After all these years....Who'll break the bad news to Tenille?
Posted on 10/01/2008 9:18:41 AM PDT by pabianice
A New Orleans federal judge has sentenced a Slidell man in connection with a case where the man illegally wore a Navy uniform, complete with medals, at a wedding, according to U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
Letten reports that 42-year-old Andy Jerome Ticker was sentenced by Judge Jay Zainey to 12 months of home confinement, two years of supervised release, and a $500 fine.
Ticker was charged with illegally wearing military decorations and medals. Letten says that, according to court documents, Ticker attended a wedding in Slidell back in April wearing a Navy Captain dress white uniform, complete with the Navy Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart.
More — Ticker never served in the armed forces, according to BUPERS.
Took a first date to the wedding perhaps?
Interesting. Obviously wearning a uniform and military decorations you have not earned is tasteless and vulgar. I was unaware that it is also illegal.
Where is the line to be drawn in this? I see lots of people wearing ‘parts’ of uniforms, particularly various military camo BDUs. Would wearning a complete set of military BDUs be against the law too?
What about non-military uniforms? UPS man?
Prosecutors say Ticker has never served in the armed forces, but he wore a U.S. Navy captain's dress white uniform at his April 12 wedding in Slidell.
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Wearing military medals without proper authority is a federal crime.
Sorry for the duplicate post. I did an FR Search and nothing came up.
What is illegal is wearing military decorations that you have not earned.
What about non-military uniforms? UPS man?
The UPS guy is O.K. ....... Unless he pins a Navy Cross and a Purple Heart on his UPS uniform.
“Would wearning a complete set of military BDUs be against the law too?”
If you are wearing the bdu’s without /rank, name/branch tag, unit/etc., there is nothing wrong with that at all - it is very functional clothing.
impersonating an officer (or any uniformed personnel) is probably illegal under any number of laws
I’ve always resented watching Hollywood creeps wearing actual decorations in movies. I once got into a very heated argument with a co-worker when I expressed anger at watching Sean Connery wearing a CIB. My co-worker said it was necessary for realism, but I contend that most moviegoers wouldn’t know a CIB if it was stuck on their ass. In this age of ostentatious ignorance, “costume” medals will suffice for actors and their audiences.
So...can we prosecute Hollywierd...or are they somehow exempted....?
Other replies are right on target. To sum it up, you have to have actually served in the military, legitimately earned your decorations, completed your enlistment or retired with honorable service, and then wear the uniform on appropriate occasions. Anyone correct me if I’m wrong or missed something. :-)
In Operation Petticoat Cary Grant would go to his technical director, retired admiral, every day before shooting to make sure that his uniform and decorations were correct in every detail. What a guy!
Unless rules have changed, Hollywood is required to make at least one error in showing any actor’s military uniform in a film. This is often hard to discern and in movies by the Loathsome Left they make sure the uniforms are accurate so as to discredit the military. In lesser movies, the uniforms are so laughably wrong that it’s clear to any vet. Stargate SG-1 — the most noble in showing the military in a very good light — had the best-presented uniforms (although as a Navy vet I am not up on Air Force uniforms). In series like the awful “Emerald Point NAS” the ranks and uniforms were arranged by 10-year-olds.
He shoulda asked a Chief. Admirals can’t find their asses with both hands without their CPO’s.
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