Military chevrons on civilian clothes???

[DD977GM2]

Anyone else feel this is not kosher to wear stripes or chevrons as a civilian in
civilian clothes to look more fashionable?

Rubs me the wrong way. Since the person is 99% chance was not in the service to
have earned the right to wear them even if they are simular style to the Civil War
era or WWI or whenever.

This knucklehead was on Discovery's "Final Offer" that inspired me to make this thread.
He only had the chevrons n ONE sleeve. Irks me even more.

[cofi]

do they call them chevrons because of the gas station....or the other way around???

[DD977GM2]

do they call them chevrons because of the gas station....or the other way around???

I forgot to ask that in bootcamp when we were learning about military rank

[StagLefty]

do they call them chevrons because of the gas station....or the other way around???

Which brings up the age old question-what came first the gas station or the military ?

[DD977GM2]

Which brings up the age old question-what came first the gas station or the military ?

Im thinking gas station, archeologists have found evidence of gas stations
from the Clovis era.

[BlasterBob]

Im thinking gas station, archeologists have found evidence of gas stations
from the Clovis era.

Right but that was a very different type of gas. That gas had been generated in the trenches that the Clovis people were using to take their daily dumps in or empty their "chamber pots" in.

[DD977GM2]

Right but that was a very different type of gas. That gas had been generated in the trenches that the Clovis people were using to take their daily dumps in or empty their "chamber pots" in.

Chamber pots were adorned with Chevrons to show village status

[ChadAmberg]

What about a difference between actual military chevrons and stylized versions that have been used in fashion for hundreds of years?

[DD977GM2]

What about a difference between actual military chevrons and stylized versions that have been used in fashion for hundreds of years?

Thats not applicable

[Wiggity]

I think people shouldn't let stupid shit that has no effect on them piss em off so easily