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Posted by: Duardo
Not really. Your mom is over quite enough to make my fears mute.
Posted by: colbyrules8
Posted by: Duardo
Being alone. You're a mod, you should be used to that.
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. MOS?