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Originally Posted by USAF Pilot 07
if my unit[S] had one i'd want it, but i'm not big on collecting much aside from HK's these days.... it would e a cool idea if you picked one up from each squadron/ unit you served in. on that note, i met a NAVY guy out in cali who had a squadron patch on the back of his flight jacket from each one he sailed with, all 11 of them. now that was cool!
They're spreading outside the military too - the only two I have were given to me by USCIS and Australian Immigration.
Many carry on the tradition. I know a former corpsman and Paramedic who carries six of them. I have one for 9/11 responders. It has become big in the federal agencies.
I helped a group of Army reservist and special forces a few months at LGA, we set up a special lane for them and had an American flag and company flags present. One of the special forces guys asked me for a card. I didn't think of it until I got a small package from Afghanistan a few weeks ago. In it was a sniper challenge coin. It is beautiful, it even has a cutout with cross-hairs in it. Needless to say I didn't have to buy a drink all that weekend.
Challenge coins are an honor to receive and are not given lightly.
I found a photo of the one I received:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j1...niper_coin.jpg
A lot of the laodmasters that I flew with would get them from the unit they were flying when they worked extra hard to get boys home. I never got any except for an AMC one, and my more recent one.
I've seen some VERY cool ones from politicians as well, which I think are especially cool.
That is pretty bad ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by emshighway
i love the quote on the reverse side! subtle enough that only those in the know will understand.Quote:
Originally Posted by emshighway