Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?

I remember going to an 82nd Airborne convention in, I think, 2001 prior to 9/11 and met a WWII Veteran with glider wings. Might still have the pic somewhere. That’s the only example I can think of. If you meet someone that’s not a WWII vet, I’d be very suspicious.

Yes. My cousin John Rucker from Murfreesboro, Tennessee was an Army glider pilot in WW2. When the Army Air Corps split into the Air Force after the war, he became part of the Air Force Reserve as a JAG officer (he was a lawyer before the war). He eventually became a full Colonel in the reserves. Probably the only Air Force Colonel to wear a glider badge on his dress uniform.

Yes, but they were all WW2 vets from the 82nd and 101st...

Yes. I was sitting on a bench waiting to meet the 1SG on my very first day in the National Guard in 1986. The old Soldier sitting next to me was on his last days in the military. He was getting forced out as he was about to reach his 60th Birthday. I took note of the skill badges on his uniform. I did not recognize one. I knew what Airborne and Air Assault bagels looked like. In my ignorance I asked him what it was. He told me in a gravelly voice that it was a glider badge. He had lied about his age, joined the Army at 16, got dropped into Normandy and Holland in a glider. He had 44 years of service and was downright pissed off that they were kicking him out.

The only people authorized to where the glider badge are World War II veterans of he glider infantry regiments.

Yes! I have seen this award being worn. Mg Eugene a sole, president of Georgia Military College, wore this badge. General Saleh was Lieutenant RDL Murphy's Battalion commander in the 3rd Infantry Division during World War II. General Saleh wrote his Medal of Honor citation. So if you see an 80 year old man wearing a glider badge you're not looking at a poser you're looking at the real deal.

My high school JROTC instructor had it. He retired in ‘83.

If they are young and wearing one, they have low self esteem, no personal worth, fragile ego, no honor, and no integrity. Most of the ones I have seen, either have mental health issues, are lower IQ, or deeply want some pride. Most are not trying to get anything except recognition. I usually tell them I know they are fake and it is really disrespectful. Other than that I let it go.

Glider patch on cuntcap after jump school 1968

WW II and phased out a LONG time ago