What's up with flag patches no longer being authorized on the leather jacket? Did SWO leadership think ours were cooler?
This hasn't been allowed officially since at least 2010, which is when I was first issued my leather jacket. I read somewhere (USNI Blogs I think?) that they haven't been authorized since 1999.
That being said, the leather looks better with less stuff on it.
To wit, never understood Maverick's jacket in that one movie.
Don’t need more than two pieces of flair
That is how it was done and authorized back then, several older folks when I came in had similar setups.
Let’s not get hung up on the stupid shit on his jacket. Didn’t he wear an E-2 patch that whole movie?Fair, and I'm certainly not the one to weigh in on regs and what was authorized, etc., just odd that he had a bunch of SEABEE/SWO stuff mixed in with the VF/centurion type stuff you'd expect.
"Willing suspension of disbelief."Fair, and I'm certainly not the one to weigh in on regs and what was authorized, etc., just odd that he had a bunch of SEABEE/SWO stuff mixed in with the VF/centurion type stuff you'd expect.
No patch for a .400 batting average?View attachment 30649
Don’t need more than two pieces of flair
Fair, and I'm certainly not the one to weigh in on regs and what was authorized, etc., just odd that he had a bunch of SEABEE/SWO stuff mixed in with the VF/centurion type stuff you'd expect.
Let’s not get hung up on the stupid shit on his jacket. Didn’t he wear an E-2 patch that whole movie?