![]() ![]() at educational institutions when engaged in giving military instructions or responsible for military discipline and patriotic parades on national holidays, other military parades or ceremonies in which any active or Reserve U.S. Retired Airmen will conform with the same standards of appearance, military customs, practices, and conduct in uniform prescribed for active-duty Airmen.Īir Force Instruction 36-2903 states retirees may wear the uniform: Retirees whose last assignment before retirement was a first sergeant and/or command chief may wear appropriate chevrons in all instances the uniform is worn. Retired Airmen whose assignments have included command at squadron, group or wing level are also authorized to wear the command insignia pin on the left lapel, below the retired lapel button. Retirees wear the retired lapel button on the left lapel. Retired Airmen receive the retired lapel button at retirement. Air Force Fact Sheet RETIREE UNIFORM WEARĪccording to Air Force Instruction 36-2903, retirees may wear the uniform as prescribed at date of retirement, or any of the uniforms authorized for active-duty personnel, including the dress uniforms. I do not know where that is written though. I want to say the rule is the uniform you retired in or the current uniform. Just walking off that island in the Feb-March 1945 timeframe demands RESPECT. Having been to Iwo Jima over a dozen times during my three year tour in Japan (best ever FLCP area around), all I can say is that must have just been a brutal killing ground. maybe 19 or 20 years old at the time.Iwo Jima."Excuse me General/Admiral and with all due respect, move the F over, this seat is for him". Paul had no idea Uncle Ray had received a Navy cross, but apparently there was this one full bird who was kicked off the dais to sit in the sun with the normal people who was just over himself to be apologetic about not wanting to give up his seat when asked. And out on the parade field there sits uncle Ray under the nice shaded area with all these high level O-grades in dress while he's just sitting in a suit and they are shaking his hand and even some of the Sgt instructors and staff are going over to pay respect to the man. And he was like wtf are you talking about. Morning of the graduation he says one of the Sgt Instructors just exploded at how he didn't tell them who was coming. Well my uncle didn't think about it since neither of the Marines he was expecting made E9, though granddad was close. Story basically went that a week before graduation they asked all the candidates "do you have any VIPs coming to graduation." Now VIP is typically E9/O6 and above and somebody always has somebody. His initiative, unselfish courage, and indomitable fighting spirit were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. After maneuvering the four tanks into position for more than one hour, he moved forward with the company and continued to guide and direct the tanks although he was seriously wounded in action. After firing tracers at the enemy machine gun nests to indicate their positions, Private First Class Wilson returned three times and led the remaining tanks to previously reconnoitered positions, on each occasion, in full view of the Japanese and under the continuing hostile fire. ![]() Exposing himself to hostile fire near the tanks to use telephone communication with the Tank Commander, he crept and crawled over fire-swept open terrain for fifty yards to reconnoiter and to guide the first tank into an advantageous firing position. When heavy and accurate machine-gun and sniper fire held up the advance of his company and inflicted severe casualties in his platoon, Private First Class Wilson volunteered to act as guide for the tanks after his Company Commander requested tank support. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving as a Rifleman of Company I, Third Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines, FIFTH Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 14 March 1945. The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Ray E. ![]()
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