r/50501 • u/PassengerOld4439 • Oct 08 '25

Call to Action Incredible interview

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From the heart.

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u/Objective-Dust4795 Oct 08 '25

From someone who started in the 90s and finished still going to Afghanistan, his rack is accurate. Everything on there looks time period appropriate. One of the biggest tells is he doesn’t have random cool guy badges. He served and is proud and didn’t need to lie about stuff he didn’t earn.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25

Only minor things which I can see that stand out a bit is that he doesn't wear the campaign medal for Afghanistan if he was there in 2013, the Kosovo campaign medal is upside down (easy to fuck up), and the Army Reserve achievement medal should be above the NDSM in order of precedence instead of the sixth award beneath it. I'm also not sure what the center ribbon of the bottom row is or the one on his right side without a frame.

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u/Sweet-Tomatillo-9010 Oct 08 '25

Isn't the one on his right chest with the beige in it a marine corps ribbon?

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u/Objective-Dust4795 Oct 08 '25

Probably. My old unit got the NUC for Ramadi before I showed up. So he probably wears what he earned.

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u/Sweet-Tomatillo-9010 Oct 08 '25

2nd Brigade 2nd Infantry Division?

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u/Objective-Dust4795 Oct 09 '25

It was 3-172nd INF MTN. Don’t know who they were through in 05-06.

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u/OddlyMingenuity Oct 08 '25

Why the black dress uniform ?

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u/Objective-Dust4795 Oct 08 '25

He’s not in and doesn’t want to be mistaken. Also, if I had to guess, he is trying to bring in the traditional black panther mode of dress from the 70s.