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All, if you are married, do you wear your wedding ring in uniform? If you do, what kind and what are your thoughts on why you chose that type.
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TSgt Joshua Copeland. Yes . . . Tends to ward off unwanted attention . . . unless the attention comes from total cad . . . even though my husband was KIA many years ago . . . gold . . . solid inner ring . . . deeply engraved outer ring . . . traditional Hebrew expression . . . I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine . . . I leave it behind only when medically necessary . . . or traveling in hazardous environments . . . Warmest Regards, Sandy
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The very first injury I ever took care of as a baby Medic was a degloving, kid had jumped off the back of a five-ton and caught his ring just right. He was lucky and didn't lose his finger but, that image has stayed with me my entire career.
It was a huge bone of contention when I was married because I would only wear my rings when I wasn't seeing patients (doing exercise demos, joint mobs and scar releases with rings on HURTS) off mission and out of uniform. I rarely even wear a watch these days.
It was a huge bone of contention when I was married because I would only wear my rings when I wasn't seeing patients (doing exercise demos, joint mobs and scar releases with rings on HURTS) off mission and out of uniform. I rarely even wear a watch these days.
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SSG Sara Sutton, how did you almost hang yourself with your ID tags? I thought that the chain on those was deliberately designed to come apart under a certain level of tension, specifically to prevent that. Were yours reinforced somehow?
As for the rings, as a former medic I can definitely see where you're coming from with this. I usually wear mine, but that's because I spend most of my time around nothing more dangerous than pen/paper or a keyboard. When I'm in the field and/or around heavy equipment, I keep them in a pocket close to my heart.
As for the rings, as a former medic I can definitely see where you're coming from with this. I usually wear mine, but that's because I spend most of my time around nothing more dangerous than pen/paper or a keyboard. When I'm in the field and/or around heavy equipment, I keep them in a pocket close to my heart.
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SSG Sara Sutton
MAJ (Join to see) , Sir... Well... As with any good story it's starts with what had happened was... I was loading up a patient and wasn't paying attention. I was snagged up on the hook we load the litters on, my chain and my nomex. I don't think I've ever unzipped so fast in my life to get untangled from that hot mess Sir. It's funny now. If you can picture. Feel free to laugh. It's okay.
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Hmm. Yes, I can see where that could get unpleasant in a hurry. Well done on your quick reflexes!
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SSG Sara Sutton Great points. I do take my ring off during hazardous work, with chemicals, etc., but then it's in my pocket....
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I rarely do. Aviation made it a no no. We had to remove our dog tags and rings anytime we worked on aircraft. After my Iraq mishap I have bad damage to my ulnar nerves and my pinkies and ring fingers are almost always buzzing. When I wear a ring it almost has a burning sensation (I know this sets myself up for soooo many jokes). Hitomi cuts me slack.
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Melina Wiltgen
My husband is a 15U. We wanted to get new rings and we were originally going to get his based off good materials for an Army career. He’s finishing up AIT so obviously still new to the military life, is he not allowed to wear his ring only in the Hanger? Or, is it not allowed as a whole for aviation?
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I actually know some women friends of mine that have "decoy" rings when they want to go out and not be harassed.