Posted on Feb 2, 2019
Why do some soldiers pin a higher rank inside of their covers?
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It's a goal. OCS candidates in my time wore a LT bar inside their cover. I gave a Naval air cadet as set of gold wings to wear inside his. It's just something to look at when the going gets rough to remind you of your goal.
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Abe Dean
I'll have to adopt and try that with my respective goals (using whatever appropriate accoutrement that represents the current goal, of course). Might kinda help. Is there a particular area of the rack that's better to use? I tend to toss and turn sometimes, and I could see that the wrong area might create a problem in the future.
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It's setting your personal goal and reaching the next step. When I was a SPC, I wore SGT under my collar and the same thing with SSG rank when I was a SGT. Personal motivation.
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The pin on that I carry was given to me by a good E5 when he pinned his E6. He claimed that that same pin came from his SGT after they had pinned their SSG. It's a little worn from the years but it's still serviceable and I'd like to carry on the tradition.
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