Quote Originally Posted by TheGrey View Post
It's your country, too.
Wear that flag with pride, just as Ginsue said. You're not being a poser, and you're not indulging in stolen valor. I've known people that wear unit patches of loved ones that were KIA, or relatives that served during a war. They're eager to tell people about their friend or relative; they don't claim that they served.
My Dad didn't serve- he had high blood pressure and flat feet and they would not let him in. For every military member, there's a network of support in the community. That's you.
I have one of my dad's rank insignia patches from when he was in the Navy in the late 1960's. Your post reminded me I had it somewhere. Went and looked in a box out in the storage building where I thought it was but couldn't find it. Now I'm a little bummed I seem to have misplaced it.

If memory serves me it was three (or maybe two) red chevrons on the bottom with two curved red bars over them with a crossed lightning bolt and hammer between them. I think he was a carpenter and electrician or something like that.

I can't think of where else I might have put it. Haven't seen it in many years.