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Subject: Why do some Marines/Army guys pretend to be modest?

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  • 12.31.2012 7:49 PM PDT

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Stop basing real life off of movies. Personell rarely wear their attire in public.

If they do, it's because they literally just stepped off the plane/bus and are on their way home.

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  • 12.31.2012 7:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
Stop basing real life off of movies. Personell rarely wear their attire in public.

If they do, it's because they literally just stepped off the plane/bus and are on their way home.

I said I saw it personally twice. Oak, read more, that's your problem.

Also, it's not right to stereotype all military personell as humble by never wearing their attire in public.

  • 12.31.2012 8:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: BaghdadBean
Technically it's not legal for ANY service member to wear their uniform off duty, but it's very common for service members to be in uniform on the way home from post if they live off base. I know not many people have the time to say, drive from post to home, change into civis, and then pick up their kids at school, so there's usually a good number of folks still in uniforms grabbing their kids from sports practice around 1800. However, if you see somebody in uniform head into a bar, or diner, they're in violation of regulations in a very big way. I've seen the National Guard and Reserve folks spend a lot of extra time in uniform after drill, but they don't quite have to live and breathe the same set of standards as regular active duty military.

I'm retired U.S. Army, and I don't ever walk around wearing parts of my old uniforms, except occasionally I'll wear one of my old gray PT shirts around the farm. I do occasionally wear some of my campaign commemoration t-shirts, and I often wear bracelets in memory of fallen fellows. I have veterans license plates on all my trucks, and a few Division stickers on my rear window, but other than that I don't generally go out of my way to let the world know I'm a vet.

Personally, I find it very awkward when people find out and then thank me for my service, because I truly would rather have people recognize the soldiers that made the ultimate sacrifice, and their families, who are left bereft. I survived. That's thanks enough. The guys and gals who didn't, now they're the ones who deserve remembrance and recognition.
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  • 12.31.2012 8:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: Xeno Prodigy
If they don't want attention or acknowledgment then why make it a point to wear your military get up, or some part of it in public. I thought they weren't allowed to that anyway.


That depends on what you're talking about, specifically.

If they're active duty, then wearing their fatigues or even dress uniform isn't that odd.

If they're retired and they're wearing fatigues, that's actually kinda odd, but I've heard a lot of praise for Army stitching.

If they're retired and wearing a dress uniform, then that's technically not permitted (in the U.S.) unless they're a Medal of Honour recipient. But these guys often go to things like reunions and they're pretty well known for wearing them to those.

  • 12.31.2012 8:23 PM PDT
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In fairness, depending on what you're doing, you could easily be at work and just grabbing some food from the local town in your break - its not like they get dressed in uniform on their days off.
My recruitment office was in the city centre and the recruiters were expected to wear full uniform when they went outside so they, the poor blokes, had to wear their berets with a feather in them (lol fusiliers) buying a sandwich from the shop

  • 12.31.2012 8:26 PM PDT

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Well one of my best childhood friends went Navy Nuclear and his only goal on leave is to get through the entire leave without someone noticing and thanking him for his service.

My brother is in the Marines and when he get's approached he doesn't act modest, he just is modest. It's the way he was taught to represent the Marines and the uniform to civilians and people he meets. Good first impressions you know?

  • 12.31.2012 8:27 PM PDT

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