military stripes

39chevy

May 08, 2010 13:17

anyone by chance know when the US military changed from the stripes on the sleeve being "inverted"..point down..to the current way with the point of the stripes up???..thanks for any help

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  drl50

  May 08, 2010 14:39

  Kind of a General Discussion topic but the answer is 1902 for both Marine Corps and Army.

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  gruntled

  May 08, 2010 15:12

  That's the short answer but here is the longer one.
  http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/PopTopics/colonel.htm

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  39chevy

  May 08, 2010 16:40

  thanks for the info guys

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  drl50

  May 08, 2010 17:37

  Here is even more:
  http://usmilitary.about.com/od/jointservices/a/rankhistory.htm

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