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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My pet peeve is stars on the Navy Expeditionary Medal. While not impossible, it is extremely difficult to earn stars on this medal, while many sailors essentially add a star for each additional deployment, this is not correct.
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I'll just share a story: My Airborne unit in Alaska received a visit from the Army Chief-of-Staff, and of course, we all turned out in our Class As. One of our NCOs was told he "looked outstanding!", and received a CoS coin. After it was over and we were BSing, I mentioned that he looked great, but was out of uniform. He had worn both his CIB and his Master Parachutist Badge above his ribbons. The CoS missed it, our CSM missed it, and our 1SG missed it...despite every last one of us, including them, only wore our CIB above our ribbons.
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You can wear up to 3 badges from groups 1-4 above your ribbons. Group 1, 2, and 3 badges have to be above the ribbons
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MSG Johnathan Mathes
Lol and a non airborne ranger.... whoever put this uniform wasn't a service member
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All of them if the reflection on the ribbon isn't V's pointed down, according to TOG.
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How does this work for someone who got out prior to the ref change my dd214 doesn't reflect the 2 service stars I should have.
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