Posted on May 31, 2014
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Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge? How many Soldiers could you ask before receiving the correct answer without the help of a search engine?
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SFC Rodney Jackson
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Not since the early '70s and that was on a very old CSM....
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SGT Jonathan Persons
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Seeing as how the last glider unit was disbanded shortly after WW2, there is nobody on Active duty who qualifies to wear it.
Anyone who is wearing it needs corrective action taken on them.
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CW5 Roger Jacobs
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I have back in 1978 and 1979 on Ft Bragg.
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SGT Jay Richardson
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The only glider badge I have ever seen was being worn by a WW2 veteran.
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Sgt Tony Ramos
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I know about the badge due to my wife's grandfather having one from his service in WWII.
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CSM Arthur Langlo Sr.
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I only knew one soldier a SGM I work with in 1974 just as he was retiring!
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CW4 Ted Doucette
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Yes, my 1st Sergeant in 1968 at Ft Benning was a WW2 vet and had a glider badge>
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CWO4 Tim Hecht
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Being a Sea Service Member (4 Navy, 26 Coast Guard) I never saw anyone wearing "Glider" Wings - either as a pilot or troop.

I served on the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) during Vietnam from 1972 - 1974; assigned to the Weapons Department in the Guided Missile Division. Our LCDR Division Officer was one of the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) Pilots flying the C-1A cargo plane; a small twin engine plane that made regular mail runs and bring back essential repair parts. One of the other Weapons Division Officers, a Mustang LCDR (former enlisted) was the object of good natured ribbing by our division officer; we were always egged into calling him the "Blimp Pilot" still on active duty by our boss. We thought our boss was joking until one personnel inspection that the officers wore their chocker whites with medals; he wore regular wings, but also wore these:

Actual blimp pilot wings!
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LCpl Jim Wagner
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My Uncle Ned Moore, Chief of Staff (Acting) of the 101st Airborne at Bastogne arrived at Normandy via gliders, as did all the Division Staff.
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SP6 Bill Wescott
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My Dad went through Airborne School in ‘46. He received a jump badge, glider badge and was trained as as rigger.
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