Posted on Jan 23, 2014
What is the single most improperly worn ribbon?
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Every time I pick up a new issue of the Reservist magazine, I seem to see photos of people wearing the Armed Forces Reserve Medal (AFRM) improperly. It is probably the most complicated medal / ribbon in the military, but still, a Master Chief or Admiral should be able to wear it correctly. It is never worn without an attachment of some kind, so a naked ribbon immediately jumps out as just plain wrong. Are there other ribbons that rival the AFRM for improper wear?
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In my experiences, the Unit citations are the most mis-worn ribbon. The SSG soldier pictured is wearing his RANGER tab wrong. Higher the award then closer to the heart. To wear a RANGER tab lower than a marksman award is sacrilegious!
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badges are what drives me nuts, 1 inch space, then the order of prec id usually backwards
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Drivers and qualification badges, the drivers badge has a higher precedence.
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Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Ribbon. Looking at it the center bands should be blue, white and red. Looking at the medal will show this.
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I would point out that SSG Saunders in the picture posted under your question is incorrectly not wearing bronze service stars on his ACM and ICM ribbons.
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CPO Jon Campbell
The AFRM is never worn without an attachment. If awarded before 10 years service for mobilization it will have an M, otherwise it will have an hourglass, M, M and numerals, or some combination of the three. The only time it was ever worn without an attachment was prior to the late 90's before the reg was changed and a plain ribbon intendicated 10 years service. (Now a bronze hourglass indicates 10 years service.)
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Wearing a campaign star for each tour they did on the Iraq and afghan medal, it doesn't work that way. Same for the national defense ribbon it is not one for every tour just one per war and Iraq and Afghan fall under GWOT. And then just wearing them out of order kills me I have corrected CSMs 1SGs and more as an E5 and the sad thing is I had more ribbons. I could go on but my whole thing is everyone wants more chest candy we'll wear the damn things right and be the standard.
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