Question for the Police and Military Crowd

[SlammerG_89]

One of my best friends growing up is in the 2nd Recon Battalion of the USMC. He is also a police officer and he ended up giving me some stuff before his last deployment. One of them was a unit tshirt of the 2nd Recon Battalion and another was a polo from his department that he got for me and had my name embroidered on it and all the patchwork done as well. Both of these items I have a hard time wearing because I see all the berating on here and a lot of other places about people wearing military shirts when they didnt serve and duty shirts when they don't belong to that department. My question is if there is a problem with me wearing these items when they were a gift from a dear friend. I didnt seek them out at a store or have them made to act like a mall ninja and impersonate people like a bunch of these creepers do. I just want to honor him and the gifts he gave me.

 

[ArGyLe64]

Wear them with pride in knowing your friend is serving our great country and you support him.

 

[cmhbob]

Meh - they're t-shirts, basically. Given to you by a friend. It's not like you're all tacticool about it, or trying to make people think something else of you.

As long as people who wear stuff they got from friends are honest about where they got it, who cares?

 

[druryj]

is he in the reserves?

 

[DavidMcmillan]

I bet he would feel honored of he knew what you wrote here. Wear the shirts, and proudly tell anyone that asks, about your friend.

 

[HMT204]

DS/DS Marine vet here. Wear them and wear them with pride. He gave them thinking they would be worn. Nuff said...

 

[SlammerG_89]

Thanks guys, I love wearing the marpat he sent me because they kick butt for hunting. He told me he was glad that's what i used them for, that way the animals wouldn't have to see my ugly mug anymore. Lmao

 

[SiGArmed]

Wear them with pride in knowing your friend is serving our great country and you support him.

This. Your not trying to pass yourself off, just wearing in support. So who cares.

 

[yukonjack]

One of my best friends growing up is in the 2nd Recon Battalion of the USMC. He is also a police officer and he ended up giving me some stuff before his last deployment. One of them was a unit tshirt of the 2nd Recon Battalion and another was a polo from his department that he got for me and had my name embroidered on it and all the patchwork done as well. Both of these items I have a hard time wearing because I see all the berating on here and a lot of other places about people wearing military shirts when they didnt serve and duty shirts when they don't belong to that department. My question is if there is a problem with me wearing these items when they were a gift from a dear friend. I didnt seek them out at a store or have them made to act like a mall ninja and impersonate people like a bunch of these creepers do. I just want to honor him and the gifts he gave me.

This one needs to just be kept at home and treasured.

 

[chubbs]

I dont know about the military shirt, but if the police shirt has offical department patch's and say "Police" it would be unlawful to wear in public