Posted on Oct 22, 2014
Should a Junior Enlisted service-member stand at Parade Rest for an NCOs/PO's wife?
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And continuing the trend. Here's this doozy. Have you heard of this? I have. What do you think?
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SSG (Join to see),
It sickens me the way people all over the web have been jumping on the bandwagon to attack this poor veteran. Febe Brown says that she spent 8 years in the Marine Corps and that the tattoos are of her own rank, not her husband's.
This image has been all over Facebook for a while, but I didn't expect to find it here on RP. I'm a little embarrassed at the way RP is changing.
It sickens me the way people all over the web have been jumping on the bandwagon to attack this poor veteran. Febe Brown says that she spent 8 years in the Marine Corps and that the tattoos are of her own rank, not her husband's.
This image has been all over Facebook for a while, but I didn't expect to find it here on RP. I'm a little embarrassed at the way RP is changing.
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LTC (Join to see)
Still, I don't care how proud you are of your service, getting your rank tattooed on your neck is, IMHO, stupid.
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SSG Ray Murphy
LTC (Join to see) - you beat me to this reply. Don't care if you're active, a Veteran, or a spouse, to ink rank on your body is remarkably retarded and you should be ridiculed for having done it.
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LTC (Join to see)
IMV, she served our country honorably and won't get any criticism from me regardless of what she tattoos on her body ... and that comes from someone that doesn't particularly like tattoos and has none of his own. To call her stupid or ridicule her reflects badly on those doing the calling and ridiculing ... IMO.
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SPC David Willis
Ha whats funny is these chicks act like the arbiter of who earned the right to wear what rank because, wait for it... their husbands served...
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Is this a serious question? Can a police officer's spouse arrest you or write a ticket?
Would you get on a plane that the pilot's spouse is flying? You would of course be respectful to any service member's spouse, but to infer that because they are married to a member more senior then you, they hold some kind of military authority over you is ridiculous. A marriage is a binding contract made as a civilian (that is to say, not in a military capacity). Marital status has very little bearing on you as a service member aside from certain entitlements. I can not refuse orders because I'm married. I am not immune from UCMJ because I'm married. It just does not matter, because that is part of my civilian life. Not to mention, I have seen some Soldiers make rather hasty and "questionable" choices in choosing a spouse. So your asking them to go to Parade Rest at the FRG meetings and give them plenty of singles on Friday nights? All jokes aside, I have seen spouses who try to wear the service member's rank, but that just shows me their ignorance of the military and is (in my opinion) a failure on the service members part to inform them about the chain of command, rank structure, and the pride we have in being the nation's 1%. If they want me to go to parade rest/attention; they better take the oath to enlist, put on a uniform, and have more rank then me.
Would you get on a plane that the pilot's spouse is flying? You would of course be respectful to any service member's spouse, but to infer that because they are married to a member more senior then you, they hold some kind of military authority over you is ridiculous. A marriage is a binding contract made as a civilian (that is to say, not in a military capacity). Marital status has very little bearing on you as a service member aside from certain entitlements. I can not refuse orders because I'm married. I am not immune from UCMJ because I'm married. It just does not matter, because that is part of my civilian life. Not to mention, I have seen some Soldiers make rather hasty and "questionable" choices in choosing a spouse. So your asking them to go to Parade Rest at the FRG meetings and give them plenty of singles on Friday nights? All jokes aside, I have seen spouses who try to wear the service member's rank, but that just shows me their ignorance of the military and is (in my opinion) a failure on the service members part to inform them about the chain of command, rank structure, and the pride we have in being the nation's 1%. If they want me to go to parade rest/attention; they better take the oath to enlist, put on a uniform, and have more rank then me.
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SSG (Join to see)
I remember a very rude officer's wife who told me that she had the right to cut in front of me at the commissary because I was "only an E4" and her husband was a LTC. I informed her that she had no such privilege and could get in line like everyone else. I gave her my unit phone number for her husband, if he had an issue with me. Her husband actually called my 1SG to apologize for his wife's behavior.
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SFC Dave Parker
Some military spouses will make life a living hell for their spouse if they don't punish the person who 'disrespected' them. You have to show proper respect, but not let them walk all over you using their spouses rank.
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MSgt Marvin Kinderknecht
I have heard more than one woman wear the rank--all officers. No enlisted. General Sweenys' wife wanted one of our tankers to go pick up some carpet. Thank goodness somebody had the fortitude to call the Genera. He called it off.l
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Sgt Dale Briggs
SSG (Join to see) - he was probably embarrassed, and I’m sure set his wife straight.
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Ok by a show of likes....how many think I should post the question "Should wives stand at parade rest for General officers' wives?" That way we can get this over with
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SFC Dave Parker
When I was stationed at Camp Carroll, Korea, the wives would always brown-nose the post commander's wife. The wives were very rank conscious of who's husband had higher rank.
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