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I clicked on a suggest RP feed. It was about what was the strangest uniform violation you ever saw. And I spent a lot of time reading almost a hundred of the most fun stories I have ever heard ...in a row. From wearing a Commanders hat when you were a PFC, to talking a drunk soldier to put his Uniform back on. What a great read.
For me, we had a Dress Class A Formation. And one of the guys showed up with not only the Infantry Braid, but Artillery Braid, those fancy white ones that the Old Guard wear, and the French green one with the silver tip. And two other kinds of braids you might see on a Small Country Dictator.
And he had the ones he used to wear when he was in the marching band in HS.
It was hilarious. He claimed that since he was in the Army, all Army Braids were part of the dress uniform.
Not only did he lose all the Braids except for the blue Infantry Braids, but he lost a strip in the process. And he had to give a Class on what you can wear...or not wear with your Uniforms.
So of course, once the Article 15 and re-education was over. We called him:
Brady.
I clicked on a suggest RP feed. It was about what was the strangest uniform violation you ever saw. And I spent a lot of time reading almost a hundred of the most fun stories I have ever heard ...in a row. From wearing a Commanders hat when you were a PFC, to talking a drunk soldier to put his Uniform back on. What a great read.
For me, we had a Dress Class A Formation. And one of the guys showed up with not only the Infantry Braid, but Artillery Braid, those fancy white ones that the Old Guard wear, and the French green one with the silver tip. And two other kinds of braids you might see on a Small Country Dictator.
And he had the ones he used to wear when he was in the marching band in HS.
It was hilarious. He claimed that since he was in the Army, all Army Braids were part of the dress uniform.
Not only did he lose all the Braids except for the blue Infantry Braids, but he lost a strip in the process. And he had to give a Class on what you can wear...or not wear with your Uniforms.
So of course, once the Article 15 and re-education was over. We called him:
Brady.
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In 1974, Trans Texas Airlines had daily flights to Clovis, NM. All airline flights fly under IFR, but Clovis Municipal Airport had no tower to give takeoff clearance. Cannon AFB was the nearest ATC, so we had 2 radios at “Muni”, one for clearances and one for the VHF emergency freq. These were in a room off the terminal main lobby.
I was sent there one day to do PMI checks on those radios. I finished my work and set my tool bag and test equipment outside the equipment room, locked the door, and bent over to pick everything up.
I heard someone say “Soldier, what the hell kind of a uniform is that?” I straightened up and saw a 1st LT approaching rapidly. He said my stripes were the wrong color, and my name tapes too, and where were the unit patches on my shoulders? Also, why was I still wearing OD fatigues instead of camo?
I figured out the problem, but didn’t want to interrupt his tirade. Finally he read the tape on the other side, and stopped.
“Wait, you’re in the Air Force?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Um, as you were, carry on.”
“Yes, sir.”
He was an Army LT, complaining that my AF fatigues didn’t meet Army regs.
I was sent there one day to do PMI checks on those radios. I finished my work and set my tool bag and test equipment outside the equipment room, locked the door, and bent over to pick everything up.
I heard someone say “Soldier, what the hell kind of a uniform is that?” I straightened up and saw a 1st LT approaching rapidly. He said my stripes were the wrong color, and my name tapes too, and where were the unit patches on my shoulders? Also, why was I still wearing OD fatigues instead of camo?
I figured out the problem, but didn’t want to interrupt his tirade. Finally he read the tape on the other side, and stopped.
“Wait, you’re in the Air Force?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Um, as you were, carry on.”
“Yes, sir.”
He was an Army LT, complaining that my AF fatigues didn’t meet Army regs.
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When I returned home from Vietnam,I walked into our old kitchen wearing brandy new dress greens with all the required patches,ribbons,Blue cord ,bright work etc and hearing my older Air Force Master Sergeant say to my Dad ,”He looks like a doorman at a cheap New York hotel,” quite a guy with a smart mouth to boot,miss the old fart a bunch,Welcome Home Brothers.
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