Can just anybody wear dress blues??
Tue Jul 3 23:09:11 2001
Hello fellow MMOs...I saw something tonight at our city's fire works display that upset me terribly..well 2 things actually...the honour guard came out when they were announced--they were all four in Marine Dress Blues..complete outfits...one carried the American flag and one carried the city's fire department flag and the 2 guys on either end carried very shiny axes...not swords, axes...they had on fire dept. tshirts under the dress blues blouse and NONE of them had the haircut going on...you know which hair cut I mean...they weren't Marines, they were firemen...Are they allowed to do that????? I was so upset, as was my Marine son...he had seen them before and said it made him sick every time he sees them...Then the band started playing...it was a country band and wouldn't ya just know it...they changed the notes and whole tune of the Star Spangled Banner...NOW, some things you just don't mess with, ya know...and for me one of those things is the Star Spangled Banner!!!!! If you don't want to sing it like it is written then shut the heck up and let somebody else sing that will do it right!!!!!! I'm still upset...Can you tell?????????LOL...Tomorrow there will be a letter going out to somebody here in town, I just don't know who to send it to yet...Any support from out there in MMO land would be greatly appreciated...especially letters that I could send with mine...unless you think I'm making too much out of this!! Please give me your input...Thanks in advance, Semper Fi, Sandy Sap
Sad to say that the city she mentions is down Apple Eater way in fact it's in the State of Georgia...
I since then have found out that as long as they wear a complete uniform and do nothing with the intend to defraud...it's perfectly legal but IMHO in very bad taste to say the very least...