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Regular Joe
 
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Originally posted by eyesbehindthelines
I here scuttlebutt that they may take a company from the "Old Guard" to Iraq... Got this from a mother of a son whom is in said company... They've already been taken off of funeral detail and are "training" for just such a mission.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
It'ssad to say, but the other Old Guard soldiers might as well start practicing funeral detail and all the other elements, if they are going to send guys to the sandbox...I have never ever met a guy who always ran around with immaculate uniforms, who was worth a **** in the field. 2 different types of men we are talking about here..
RLTW
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I seriously doubt there is any significance to the number of knots in the shoulder cord. I wore a yellow one, I think the MP's at that time wore a white one, all three cords were made the same way, same length and had the same number of knots, etc. I think the Cav was the first to have one, then everyone wanted one, kinda like the Berets. [ ]
SCOUTS OUT!
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RJ - SCOUTS OUT! 
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I think the Cav was the first to have one, then everyone wanted one, kinda like the Berets.
Carefull there buddy, you don't want to go there.LOL[ ]
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quote:
Originally posted by Delta_6
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I think the Cav was the first to have one, then everyone wanted one, kinda like the Berets.
Carefull there buddy, you don't want to go there.LOL[]
Just a little humor there Bro. I don't want to open another can of worms. No Way - No How. Seems like I do enough of it as it is. []
SCOUTS OUT!
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RJ - SCOUTS OUT!
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Cherry
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| FYI: Yet another reason to dislike "The Old Guard" Back when I was with the Old Guard assigned to HHC, during a dress blues inspection I noticed the medics and other MOS personnel donning the infantry cord and blue insignia disks. I asked why they wore them, and the answer was for uniformity sake, so that when we went to our ceremonies everyone and everything looked the same. To their credit most of the non-infantry in HHC didn't want to wear it either. I complained about this to my NCOIC, himself a airborne ranger, an he basically said he knew it was wrong, but that was the SOP in Old Guard according to the Col. It's things like this that further erode the esprit de corps of the Army and make me glad that I don't wear army green anymore. Just like the black beret nonsense and letting every swinging richard in 18th Abn Corps wear the maroon beret regardless of qualifications. But that is another rant for another time.
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| What's with all the "Thread Resurrections" lately? This is like the 3rd thread from 2 years or more ago that was added to in the last week...
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SgtV (10/22/2003)
I found it! Used Ask Jeves
Infantry Blue Cord
General Washington selected the color blue to distinguish his tough and resolute infantry in the Continental Army from other types of soldiers. General LaFayette chose a light blue color to outfit his American Infantry Corps. For the next 120 years, the official Infantry color alternated between blue and white until 1904 when the Army officially adopted what we now know as "Infantry Blue."
In 1951, the Army leadership sought to encourage and recognize foot soldiers who were bravely fighting intense battles in Korea. They soon adopted the Infantry Blue Cord. This cord would only be worn by fully qualified Infantrymen and would announce for all to see that these men would be on the front line when our nation was at war.
Today, enlisted graduates of Infantry Basic Training receive their blue cord at the end of their final FTX. Graduates of the Infantry Officer Basic Course complete their weeklong final FTX and after road marching back to building 76 have their blue cords pinned on them by their platoon trainer NCOs. The SSG or SFC who pins on the blue cord then renders an honorary salute in symbolic recognition of their welcoming the Lieutenant into the ranks of the InfantryASK JEEVES is WRONG! In November 1997 when I had my blue cord ceremony, it was in Class A's, and a family member put it on for the first time. My grandparents placed mine on my right shoulder. (my grandfather was armor...sinful! I know. I am the first grunt in the family since the civil war...thought we have a long line of veterans) It was a couple days past our final FTX. If you had no family/friends present, then you could choose a Drill Sergeant to put it on.
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