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Foot Drill
09-02-2010, 17:30
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Team Sergeant
09-02-2010, 17:39
Yesterday, after my wife and I finished our run we were walking along a grassy area above to ocean where people often PT, and walk their dog ect. I instantly noticed this guy in the distance wearing ACU bottoms, boots, a brown tank-top, and a black beret with a crest of some sort. He was running towards us with a line of females following him. It immediately became clear to me that he was running one of those “boot camps” programs that mainly women participate in. Immediately I’m annoyed by the fact this D-bag is improperly wearing a uniform that some of us earned the right to wear:mad:. And all who have served know that wearing the uniform in this context is against the regulations even if worn properly. He also had these flashy (non-issue) dog-tags that have become fashionable in the recent years (those pissed me off too ). This guy was a real tool. I began to debate what I should do. Should I go over there and pull him aside and ask him what the hell he is thinking. Thoughts ran through my head of what I wanted to say to this turd. I wanted to say something like, “that uniform is not an F-n’ costume for you BS class.”
I ultimately kept quiet, perhaps because my wife was there and I didn’t want to cause a scene, but I wanted to get some input on how others might have handled this situation. If I see this D-bag again I know I’m not going to be able to hold my tongue. I thought to myself, what would TR in this situation? What would you do? :munchin
You said a "line of females"?
Well I'm not sure about TR but I have a Green Beret and some old BDU's...... :D
Eagle5US
09-02-2010, 17:41
I don't care what he wears...as long as it doesn't buy him claim to being (or earning) something he isn't entitled to (awards and decorations for example).
I see homeless guys holding "help a vet" signs every day wearing "portions" of the uniform.
Eagle
Dozer523
09-02-2010, 18:25
Uuuz-fahza-bah What would you do? :munchin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9sE55QzXlo&feature=related good thing you didn't say anything cuz if those boot camp babes had defended their macho leader your wife might have had to kick some butt.
(if it were me I'd have been positioning myself to get a good look at the T and A as they ran by . . . oh and getting ready too say to my wife, "Damn Honey! I'm sure glad you don't need to do that."
Foot Drill
09-02-2010, 18:35
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I don't care one way or another about it, it's just his way.
Now if he was posing as a CAG operator, (long hair, wearing an MTV t-shirt, and Red Converse high-tops), my blood would begin to boil, I SHIT you not!
The Reaper
09-02-2010, 18:51
Yesterday, after my wife and I finished our run we were walking along a grassy area above to ocean where people often PT, and walk their dog ect. I instantly noticed this guy in the distance wearing ACU bottoms, boots, a brown tank-top, and a black beret with a crest of some sort. He was running towards us with a line of females following him. It immediately became clear to me that he was running one of those “boot camps” programs that mainly women participate in. Immediately I’m annoyed by the fact this D-bag is improperly wearing a uniform that some of us earned the right to wear:mad:. And all who have served know that wearing the uniform in this context is against the regulations even if worn properly. He also had these flashy (non-issue) dog-tags that have become fashionable in the recent years (those pissed me off too ). This guy was a real tool. I began to debate what I should do. Should I go over there and pull him aside and ask him what the hell he is thinking. Thoughts ran through my head of what I wanted to say to this turd. I wanted to say something like, “that uniform is not an F-n’ costume for you BS class.”
I ultimately kept quiet, perhaps because my wife was there and I didn’t want to cause a scene, but I wanted to get some input on how others might have handled this situation. If I see this D-bag again I know I’m not going to be able to hold my tongue. I thought to myself, what would TR in this situation? What would you do? :munchin
I would get his contact info, then start to get to know him better. Ask him about his time in the military. You know, befriend him. Maybe talk him into signing a contract, and trying out. Ask him to teach a class at the VA Hospital. Shame him.
Or maybe I would just set him up and then take him down. Hard. I used to know a guy who had a LOT of dirty tricks.:D
TR
AngelsSix
09-03-2010, 18:44
I don't care one way or another about it, it's just his way.
Now if he was posing as a CAG operator, (long hair, wearing an MTV t-shirt, and Red Converse high-tops), my blood would begin to boil, I SHIT you not!
What? No one wears that crap anymore. Shame on you!:D
Nightfall
09-08-2010, 16:07
I've been enountering a similar guy, except he wears a black "symu-worn" short sleave shirt with SF tabs and AB tabs sewn onto it. Long hair hippy type guy, I've been debating on whether or not to broach the subject with him, but I tend to opt out. Bugs me, but such is life.
What? No one wears that crap anymore. Shame on you!:D
I know, ain't it cool, but there was a small group of guys traipsing about the world, who looked just like the locals, Converse Hi tops and AK-47's. And yes, long hair too.
BigJimCalhoun
09-09-2010, 20:23
I just bought a pair of ECWCS Gore-Tex pants from E-bay for use in hunting. I certainly mean no disrespect to the military by buying/wearing them.
I saw a soldier in the mall a while ago, he had un-bloused his boots and taken his rank and "U.S. Army" tape off, and was obviously operating under the assumption that he was now in civilian clothes. This kind of shit pisses me off a lot more than an actual civilians wearing pants or ebay gear or whatever, and it's unfortunately common around here. Dog Tags as fashion statements also pisses me off.
Foot Drill
09-10-2010, 18:54
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Utah Bob
09-10-2010, 19:42
I saw a soldier in the mall a while ago, he had un-bloused his boots and taken his rank and "U.S. Army" tape off, and was obviously operating under the assumption that he was now in civilian clothes. This kind of shit pisses me off a lot more than an actual civilians wearing pants or ebay gear or whatever, and it's unfortunately common around here. Dog Tags as fashion statements also pisses me off.
Well I see a lot of guys like that in Walmart this time of year.
Turns out they're hunters though.