What is the single most improperly worn ribbon?

I find it funny when individuals stagger their ribbons when there's no chance of the lapel covering any of them.

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My understanding was that the first award indicated 10 years of Reserve service by itself. Attachments were awarded for service increments after 10.

Plain wrong not plane wrong.

Actually the M is only if someone has been mobilized and the hourglass is only added after the second 10 years (20) of service, much like a star gets added to a Navy Comm or Navy Achievement upon second award. but is not worn for the first one.

For Marines, especially the newbies, its the "ribbon rack" on the right side of the chest when wearing medals on the left side. A lot of them get confused with the "blue toward the heart", which is not correct. The blue is senior, and goes to it's own right (or left if you are looking at it)...which is the same for the ribbon rack. They invariably put the senior ribbons towards the heart (because that's how it goes on the left side), but when only the ribbons are on the right (with medals on the left), you still wear them in the same precedence / order as if they were on the left side of the chest...senior ribbons (and colors on those ribbons) go to their own right (or left, if you are looking at them).

And a journalist should be able to use English. "PLAIN"

*plain

Never got caught up with the hype over ribbons. After 27 years and too many deployments to count, it's hard to find a ribbon holder for 27+ ribbons. I picked a 9- place holder and prioritized. Just because you rate it, don't mean you gotta wear it. I cut out the BS ribbons like the ASR, GWOT's, etc. I mean if you're wearing the ICM, ACM, MSG stripes, people are going to assume you've been to AIT, and we're in after 9/11.

Regimental affiliation while wearing a foreign badge.... I've seen a lot of Soldiers wear the GAFPB above their Regimental affiliation

Plain , not plane!

The Web Warrior Cyberdeployment Ribbon!

plane?

Kind of off topic....I was in Iraq in 03 and got out in 04. My DD214 has an Expedition medal listed. How do I go about finding out if that was retroactively changed to ICM and any other subsequent changes?

Plane wrong? Is that an Air Force joke or just PLAIN wrong?

Plain

there are just too damn many new ones coming out, try having been in two branches of service and keeping a proper rack.

Years ago, about 20 of us Coasties attended a class at the Naval Supply Corps School in Athens, GA. About 6 of us were Chief Petty Officers who in less than a month were being commissioned as CWO2 (Finance and Supply).

1991 was a bad time or the Navy WRT personnel issues. Flight Training was hurt the worst and a lot of the Navy O-1 and O-2s in attendance at the Bsic Supply Officer Course had been in flight training weeks earlier. They had been hosed...bad.

That didn't stop us; most of us Chief's had already earned 3-4 rows of ribbons; many of the Navy personnel had but the National Defense Ribbon - of which we had a bronze star denoting second award. Some of my friends retired with three National Defense Ribbons. We considered the young O-1s to be fair game and as they would question us about our ribbons, one of us would invariably mention to the "victim" that their National Defense Ribbon was upside down! Eventually, our Class Instructor asked us to go easy on them - up till that time we didn't know many o them had been forced to the Supply Corps involuntarily!

The plane is wrong?!

So... what worries me is they didn't notice the incorrect placement of the special skills badge in the picture here.... divers badge goes to the wearers right closest to the heart... just saying