The odd thing, which I think will surprise most civilians, is that most in the military could not correctly identify half of the ribbons the generals wear.
I’m sure in places where class A’s are the norm (Pentagon), people get used to identifying them - but as you point out, most only deal with this when its time to get a photo taken.
And when it comes to order of precedence, well even fewer people know that - mostly people on promotion boards and workers at Korean laundry mats near post.
lacrew wrote: “The odd thing, which I think will surprise most civilians, is that most in the military could not correctly identify half of the ribbons the generals wear.”
Neither could half the generals identify all their medals.
I was surprised by the medals my Bde S1 told me to wear.