authorized to wear the full-color replica upon their return to home station.
The DA policy states that when the patch is authorized for wear, it should be sewn one half inch below the right shoulder seam. If a right shoulder sleeve insignia for former wartime service is worn, the flag patch will be placed one eighth inch below the right shoulder sleeve insignia. The cloth replica is worn so that the star field faces forward or to the flag’s own right. When worn on the right sleeve, it is considered proper to reverse the design so that the union is at the observer’s right to suggest that the flag is flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:31:49 AM PST
by
dpa5923
(Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)
To: aculeus
My nine year old observed that the US flag is backwards.
Note that there is no puckering in the jacket at the seams around the Europeon flags. They got the lighting and the curvature correct, but otherwise it appears to be a clumsy job.
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:31:50 AM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(There are people in power who are truly stupid.)
To: Carry_Okie
My nine year old observed that the US flag is backwards.See post 17
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posted on
01/13/2004 8:32:54 AM PST
by
dpa5923
(Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)
To: aculeus
LOL
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