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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><snippity, snip, snip><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>></span></font>No one should ever use a
symbol in a way that implies that he/she is<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>entitled to
something to which he/she is not entitled. I would be<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>livid if someone
wore a Medal of Honor or an Eagle Scout pin who had<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>></span></font>not earned the
right to wear it. <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This reminds me of something from slightly
amusing memory. There once was a young man in Navy apprenticeship school who
thought it would be fun to go to the exchange and get himself a few ribbons to
wear on his uniform (he hadn’t earned ANY of them) and wear them to class
(a violation of Navy Regulations). When he was inspected the next morning, as
instructors are known to do, the instructor paused, handed him the clipboard,
and told him, “Sir, I believe that your should be conducting this
inspection, not me”, then saluted him. The perplexed young man took the
board and continued the inspections. When he had finished a group of NCOs,
Chiefs and Officers had gathered to watch. The man was rather nervous and didn’t
know what was going on. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Apparently, the young lad had not done his
homework either. One of the ribbons he grabbed was for a Silver Star, the other
was the Medal of Honor (yes, you can get the ribbon in the exchange, the medal
itself you can only get from the Pentagon). Needless to say, after what has
been retold as the “the mother of all ass chewings” that he received
in front of everyone, he was then dragged into the Admirals office where he was
immediately court marshaled and discharged (bad-conduct, I believe). Had he
been caught wearing the actual Medal, he would have been charged with a felony
under federal law and sent to prison (read: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Fort Levenworth</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">KS</st1:State></st1:place>).
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ref: <a
href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000704----000-.html">http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000704----000-.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><<snip, snip>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Belt colors are NOT regulated by Society law, except that white belts<br>
& baldrics are restricted by law to the respective members of the<br>
Orders of Chivalry of the Society. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So does that mean that the red belt for
squires is custom, and not law?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Faelan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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