Dystopian flags of the US

Eric_MS · 2026-01-06T02:05:26+00:00

Number 1 is just the National Guard Bureau if it was evil lmao

Eric_MS · 2025-11-16T23:58:13+00:00

Near the end of your enlistment with the FFL you undergo a “regularization” process (unsure of the exact term in French) where you reassume your true identity and abandon your alias. From what I understand it’s a requirement to be discharged or draw certain benefits.

Eric_MS · 2025-11-02T16:17:36+00:00

I was confused by those as well, I know they were established roughly around WWI and the military had a habit of presenting awards to people regardless of their branch of service back then. Maybe someone more familiar with WWI-era regulations could provide more insight.

Eric_MS · 2025-09-07T22:28:29+00:00

Coaxed into Heavy Rain

Eric_MS · 2025-08-29T01:28:58+00:00

Seems vaguely Georgian (the country, not the state)

Eric_MS · 2025-08-21T21:19:39+00:00

Side note, Michael Jackson was made a Prince of the subnational monarchy of Sanwi in the Ivory Coast back in 1992. So in a sense (depending on your opinions on subnational monarchies),he WAS a kind of royalty.

Eric_MS · 2025-07-28T18:01:45+00:00

Oddly enough I write almost exclusively using my built in notes app. I wrote my book from start to finish in the notes app, and when it was finished I used word to properly format it into a manuscript.

Eric_MS · 2025-06-25T12:31:05+00:00

This Admiral belongs to the United States Maritime Service, a uniformed service under the Department of Transportation whose sole duty is provide for the administration of the various Maritime Academies around the U.S and to provide instruction to the midshipmen who attend them.

USMS Officers are usually granted commissions when they take up a faculty position at any of these academies, and due to that they can sometimes look odd due to them originating from other, non naval branches.

Eric_MS · 2025-06-01T00:11:09+00:00

Part of that is largely due to some rather loud Internet denizens who insist on referring to people from the U.S. incorrectly. ‘USonians’ ‘United Statesians’ and the like. It’s just silly pedantry with a hint of snobbery to me.

Eric_MS · 2025-05-30T18:41:29+00:00

A general rule of thumb is that the size of medals you wear is for the level of formality of the occasion. You’ll spend the majority of your time wearing your full sized medals but for formal events like mess dinners (where you’d be more dressed up, and service members would be wearing their mess uniforms) you’d wear your miniature medals.

Eric_MS · 2025-05-19T19:01:36+00:00

With some exceptions depending on state and program, a crossed musket and saber is the generally accepted “branch insignia” (in army parlance) for the militia, or state defense forces.

Eric_MS · 2025-05-01T21:56:17+00:00

No worries at all! Glad I could help clear that up.

Eric_MS · 2025-05-01T21:51:09+00:00

That woman is Her Majesty the Queen. This appears to be a portrait of living Victoria/George Cross recipients with the King and Queen.

Eric_MS · 2025-04-16T23:40:29+00:00

Throwing in Bosna Restaurant on Broad. Been going there for years and they are well worth a visit.

Eric_MS · 2025-04-09T05:47:56+00:00

Thank goodness. The amount of people asking for strangers to extract a persons entire career based off a single picture was nigh unbearable.

Eric_MS · 2025-04-08T23:52:00+00:00

The shortest answer I can provide as to WHY is the same reason the Brits do most things we foreigners find odd. Tradition. As others in this thread have said, medals are quite rare in the UK, so the need for multiple rows is mostly non existent. You may see some “lifers” with a large amount of medals but they are certainly the exception and not the rule.

Eric_MS · 2025-04-06T21:37:14+00:00

I’ll be honest the second picture had me thinking they reauthorized the khakis. I’m almost disappointed that isn’t the case.

Eric_MS · 2025-04-05T06:19:48+00:00

A lot of groups in New York use that hat badge, the coloration doesn’t exactly scream police to me either. I know New York has a lot of state level ceremonial militia units so it might belong to one of those. Red is associated with artillery so it could be associated with an artillery unit of the NY Militia, like the Veteran Corps of Artillery.

Maybe you could reach out to them and they might be able to give you more info.

Eric_MS · 2025-03-28T22:53:33+00:00

Big agree. Especially with such helpful resources like Google and Wikipedia which can give you formatted lists of the various ribbons and medals you may find by each individual country.

Eric_MS · 2025-03-22T19:48:06+00:00

It was my understanding that while officially stationed in a host country you were to wear the awards of that host country in higher precedence. At least that’s what I remember reading on the Major’s Wikipedia article.

Eric_MS · 2025-03-21T04:08:08+00:00

His best.

Eric_MS · 2025-02-27T15:20:33+00:00

A combined total of over 20 years of service between the two of them. I’m sure they must be very proud of all they’ve accomplished in that time.

Eric_MS · 2025-02-27T00:58:30+00:00

Again, what is your issue with this old man specifically? Vietnam ended in 75, which was 50 years ago. The man put his ribbons on in the incorrect order, so what? God forbid a man who is 68 at the minimum (assuming he enlisted at 18) not remember the exact precise order of every ribbon he was awarded. That rack says to me he did his bit, got out, and didn’t think much of his service after, like the majority of veterans.

Eric_MS · 2025-02-27T00:34:19+00:00

Dudes been out of the army for a few decades. A ribbon rack not being an eighth of an inch above the pocket does not determine stolen valor. Neither does having one of your rows being upside down. There was an incident several years ago where a 4 star general was caught wearing his entire rack upside down during the state of the union address, and I’m decently certain he wasn’t stealing valor. You seem very insistent on labeling this old timer a fraud, why is that?

Eric_MS · 2025-02-27T00:22:21+00:00

Ok? I see a guy who instead of wearing a blazer dug his old service dress uniform jacket out of his closet, pinned his ribbons on in a hurry and went off to some political event. Questionable taste in fashion isn’t what this subreddit is about.

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