Rank insigna

[paddiegrunt]

Whats with the rank insigna in the center of the chest on fituges?

[army_grunt_11B]

Are you talking about the rank on ACU's?

[Ben Shotalot]

And who are you?

[HairyEyeball]

And what's a 'fituges'?

[paddiegrunt]

Sorry, When I was in Vietnam we call BDU's fatigues, and seeing pictures on the news with soldiers wearlng their rank in the middle of their chest not on the sleeves or collars.



[Spider]

It's a target... Aim small, miss small.

I suppose they just think it's a better way of identifying rank that having it on the arm or the helmet or whatever.

[HairyEyeball]

And before 'BDUs' (is there a 'battle undress uniform'?), we called 'em utilities. Just a little curious about the 'creative' spelling in your first post and the lack of any 'intro' in the 'new members' area - we get a lot of kiddie wannabes from time to time.

[paddiegrunt]

Sorry, I am a product of L.A. City schools in the 60's when they taught phonic spelling.
Do I introduce myself each time I write a reply?

[Javelin66]

Coincidentally, I was in a conference all week with our ABCA partners. All of us (UK, US, CA, AS) now wear our rank insignia on the chest on our BDUtilifatigues.

BTW, Spider, I played prop myself, much to the dismay of my team and the joy of our adversaries.

[HairyEyeball]

Originally Posted by paddiegrunt

Do I introduce myself each time I write a reply?

No, but a single intro before one jumps into a discussion is polite. Even for 'veterans of the old forum(s)', while some may recognize a name or avatar, there are new members here who might like to know with whom they're carrying on a conversation.