Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?

A WW II Veteran from the 101st ABN DIV.

My grandfather, a veteran of D-day, the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Market Garden and the assault on Berlin, was glider infantry and crashed into Normandy.

The Army converted most of the glider infantry or artillery units into regular infantry or artillery units. I think the Air Force Academy still does some glider training. But as others have already said if you see some young soldier wearing a glider badge he is a faker, most soldiers who do wear it are more than likely World War II veterans. So you have better be an elderly soldier or you will be called to account for stolen valor

Good god I hope to hell glitter had not made it on to our uniforms!!! And I'd its real what the fuck next unicorns shitting rainbows !?!?

Hugh Nibley was assigned to, and trained on, the gliders but was pulled on D-Day. In his book, he talks about their high casualty rate because, well, they simply crashed. https://www.amazon.com/Sergeant-Nibley-Ph-D-Memories-Screaming/dp/ [login to see]

I had the honor of jumping with a few of the D-Day vets back in the late 1980s over in Israel, including Jack Schlegel, who I believe also wore Glider wings. They were tough old guys, but definitely the last of that breed.

Yes. 11th SFG (A) USAR out of Winston Salem, NC, some time citca 81 -83. We had an old crusty E-7 on my team, think maybe he was Heavy weapons Sgt. He wore Glider wings, I can remember the war stories he could tell about the GIR. Intersting note, he son was a MSG and team Sgt on one of the other teams!

Probably not issued since 1946 or so. Anyone that has one is most likely is in their mid 90's and got it during WW2.

Not since WWII! Lmao wtf!

My father, who was a WWII vet, was a trained glider pilot. Never flew in combat, as he was shifted to the Pacific theater with the Americal Division.