{"id":84852,"date":"2019-02-07T12:31:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T16:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84852"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:32:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:32:28","slug":"air-force-general-calls-himself-out-for-wearing-upside-down-ribbon-rack-during-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84852","title":{"rendered":"Air Force general calls himself out for wearing upside-down ribbon rack during State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A key characteristic of a good leader is one\u2019s ability to put pride aside and admit one\u2019s own mistakes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That\u2019s exactly what Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, did Wednesday when he shared with the social media masses a gaffe he committed while attending President Donald Trump\u2019s State of the Union Address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Looking at the photos that emerged from the Trump\u2019s address, Gen. Lengyel made an observation that may still be contributing to some internal groaning on his part.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He wore his ribbon rack upside-down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The general took to both Twitter and Facebook to proactively highlight the slip-up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI missed it… Plain and simple,” Gen. Lengyel wrote. “I hope this is a lesson for everyone who wears the uniform, and really for anyone… They put erasers on pencils for a reason. When you make a mistake or miss a detail, own it and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have seen the Combat Action Ribbon backwards so many times I am no longer sure which way is correct anymore.\u00a0 I tried the “I made a mistake, that’s\u00a0why there are erasers on pencils” during several NJP’s … nobody told me it was an Air Force thing.\u00a0 When I was a young Marine working my way to Private for the second time, how was I supposed to know what a Tech Sergeant in the Air Force looked like?\u00a0 I was trying to be an Ambassador of goodwill by spending some time with a few local ladies when this blue guy with squiggles on his arms interrupted\u00a0me.\u00a0 He should have brought more friends, Air Force uniforms confuse Marines.\u00a0 I should have been a General.<\/p>\n

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