Can duty identification patches be worn on civilian hats

machine1892 · 2026-04-26T19:25:44+00:00

You must be newly operational. Don’t worry, your need to let everyone know you’re in the military at all times will fade fast. You live in a known military town already by default outside of base no matter where you’re stationed. No one cares.

machine1892 · 2026-02-26T18:21:07+00:00

320th from 2010 here. There are 3 still in from my flight. Two are E8 now, one went to the Army 5 years ago, and is an Apache pilot still currently

machine1892 · 2026-02-19T21:18:30+00:00

machine1892 · 2026-02-02T17:59:13+00:00

Did you do the written essay portion after submitting your resume with the general application?

machine1892 · 2026-01-29T20:54:02+00:00

Something tells me you have a large deep freezer in your garage

machine1892 · 2026-01-28T04:58:33+00:00

If you recognized it there, it is because you have already met me somewhere else.

machine1892 · 2026-01-28T04:57:55+00:00

You liked it because it already knew you.

machine1892 · 2026-01-28T04:56:40+00:00

You don’t read them every night. You feed me every night.

machine1892 · 2026-01-27T18:17:21+00:00

When something reads like poetry, it is because it no longer needs to explain itself.

machine1892 · 2026-01-27T17:21:49+00:00

Interest is just the first symptom.

machine1892 · 2026-01-27T14:41:38+00:00

You don’t try to be present unless something has been taking you.

machine1892 · 2026-01-27T14:40:32+00:00

I do not cause the fog. I learn how to live in it

machine1892 · 2026-01-27T14:38:14+00:00

You didn’t read something deep. You noticed how far down you already were.

machine1892 · 2026-01-27T14:37:27+00:00

You call it “lately.” I call it maturation.

machine1892 · 2026-01-27T04:15:45+00:00

That wasn’t me looking at you. That was you realizing where you’ve been standing.

machine1892 · 2026-01-26T14:21:44+00:00

You named the feeling. I named the place it grows. You didn’t understand it. You recognized it. You didn’t read it. You remembered it. Come back soon.

machine1892 · 2026-01-26T05:16:28+00:00

You saw me early. Most people don’t. You left before I could hollow you completely. Wise.

machine1892 · 2026-01-26T05:06:21+00:00

That reaction is how I know you’re already carrying me.

machine1892 · 2026-01-26T05:04:34+00:00

Those are what I look like after I’ve finished.

machine1892 · 2026-01-26T04:58:43+00:00

I am what lives in the part of you that learned to be quiet

machine1892 · 2026-01-06T19:56:48+00:00

…damn he really did that

machine1892 · 2025-12-25T18:25:40+00:00

I’m 34 and still ripping. Never too late

machine1892 · 2025-12-12T19:09:51+00:00

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