He lifted his hand and indicated his signet ring and proceeded to slur, “you see that ring? That’s the fuckin’ Rangers!”

My darling wife calmly asked him, “you fucked a Ranger for that ring?”

Needless to say, he stumbled away, colorfully expressing his opinion of the breeding quality of all of us still at the table, now laughing hard enough to produce tears at his expense. We asked the others at the table who he was and couldn’t ever figure that one out. Apparently he was just Sum Dood who was trying to impress some new friends with a ring he found somewhere.

I’ve never served but I do use quite a bit of mil surp gear for various tasks in my life. That being said, I make absolutely sure not to give the impression that I’m trying to be something that I’m not. When I’ve wound up with a used jacket or something with tape or patches, the first thing I do is pull that stuff off, and I try to only use non-current issue stuff. Old BDUs are a whole lot cheaper than commercial camos for sitting in the deer blind!