Originally Posted by
jsfBoat
I was visiting my dad over the summer, hanging around the marina, and this d-bag hat a seal hat and a t-shirt. My ol' man (a former squid) asked him what team he was on. The d-bag told him that he wasn't on any team, and he was wearing it because his "friend was a seal and wanted to show appreciation for " him. That upset the ol' man and I 'cause the guy didn't earn the right to wear it. It's like this CFI @ my school, he has the high and tight haricut, wears all these fighter squadron t-shirts, the olive drab flight jacket (with patches) but isn't going into the military him self; even though he thinks that being in the Civil Air Patrol is military enough.
While I personally believe in wearing t-shirts I've "earned" rather than things I like, I can't fault others for doing so. Selling t-shirts at airshows bring flying squadrons all sorts of money and it clearly doesn't bother them to have non members wearing them or they wouldn't be for sale. I've sent a civilian bud tshirts from every unit I've been in and I think it's just fine for him to wear them. I think people pretending to be SEALS or anything else they're not is pathetic, I think wearing a t-shirt in support of a friend is okay. But...just my opinion.