The jacket is either too tight or the pants too baggy. Maybe both.
Posted on 09/21/2021 5:51:04 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman unveiled the insignia for the new service’s enlisted ranks Sept. 20, with nods to its Air Force roots and heavy use of deltas and hexagons.
The base design for Specialist 1s features a dark blue hexagon, with a white delta in the middle. “The six-sided border surrounding the insignia represents the USSF as the sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces,” the service said in a statement. The hexagon has also appeared in the emblems for the service’s three garrisons.
For grades E-2, E-3, and E-4, the insignia adds horizontal stripes, inspired by a proposal from Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg in 1952 for the Air Force’s insignia, as the service was first developing its own identity separate from the Army. Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is named in his honor.
“We honor his vision with our modern rendition of the classic concept,” the Space Force’s statement reads. “Space Force specialist stripes represent ‘terra firma,’ a solid foundation of skills upon which the Space Force, represented by the Delta, is built.”
For noncommissioned officers, the insignia features traditional chevrons: three for sergeants, four for technical sergeants. It also has the “Delta, Globe, and Orbit,” representing “the totality of our Space Force.”
Senior noncommissioned officers add what the Space Force calls “orbital chevrons” atop a globe. These chevrons represent low-Earth, medium-Earth, and geosynchronous orbits, the service said, with the delta placed above the globe and in orbit to signify the “higher level of responsibility” and “willingness to explore and innovate” of master sergeants, senior master sergeants, and chief master sergeants.
For Towberman’s own rank, Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force, the new insignia adds back the delta over the globe, as well as a pair of stars and a braid around the Delta, Globe, and Orbit.
Since its founding in December 2019, the Space Force has revealed its emblem, official flag, and service-specific ranks. However, the service is still developing its own uniforms, grooming policies, and PT standards. Officials have said the new uniforms will be revealed by the end of 2021.
The jacket is either too tight or the pants too baggy. Maybe both.
I went from SrA to SSgt in minimum time, and because you cannot be promoted from SrA to SSgt directly, you are promoted "Sergeant for a Day." As a fluke, the date of the promotion ceremony fell on the one day I was Sergeant.
So after asking around on whether I should show up to the ceremony with my SrA or my Sgt stripes on my uniform, I decided to be technically correct and have Sgt stripes sewn onto my Combination 1 uniform for the ceremony, and separated less than a year later.
I never did have SSgt strips sewn onto my Combination 1 jacket.
Yep, unofficially of course. Sort of an homage to "buck private" E-1 in the Army.
Does she have her pants on backwards ?
The lowest of the low.
How come that General is not wearing his Duck Dodgers uniform ?
In 1977, as a A1C I was promoted “below the zone” so I was only a Senior Airman for a month. I simply sewed on my buck sergeant stripes but kept covering up the white star with blue ink and when the month was done, washed the shirts and they became white stars again.
I am saddened that they omitted the rank of “Space Cadet.”
“They look as though they’re sponsored by Pontiac.”
If they name one of their rockets “Firebird” we can impeach for collusion.
The Starship Troopers are the dudes who fly the massive objects that roil the ocean, and can do a 90 degree turn on a dime. So far, they have been very difficult to conscript.
The Space Cadets are the democrat enlistees.
“Duck Dodgers”
I hope that term sticks to describe those terrible uniforms.
“Space Cadet.”
That term was used for students in the space school.
“Does she have her pants on backwards ?”
That’s racist. Maybe she’s a he...and he dresses “front”.
That’s where I started. :)
By putting the star trek symbol within a hexagon, are they trying to say that star trek is of the devil? LOL
#metoo...Seaman Recruit. 😎
Maybe someone involved is an Apiary...
RE: the junior enlisteds, the army used the “Specialist” rank to distinguish technical ‘specialists’ from the common grunt. Calling everyone at that grade a “Specialist” is stupid because if everyone is special, then no one is special.
And the whole Star Trek iconography is clichéd and overdone.
Other than that, great job, fellas!
/Sarc
The AF did that a long time ago. Looks like they are getting ready for the one world federation.
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