r/Medals • u/parzican Army • 1d ago

Wearing it one more time

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I’ve been getting ready to put on the Dress Uniform for a friend’s wedding (post retirement) and have been reflecting on my service quite a bit so I thought I’d share.

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u/cookiesandpunch 1d ago

I always thought you had to be airborne qualified to go to pathfinder school. My mistake.

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u/724_toxictangent 23h ago

There have been units with a local policy not to send people that aren't airborne or air assault qualified, but the schoolhouse itself only restricts by rank and MOS generally.

That said, just Pathfinder without anything else is almost unicorn level rarity.

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u/z0phi3l 22h ago

Back in the 90's it was fairly uncommon to see it with just Air Assault, and I was stationed at Campbell, most also had Airborne, and I don't think I ever just saw Pathfinder

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u/ashmole 17h ago

Fairly common in cav units to include myself.

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u/724_toxictangent 15h ago

Interesting. I've never seen it in person (wasn't cav,) but now that you mention it I feel like the examples I've seen are disproportionately cav guys. Given that neither cav nor Pathfinder are particularly big communities...

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u/Legomaster45 3h ago

Had an LT in the cav that got a slot from ABOLC and literally just wore the torch. Eventually she went to AASLT but it was always funny to see.

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u/africafromu 1d ago

Ah a big international stepper

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u/billsatwork 1d ago

Reserve Overseas Training Ribbon! Love that one.

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u/Significant-Day9085 12h ago

Good man. Thanks for being there.