Aaaarmy Training Sir!

[andysocial]

Exactly why is it that nobody in The Unit wears a uniform while in garrison? Sure, when they're in the field, they wear a mishmash of military and civilian attire.  But, when they're supposedly doing their homebase training, they hang out in t-shirts and jeans. Yeah, right. Well, there is one guy who stays in BDUs (the Colonel), but he doesn't wear insignia of any kind, name tapes, patches, nothing.

Some of you may say, "But the US Code says that you can't wear an accurate uniform." That is actually not true for actors. Oh, it was true once, but it's not true now and hasn't been for years.

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[just-jenn.livejournal.com]

your icon makes me giggle.

[andysocial]

The purple hippo and the Scottish squirrel make an interesting juxtaposition. Spring cleaning done?

[visgoth.livejournal.com]

It's probably part of their deliberate decision to not say what unit the show is supposed to model. They don't want to present any particular spec ops organization as being something it isn't because the creator and the consultants don't want their operator buddies pissed off.

Seems a lot more reasonable than the way the short-lived "Homeland Security" painted a bunch of (real world) desk-jockeys as being (TV world) armed investigative types.

[andysocial]

I finally got around to watching last week's episode, and the Colonel wore his Class A uniform - that one actually gets ribbons and patches. He had a Big Red One combat patch and a FORSCOM regular patch. So, it becomes even more of a mystery. Also, they refer to a 303rd Logistics Support Squadron (Air Force yet they're all Army?) as their cover unit.

One of my pet peeves in movie portrayals of intel-land is when they try to show the big bad quick reaction NSA troops. Yeah. I worked for the NSA for 12 years; we didn't have shock troops (like I need to tell you that). Of course, Enemy of the State showed those magical real-time satellite video imagery system, so I suppose any verisimilitude is too much to ask for.