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Strange New Navy Recruiting Ad

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HercDriver

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I'm no photo expert but something seems familiar about this Navy recruiting ad. Hmmmm. What could it be?:confused:



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NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 30, 2005) - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Beaty, 29, of Long Island, N.Y., looks for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Katrina here today. Beaty is a member of an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue crew sent from Clearwater, Fla., to assist in search and rescue efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi
 
pennst8

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Wow, you'd think with a library of thousands of pics they could... eh... its not even worth typing this sentence. Someone out there is going to have to explain how they're too lazy to read a caption.

Good catch.
 
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pennst8 said:
Wow, you'd think with a library of thousands of pics they could... eh... its not even worth typing this sentence. Someone out there is going to have to explain how they're too lazy to read a caption.

Good catch.
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I think you're missing the point here. There were just as many Navy guys doing SAR during that time, so do we really care about the identity of the guy in the particular pic they decided to use? Sure it's not exactly right, but it's not as though they're misrepresenting anything.

Brett
 
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Brett327 said:
I think you're missing the point here. There were just as many Navy guys doing SAR during that time, so do we really care about the identity of the guy in the particular pic they decided to use? Sure it's not exactly right, but it's not as though they're misrepresenting anything.

Brett
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BRETT?!?

Misrepresentation or credit deserved is NOT the issue. Someone was lazy while putting together advertising (= time and money...) and F-d up!

If you extend that line of logic, it may as well be an Army or AF crewman in the pic! :eek:
 
Brett327

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eddie said:
BRETT?!?

Someone was lazy while putting together advertising (= time and money...) and F-d up!
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I don't dispute that, I just don't think it's worth getting all excited about.

Brett
 
HercDriver

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Brett327 said:
I think you're missing the point here. There were just as many Navy guys doing SAR during that time, so do we really care about the identity of the guy in the particular pic they decided to use? Sure it's not exactly right, but it's not as though they're misrepresenting anything.

Brett
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The picture is of a CG aircrewman. The ad leads you to believe it is a Navy aircrewman. How is this not misrepresentation?
 
Brett327

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HercDriver said:
The picture is of a CG aircrewman. The ad leads you to believe it is a Navy aircrewman. How is this not misrepresentation?
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The intent isn't there. Unless you have evidence to the contrary, it's just an honest, albeit careless, mistake.

Brett
 
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HercDriver said:
The picture is of a CG aircrewman. The ad leads you to believe it is a Navy aircrewman. How is this not misrepresentation?
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It would be misrepresentation if the Navy wasn't doing SAR in New Orleans, and used a CG pictures as evidence that it was.

In this case, its just a good picture, so they used it.
 
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That should help ease the tension. ;)

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HercDriver

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Brett327 said:
The intent isn't there. Unless you have evidence to the contrary, it's just an honest, albeit careless, mistake.

Brett
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Prove the intent isn't there, and that it was an honest mistake. Of course you can't.
But I understand your point...you want to give the recruiting folks the benefit of the doubt. Of course this means that the folks putting that together did not:
a. Check the source of the photo (and this isn't for an ad in the Penny Pincher...this is a national ad in Popular Mechanics among others)
b. Have the ad checked for accuracy.

Not a big deal, still it is hilarious when you are recruiting saying "...you told them you could change the world....In the Navy (you'll) provide aid to victims of natural disasters..." just like the guy you see in the ad. And he isn't in the Navy.

Irony meter pegged.
I think you're gay if your panties are in a wad about it.
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I wear boxers, BTW.:)
 
scoober78

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Here is the point...

Could you do what is being done in the picture in the Navy...Yes...of course...

Did Navy folks do that very same thing, in the very same place...Yes...of course...

And we're done...
 
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