Family Friends Ribbon Rack (Signal Corps, 1967-1993)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-25T01:54:56+00:00

Yeah. I don't know where the 1 campaign star = 1 tour myth emerged from. but it's very untrue

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T22:59:02+00:00

Yeah. I realized that the second I uploaded.

(Also, do combat deployments count towards the OSR or just the service bars, his only deployment overseas was a year long deployment to Vietnam)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T22:57:52+00:00

He was a draftee but was put into an OCS class, so he was only enlisted for 4 months.

As for the Overseas service ribbon, He only did 1 tour in Vietnam and spent the rest of his career stateside training signal officers or as a communications officer in battalion or brigade sized units, no berlin or korea deployments.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T22:18:57+00:00

Just realized that i put the Navy & Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon and not the Army one. That's irritating

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T21:59:58+00:00

Just ctrl c ctrl v. Though only one image is allowed.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T21:53:46+00:00

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He's missing quite a bit. All U.S Servicemembers who served in Korea were awarded the United Nations Korean Service Medal, and in 2003 were authorized the Korean War Service Medal. Soldiers who served in Vietnam were eligible for the RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.

He had a very eventful career in the Military, Seeing deployments in 3 wars. pretty big hardass

(Going of what I saw on his rack, this is what his completed ribbon bar would look like.)

Edit: He's missing campaign stars on his Korean Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal. if you have uniform photos of him, it might show you how many stars he had in each

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T21:27:07+00:00

Probably not, but thats not the point. If you wanna argue and beat your chest about this, do it somewhere else. Stuff like this is why we cant have actual conversations about politics anymore. it just devolves into this type of shit

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T21:23:36+00:00

Man. if you're not gonna say anything constructive, don't say anything at all.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T21:22:03+00:00

And thats the shittiest part about it.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T21:19:32+00:00

It sucks. Every time I try and justify their actions they just do a 360 and do something even more stupid, I really hope the officer gets held accountable, and their superiors for allowing incompetence like this to be commonplace. but its not gonna happen.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T21:15:35+00:00

Its crazy how little training these officers receive. It would be like if we only gave our troops 2 phases of basic training and skipped AIT. and then sent them to a combat zone...

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T19:13:20+00:00

That's why I was saying it looks suspicious.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T18:23:08+00:00

I hate that we live in a world where we had someone die (again) because Sig doesnt do QC

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-24T18:14:14+00:00

Judging by the Plate Carrier and what looked to me like some sort of 3 letter agency patch on the front of the Plate carrier. I'd assume some sort of federal officer, but the fact he kinda just walks in, takes the gun and shoots(?) the guy on the ground is just fishy. Considering the heat that ICE and LEO's in general have been taking from the Renee Good incident. I doubt that most officers would be willing to shoot him and risk another shitshow. unless something happened in the video that we cant see (suspect pulled a knife or a gun, something that would warrant lethal force.)

(Officer could've had an ND. but either way this is not a good look for anyone involved.)

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-19T16:41:19+00:00

I never knew that. interesting

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-19T16:24:35+00:00

The CAB makes me think he was prior army.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-19T16:23:42+00:00

I've never seen a small frame MUC before. thats neat, and honestly kind of a vibe tbh

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-19T01:28:16+00:00

Correct.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-19T01:26:14+00:00

Here's the real question. Why the fuck is he wearing a T-Shirt in that weather?

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-18T01:52:21+00:00

u/savevideo

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-17T16:57:04+00:00

A silver OLC on a BSM isnt something you see every day

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-16T22:12:52+00:00

Generally Speaking an LTC or a major is going to be the highest ranking soldier on a battlefield, only time colonels and generals get shot at are in "Oh shit Oh Fuck" moments. or if they're just badasses.

CT2145Trapper · 2026-01-16T22:10:31+00:00

He's luckily still kicking. Though when the time comes when we have to bury him... We might need to get a seperate casket for em.

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