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Posted: 10/19/2017 4:56:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/19/2017 5:03:17 AM EDT
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Wtf
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Posted: 10/19/2017 5:08:46 AM EDT
[#2]
... ya know that old saying about "compensating for something".
 
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Posted: 10/19/2017 6:00:11 AM EDT
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All jokes aside these are photos of an Order of the Sword ceremony. This ceremony is done to honor commanders by enlisted personnel who have done an extremely fine job leading their units or commands. They appear in the photos to be unit level awards but the main Air Force award is a big deal. Only 200 people since the 1970's have been awarded this.
The unit level swords you see in the photos appear gaudy, but it is still an honor. Most times a commander leaves a unit with trinkets or a signed lithograph, not something like this. This is an honor most commanders will never see in their careers. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 6:04:22 AM EDT
[#4]
By the power of Gray Skull...
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Posted: 10/19/2017 6:05:38 AM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
All jokes aside these are photos of an Order of the Sword ceremony. This ceremony is done to honor commanders by enlisted personnel who have done an extremely fine job leading their units or commands. They appear in the photos to be unit level awards but the main Air Force award is a big deal. Only 200 people since the 1970's have been awarded this. The unit level swords you see in the photos appear gaudy, but it is still an honor. Most times a commander leaves a unit with trinkets or a signed lithograph, not something like this. This is an honor most commanders will never see in their careers. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 6:06:03 AM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
All jokes aside these are photos of an Order of the Sword ceremony. This ceremony is done to honor commanders by enlisted personnel who have done an extremely fine job leading their units or commands. They appear in the photos to be unit level awards but the main Air Force award is a big deal. Only 200 people since the 1970's have been awarded this. The unit level swords you see in the photos appear gaudy, but it is still an honor. Most times a commander leaves a unit with trinkets or a signed lithograph, not something like this. This is an honor most commanders will never see in their careers. So all the E's get to vote on it? Edit: OK so it's the NCO's who do. Looks like McPeak got one. I though he was near universally disliked. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 6:06:51 AM EDT
[#7]
I love the second picture. The general's wife looks like she's afraid they're going to behead someone.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 6:19:27 AM EDT
[#8]
Damn, those things would require a lot of tape.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 9:54:53 AM EDT
[#9]
Pharaoh had his phallic monolith, USAF has their phallic swords.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 11:51:56 AM EDT
[#10]
yeah.. Taxes!!
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Posted: 10/19/2017 11:56:44 AM EDT
[#11]
Those are badass.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:04:06 PM EDT
[#12]
So when 5 of them get together, do they turn into a giant fucking robot, with a blazing sword ?
Commandertron!
Seriously, very cool. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:05:51 PM EDT
[#13]
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yeah.. Taxes!! This is for the best of the best leaders. So chillax. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:06:23 PM EDT
[#14]
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So when 5 of them get together, do they turn into a giant fucking robot, with a blazing sword ? |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:09:00 PM EDT
[#15]
Boys look good in them Dress Blues!!
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:11:38 PM EDT
[#16]
I like it when Voltron forms the Blazing Sword.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:12:24 PM EDT
[#17]
Needs more tailor shop.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:14:06 PM EDT
[#18]
I went to an Order of the Sword ceremony once. Pretty neat. I especially enjoyed the saber team and how they put this four star in the middle while flipping swords within inches of his face.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:14:14 PM EDT
[#19]
I don't understand the AF.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:16:02 PM EDT
[#20]
This man thinks that's ridiculous.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:16:30 PM EDT
[#21]
I for one am impressed
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:17:53 PM EDT
[#22]
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Boys look good in them Dress Blues!! We have better swords too
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:18:16 PM EDT
[#23]
TIL
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:19:23 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
All jokes aside these are photos of an Order of the Sword ceremony. This ceremony is done to honor commanders by enlisted personnel who have done an extremely fine job leading their units or commands. They appear in the photos to be unit level awards but the main Air Force award is a big deal. Only 200 people since the 1970's have been awarded this. The unit level swords you see in the photos appear gaudy, but it is still an honor. Most times a commander leaves a unit with trinkets or a signed lithograph, not something like this. This is an honor most commanders will never see in their careers. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:21:14 PM EDT
[#25]
It's for display.
Power-point presentations don't create themselves. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:23:06 PM EDT
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I don't understand the AF. I believe I have a fairly good understanding of the Marines. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:26:31 PM EDT
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More of our taxes are wasted on other bullshit. This is for the best of the best leaders. So chillax. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:30:05 PM EDT
[#28]
For sure the nerdiest of the branches.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:30:44 PM EDT
[#29]
Makes me think of the sword the King of England presented to Stalin, and the Russian soldier dropping it. Can't find the vid.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:31:10 PM EDT
[#30]
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So why did McPeak get one? |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:31:13 PM EDT
[#31]
So for better chairs for enlisted, the commanders get a ridiculous sword that is unwieldy?
Unnecessary and irrational. Marines scoff at these ceremonies. They do not compare to the Running of the Boot, Field God Sacrifices or the ever classy SNCO Retirement at the Purple Church or Driftwood. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:33:55 PM EDT
[#32]
Which late night infomerical did they order those from?
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:36:16 PM EDT
[#33]
We have to get big swords because they won't let us have guns.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:38:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:46:10 PM EDT
[#35]
Thunder cat Thunder cat Thunder cat hooooooo
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:48:57 PM EDT
[#36]
Cool ritual!
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:49:25 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryAll jokes aside these are photos of an Order of the Sword ceremony. This ceremony is done to honor commanders by enlisted personnel who have done an extremely fine job leading their units or commands. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:50:54 PM EDT
[#38]
Would Curtis LeMay or Jimmy Doolittle have needed this sort of displays in their Air Force? (Looks like it started right after LeMay retired)
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:54:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:54:40 PM EDT
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I don't understand the AF. But those who drink its Kool Aid understand nothing but. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:55:50 PM EDT
[#41]
Air Force is gay.
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:55:51 PM EDT
[#42]
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Would Curtis LeMay or Jimmy Doolittle have needed this sort of displays in their Air Force? (Looks like it started right after LeMay retired) |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:56:24 PM EDT
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Thunder cat Thunder cat Thunder cat hooooooo |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 12:58:55 PM EDT
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Well, you could remain uninformed , or you could educate yourself. I believe I have a fairly good understanding of the Marines. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't understand the AF. I believe I have a fairly good understanding of the Marines. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 1:04:59 PM EDT
[#45]
We have an airbase in Japan.
Coincidence? Maybe. 
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Posted: 10/19/2017 1:05:02 PM EDT
[#46]
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Air Force is gay. 
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Posted: 10/19/2017 1:11:09 PM EDT
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Need one more thunder and two fewer cats.... |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 1:15:18 PM EDT
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So when 5 of them get together, do they turn into a giant fucking robot, with a blazing sword ? Commandertron!
Seriously, very cool. And those NCOs totally need more chevrons and rockers. |
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Posted: 10/19/2017 1:39:51 PM EDT
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So why did McPeak get one? 
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Posted: 10/19/2017 1:53:14 PM EDT
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Was i on the committee who selected him? I figured you would be able to explain it. But it already was up above. |
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