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Rank badge positioning becomes a problem when someone fails to take specifics into consideration in deciding where rank badges should go. (Hey, I only posted that photo to get your attention, you sillies!)<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2021\/04\/18\/stop-staring-at-my-breasts-oh-wait-thats-where-my-rank-is\/<\/a><\/p>\n From the article:\u00a0 A shortsighted 2004 uniform change intended to protect soldiers paradoxically has left female service members more vulnerable, but to a different, internal threat. The new Army uniform has a collar designed to be worn in an up-position to protect the neck while wearing body armor, thus changing the rank location from the collar to the chest. However, this well-intentioned shift has had unforeseen consequences in creating a possible sexual harassment and assault factor. The new rank placement has created\u00a0some uncomfortable situations <\/a> for male and female soldiers alike \u2014 and effectively gives service members and civilians a free pass to ogle a women\u2019s breasts, while both parties are left in the dark regarding the other\u2019s intentions. – article<\/p>\n Okay, so some clever genius decides to change rank badge positioning in 2004 and here we are, 17 years later, and it\u2019s a problem because nobody thought Us Girls would find our way into the Go Shoot \u2018Em zone?<\/p>\n If I recall correctly, during Those Vietnam Times, the field officers wore dull brown rank pins on their collars, the enlisted ranks had similar brown pins, and their fatigues\/field uniforms were plain old green. Why brown? Because Charlie could spot glittering bronze pins and target the wearer much more easily. I think there were hat pins, too. Now camo designed to hide the wearer (only works on pheasants) doesn\u2019t allow for that because the design was changed to allow the collar to be popped up, so as to accommodate body armor. So why not just put the damned things on sleeves and shoulders like they used to be? The Navy’s been doing it for a couple of centuries now, y’know.<\/p>\n The rest of the story is at the link, as usual, and the author does<\/em> make several good points. Some changes are quite unnecessary and moving rank badges down to the center of the thorax is the brainchild of a nitwit. Put them back on the sleeves, above the elbow, cloth patches like we had for dungarees for field day duty on the decks, and that should stop the concerns about touchy-feely nonsense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"