Posted on Jan 27, 2016

Should military symbols/rank be allowed for use as fashion statements?

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I recently saw this shirt for sale in a outlet store. Captain-Specialist Sergeant? It made me wonder, should military symbols/rank/uniforms be allowed for use as fashion statements? Is there a difference between a commercial retailer manufacturing such items for sale, vs. civilians wearing military surplus?

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Sometimes I wear a baseball hat that is identical to the one our professional team wears on the field. But I've been lucky so far that a professional baseball player hasn't confronted me in Walmart about my stolen athletic ability, and lecture me about how hard it was to make it to the Major Leagues and how much sacrifice he had to make to get to wear that hat. I just think it's a cool hat. (But even though I'm 60, I'd like to think maybe some people could think I was really a pro baseball player--our team plays like it could be true) . ;)

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CPL Lane Bailey

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Very true i really don't see anything wrong with people wearing this shirt at all because with all the different ranks people know that it's not an actual military uniform and are not trying to get any special privileges by wearing it unlike people that buy the actual uniforms and wear them around trying to get discounts or whatever else they try and get so no i don't see anything wrong with it.

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Great point, but I think the difference is that a civilian should be able to wear a ball cap that says "Army" or "Navy"... A rank is a little different to me, and even though I see it, it still is a bit irritating.

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