I agree with Mr. Modman about bias-ness being in human nature and yes, its pretty much impossible to avoid. Fox News, CBS, ABC...they all have some sort of bias about them and the "facts" (I use quote marks here because many of these companies will manipulate the facts to fit their own personal agenda) need to be taken with a grain of salt, so-to-speak. With the patches, like I've said in my past few posts, its really all about the professional aspect the the U.S. military is supposed to upkeep but that is pretty much the only ground Fox News has to stand on with this story.
Interesting. I'm not up on the Army uniform regulations but I know my branch's regulations. Quoting a comment on an Army Times posting is a bit weak at best and the "commenter" doesn't appear to have his facts all together. However, there are some issues with wearing the uniform at a non military function. The obvious issue is wearing a non-approved insignia this is straightforward and just shouldn't be done. From the photo I'm assuming the person wore his ACUs (BDUs). I'm not sure about the Army but we are not allowed to wear our working uniform (BDU type) when having a direct interface with the general public. In fact we can only wear the working uniform while on an operational detail or duty. This could be construed as wearing the uniform at an unauthorized location. Now technically we are allowed to wear a dress uniform while off duty. With that said we are told to use a lot of discretion because while wearing the uniform what we to represents our branch of service. If you read between the lines they mean you shouldn't really be wearing it just to wear it. I will wear my uniform off duty when I have some errands to run while going home. But when I get home that uniform gets takes off and put away. I'm Proud of my service and my uniform. What I prefer to do when off duty is wear civilian "logo" clothing to show my pride. *tosses 2 cents into the bucket*
Hey everyone (I'm back after leaving 3 months ago, I'm gonna write about my recruit training experience before i have to leave again.) As an active duty military member, I'm all for showing off some brony pride but it does violate a lot of the uniform wear protocol set by uniform regulations. That patch is definitely not military issued, duty uniform is being worn at non military events, so on so forth. That's something to be saved for when your off-duty. On the topic, as far as regulations go (maybe it's different in the National guard, but i doubt it. As these things normally span throughout the military as a whole) You are not authorized to wear duty uniform (to include camouflage utilities) if youre not on duty. You cannot wear them out in town just for the sake of wearing them. Now he is authorized to wear dress uniforms, but it's highly recommended not to do that for force protection reasons. As a side note, Fox has been biased, but that doesnt change the fact that he's belligerently wearing his uniform out in public conventions.
I thought pilots were able to paint decals on planes? (mlp?) Probably not But anyways, when highschool ends, I'm joining the USMC, I'll find some way to show my brony pride
