Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
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Cadets in the Civil Air Patrol can earn a Glider Badge, if they subsequently join the Military they Legally are Authorized to wear all ribbons and medals they earned as a cadet.
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Knew a man (long since past) who wore it legit was airborne and a Korea vet
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I have only had occasion to see three such badges. Two of them being on WW2 Veterans. The third being on a USAF Cadet. The USAF maintains a Soaring (Glider) program as part of their cadet officer flight training. I am not aware at this time of the Air Force having an active badge for this skill.
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I have only seen one. It was on a WWII Vet, when I commented about it he said you won't see many, because the ones that didn't die on missions are a little ashamed of it because the majority of them couldn't make it through jump school and were offered glider school instead. I personally have mad respect for anyone that earned the right to wear it.
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