Posted on Mar 7, 2015
Can you see what is wrong with this ribbon rack?
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Occasionally I will post pictures and ask what's wrong with them. Here is another I recently found online. Can you see what's wrong with this pictures?
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I'm not familiar with Marine uniform regs, but if I was a guessing man I would say the fact that it's not centered on and too far above the pocket. Beyond the fact that they should only be three wide, the ribbons kind of look funky, like they were put on in a weird way. I'd have to look up the ribbon precedence to see if he got that right, I don't know it off the top of my head.
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Ribbons should be three wide, ribbons aren't in order. The national defense ribbon looks messed up. Oh and this person has two national defense ribbons.
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Tons of things are wrong...first the trident looks too small.....the ribbons are all out of order and the campaign star on the OIF campaign ribbon is upside down....and the OEF campaign ribbon should have at least one star. The ribbons are also not centered on the pocket....and the gap between the ribbons and trident looks wrong......
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2 national defense ribbons? Marksmanship ribbons are not next to each other? Real SEALS have BIG SEAL Trident.
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Suspended Profile
As far as I know Blue is senior to red in Navy/Marine decorations, so the CAR is correct in orientation.
cf https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webbas01.nsf/%28vwWebPage%29/home.htm?OpenDocument
which shows all Navy ribbons
cf https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webbas01.nsf/%28vwWebPage%29/home.htm?OpenDocument
which shows all Navy ribbons
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ribbons don't seem to line up, the trident seems too small. ok so this is suppose to be the Navy, so I don't recognize any of the navy/marine ribbons. I see the pistol and rifle...
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I want to say that buds is for the mess dress uniform. Rack is all out of order:
Should be Silver Star, Joint Service Achievement, Combat Action, Navy Meritorious Unit, Selected Marine Corps, National Defense Service, A'stan Campaign, Irag with bronze star device (right side-up), GWOT Expeditionary, GWOT Service, Navy Overseas, Marine Corps Reserve, Army Overseas, Navy Expert Rifleman, Navy Expert Pistol. Also has duplicate National Defense. Also went 4 wide should be 3. Placement is to high. Also has some lose cables on the pocket; needs to burn those off. Not even close to being real - the marksmanship awards big give away.
Depending on how the conversation went I might award them a jack ass ribbon with a black eye device.
Should be Silver Star, Joint Service Achievement, Combat Action, Navy Meritorious Unit, Selected Marine Corps, National Defense Service, A'stan Campaign, Irag with bronze star device (right side-up), GWOT Expeditionary, GWOT Service, Navy Overseas, Marine Corps Reserve, Army Overseas, Navy Expert Rifleman, Navy Expert Pistol. Also has duplicate National Defense. Also went 4 wide should be 3. Placement is to high. Also has some lose cables on the pocket; needs to burn those off. Not even close to being real - the marksmanship awards big give away.
Depending on how the conversation went I might award them a jack ass ribbon with a black eye device.
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Col Russell Anderson
One other problem is the Selected Marine Corps Reserve ribbon you mentioned. That ribbon has been obsolete since 1965!
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SPC David S.
I thought it was still authorized sir as of SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1650.1H. Regardless me being Army I could tell this was a poser as the marksmanship awards are typically last. I have a number of friends who are Marines so that I saw right away.
http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/SecNavInst%201650.1H.pdf
http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/SecNavInst%201650.1H.pdf
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Col Russell Anderson
It's authorized, if you were in the Reserve between 1945 and 1965. I'm referring to the ribbon he has senior to the Silver Star. The "new" Selected Marine Corps Reserve ribbon is the one he has on the bottom row, first ribbon (inboard).
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