Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?

In 1974 I saw a COL with one. He was months from retirement.

I have heard of it and only seen one on a uniform for a 82nd Airborne Soldier.

I knew someone who had one, it was actually in his records. He was only a few years older than me.

He didn't wear it, mostly because he was not certain what he did to get it, and didn't think he should have it.

He had one of the unit admins pull it up to show me. Admin asked Top to look at it, and even he was puzzled as hell.

He's the only person I've ever known who had one in his records. Top said the same thing.

Otherwise, a legitimate award would be a very old soldier.

SGM Sculy McCollough (sic) 1972. SGM 3rd Brigade 101st ABN (we were the only airborne brigade) when the rest of the division went air assault. When they started issuing air assault wings he broke out his WWII glider wings and stated wearing them.

No, and probably and probably 1million

There was an older E5 Sergeant who shared the transit bunk next to mine at Tan Son Nhut AB, outisde of Saigon, back in 1966. He wore glider wings on his fatigue hat. Said he earned them in WWII. He looked old enough to have served in WWII...

Some great old guys in my 82nd ABN Association group.

Yepper, but he was a WWII guy.
I've met enlisted pilots too from back in the day and the last Warrant in the Air Force.
Guess I'm getting old too.

My First Sergeant in Basic Training back in 1983 wore Glider wings and the Airborne Glider Patch on his Garrison Cap (C*** Cap) He was older than dirt and scary as hell, I think he might have been an SFC when Christ was a corporal in the Jewish Natn'l Guard. Pretty sure he had served in Korea, Vietnam and maybe even WWII.

The glider patch was the patch worn by airborne qualified personnel on their caps. If you are speaking of the glider badge, I believe it was awarded in WWII