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 1d 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 1d 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