Think you know 39-1? You don't know jack...

alamrcn · January 22, 2009, 06:20:52 PM

If you like picking uniforms apart, check this one out...

http://cgi.ebay.com/CIVIL-AIR-PATROL-JACKET-PINS-BADGES-RIBBON-BARS-CADET_W0QQitemZ310116617281QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item310116617281&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Bet you can't find an infraction!

ThorntonOL · January 22, 2009, 06:29:21 PM

Well first of all no one is wearing it and second of all he said that he has no idea what most of the decorations are for. (so to speak)
Now if you want to pick apart what they are for and who they are for that might be more fun.

cnitas · January 22, 2009, 06:46:25 PM

The CAP buttons are pretty cool. Too bad someone ruined the ribbons.

Stonewall · January 22, 2009, 06:46:41 PM

How did you get a picture of my uniform? Gosh!

Pylon · January 22, 2009, 07:06:26 PM

Quote from: Stonewall on January 22, 2009, 06:46:41 PM
How did you get a picture of my uniform? Gosh!

Is that your new proposed Ultimate Kirt Corporate Dress Uniform (UKCDU)?

capchiro · January 22, 2009, 07:09:12 PM

It kinda resembles the uniform of the Navy of the great State of Nebraska, don'tcha think??

alamrcn · January 22, 2009, 07:47:12 PM

I was being fecesious of course... Picking apart member uniforms on CAP-Talk is illegal! So let's go with naming some of the stuff on this uniform...

The actual CAP parts of the service coat is mid-60's. "Cadet First Sergeant" chevrons worn like that started in 1960, and that version of the Cadet Breast Badge was discontinued in December 1966.

I see a 25th Infantry "Tropic Lightning" pin.

BillB · January 22, 2009, 08:10:37 PM

The red, white and blue training ribbons were dropped in 1965, and who ever heard of an encampment ribbon being higher than the cadet COP?

NIN · January 22, 2009, 08:45:02 PM

Hey, who snapped a photo of my uniform from my cadet days?

* NIN is kidding. I was a cadet in MI Wing, but way, way after sew-on grade insignia & the two-piece nametags...

ColonelJack · January 22, 2009, 09:39:40 PM

Quote from: capchiro on January 22, 2009, 07:09:12 PM
It kinda resembles the uniform of the Navy of the great State of Nebraska, don'tcha think??

Not really ... unless I can put my gold admiral's shoulderboards on it!!

Jack

JohnKachenmeister · January 22, 2009, 10:45:43 PM

One lapel has US Army military police officer branch brass.

SarDragon · January 22, 2009, 10:53:41 PM

Quote from: cnitas on January 22, 2009, 06:46:25 PM
The CAP buttons are pretty cool. Too bad someone ruined the ribbons.

I think I still have a set of those buttons. The rest of the uniform went away years ago.

Ruined the ribbons? The slightly different sizes were typical back then. That's an early to mid-'60s set of ribbons.

As for the presentation in general, it was a creative way to show all the stuff he's got.

winterg · January 22, 2009, 11:03:58 PM

I kinda like the stripes.

SarDragon · January 22, 2009, 11:32:51 PM

Quote from: winterg on January 22, 2009, 11:03:58 PM
I kinda like the stripes.

Yeah, bet you never had to sew them suckers on, did you? I was so glad to see them go away. My mom was nice enough to do the stripes for my first promotion, then very quickly saw the light. She sat my young [FPOC] down at the sewing machine and taught me to do my own [darn] stripes (and all the other crap that needed sewn on). And today, oh, how I hate sewing the CAWG patch.

Becks · January 23, 2009, 12:10:49 AM

Quote from: SarDragon on January 22, 2009, 11:32:51 PM
Quote from: winterg on January 22, 2009, 11:03:58 PM
I kinda like the stripes.

Yeah, bet you never had to sew them suckers on, did you? I was so glad to see them go away. My mom was nice enough to do the stripes for my first promotion, then very quickly saw the light. She sat my young [FPOC] down at the sewing machine and taught me to do my own [darn] stripes (and all the other crap that needed sewn on). And today, oh, how I hate sewing the CAWG patch.

Guite has sewn on more than his fair share of stripes in his time.

winterg · January 23, 2009, 04:51:55 PM

Quote from: Becks on January 23, 2009, 12:10:49 AM
Quote from: SarDragon on January 22, 2009, 11:32:51 PM
Quote from: winterg on January 22, 2009, 11:03:58 PM
I kinda like the stripes.
Yeah, bet you never had to sew them suckers on, did you? I was so glad to see them go away. My mom was nice enough to do the stripes for my first promotion, then very quickly saw the light. She sat my young [FPOC] down at the sewing machine and taught me to do my own [darn] stripes (and all the other crap that needed sewn on). And today, oh, how I hate sewing the CAWG patch.
Guite has sewn on more than his fair share of stripes in his time.

LOL Yeah, ask anyone about the official tailor of NBB!

Grumpy · January 23, 2009, 08:13:15 PM

Quote from: cnitas on January 22, 2009, 06:46:25 PM
The CAP buttons are pretty cool. Too bad someone ruined the ribbons.

Other than the top row is reversed I believe they're correct. I have a COP ribbon with the three clasps. I don't remember what the center ribbon on the top row is. I wore the first sergeant stripes before I got my pip and left for the AF.

jimmydeanno · January 23, 2009, 10:37:19 PM

Quote from: Grumpy on January 23, 2009, 08:13:15 PM
Other than the top row is reversed I believe they're correct. I have a COP ribbon with the three clasps. I don't remember what the center ribbon on the top row is.

Center top is the Cadet Recruiting Ribbon. So it's definitely out of order, it's the lowest ribbon a cadet can earn.

ol'fido · January 24, 2009, 05:14:30 PM

Under the 25th ID pin are metal pins in the shape of the Army Commendation medal and the RVN Campaign Medal. The other madal pin looks like a National Defense Service Medal. The DUI on the right pocket next to the Cavalry sabres looks like either The JFK Special Warfare Center or the 21st or 22nd Infantry Regimant.