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  • Random US military question.
  • Bazz
    Full Member

    Whenever the Us flag is depicted as a badge it is usually with the stars in the top left corner, with the exeption of military uniforms where it seems to be in the top right, anyone know why?

    Like this

    mattbee
    Full Member

    The flag is always worn with the stars forward, so on your right arm you’ll wear it with them in top right, left arm will be top left and on the front will be top left.
    Most units will have the flag on their right arm and their unit patches on their left. Many will also wear a flag on their body armour on the front plate.
    The little flap of gray material you can see on the Velcro of the soldier on the right of the pic, above her unit patch is a cover for a square of IR ‘glint’ tape, just to give you some more useless information…

    CaptainFlashheart
    Free Member
    z1ppy
    Full Member

    google has the answer (proper link to answer, not just the google page)
    Good question though, btw.

    EDIT: Seems I wasn’t the only one who found it interesting…

    Bazz
    Full Member

    Well now i know, thanks for that.

    footflaps
    Full Member

    and for a follow on question, what are the launch codes for their ICBMs?

    kja78
    Free Member

    The explanation given to me by US soldiers was that if you were running forwards carrying a flag that’s the way it’d naturally fly. Having the flag the other way around would make it look like they were running away.

    Given the amount of nonsense they used to come out with, it doesn’t suprise me that that’s not the official explanation!

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    and for a follow on question, what are the launch codes for their ICBMs?

    Its used to be ‘password’, but to make it more secure they’ve changed it to ‘password1’

    footflaps
    Full Member

    Ah thanks, had tried a few obvious ones like ‘bushforever’ and hadn’t managed to log in yet. Give me 5 mins then watch the horizon for some fireworks…

    footflaps
    Full Member

    ok, I’m in…..

    Kryton57
    Full Member

    Password1a actually. Standard format for Salesforce.com

    Kryton57
    Full Member

    footflaps – Member
    Ah thanks, had tried a few obvious ones like ‘bushforever’ …

    Note to all – dont google that in front of your significant other…

    inbred853
    Full Member

    kja78,

    Your correct, it’s the way it would fly naturally if going forward, hence it’s worn that way.
    Right arm – unit they serve in now.
    Left arm – unit they were last in, usually on operations.

    footflaps
    Full Member

    Password1a actually. Standard format for Salesforce.com

    I’m on 3a now as I keep forgetting it and it won’t let me re-use the same one, so I add 1 each time I reset it….

    Kryton57
    Full Member

    I’m on 15a Footflaps, yes really. My IT at work don’t like it. I’m sooooo rebellious….

    footflaps
    Full Member

    Most of my work passwords are written on postits stuck to my screen….

    piemonster
    Full Member

    Note to all – dont google that in front of your significant other…

    Googles this

    piemonster
    Full Member

    *is disappointed

    glupton1976
    Free Member

    One of the places I worked at stuck the passwords to the underside of the keyboard.

    Onzadog
    Free Member

    The more important military question is why can’t Americans wear a beret properly?

    Is it really only UK forces that can make it look good?

    CaptainFlashheart
    Free Member

    Most of my work passwords are written on postits stuck to my screen….

    Thanks. That paid for my holiday.

    ernie_lynch
    Free Member

    Is it really only UK forces that can make it look good?

    What the beret ……taking the pith ?

    The clue is in the pronunciation.

    The Chasseurs Alpins know how to wear a proper beret.

    finishthat
    Free Member

    yes but they call it a tarte!

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    I’m on 15a Footflaps, yes really. My IT at work don’t like it. I’m sooooo rebellious….

    mine’s up to sixty now 😆

    ernie_lynch
    Free Member

    but they call it a tarte!

    Yeah well they have their own language don’t they ?

    The chasseurs have a few other typicalities in what they say:

    not jaune (yellow), but jonquille (daffodil);
    not uniforme (uniform), but tenue (outfit, or dress);
    not la musique (the music), but la fanfare (the band);
    the band does not joue (play), but ça sonne (it sounds);
    not tambour (drum), but caisse claire (snare drum);
    and not caserne (barracks), but quartier (neighborhood, barracks, or quarters).

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