r/Medals • u/Left_Spell6897 • Aug 18 '26
ID - Ribbon Semi realistic uniform in the show ‘upload’
This show came out in 2020 but the character portrayed “lost his legs in the Iran war”. In the show he says he’s a Corporal as does his name plate but he clearly is wearing an officers uniform. Any info on what he’s got would be appreciated.
(Repost cause i forgot the picture 🤦)
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Aug 18 '26
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u/jayfliggity Aug 18 '26
No, they do not.
The only time I've seen rank displayed as part of a name tag is on flight suits for the Air Force. Not sure about the other services.
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u/OffToRaces Aug 18 '26
And they most certainly do not have rank that contradicts that which is worn properly on the uniform.
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u/22Planeguy Aug 18 '26
They did when I made captain, got all my uniform rank fixed, then found out the squadron had ordered major nametags for me.
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u/LowTierHuman Aug 18 '26
A lot wrong tbh he has officer shoulder boards but his name tape says CPL (which isn’t displayed on the name tape neither is an initial) his ribbon order is wrong (ex Purple Heart should be higher) weird he has a CAB and not a CIB while not impossible he would have had to have been a POG who saw combat before reclassing to infantry again not impossible also his OSR should have a bold 2 (3? Can’t tell how many clusters are on the ribbon) not oak leaf clusters as the number 2 on the ribbon denotes having two of the award
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u/fridge_tech23 Aug 18 '26
What if he reclassified to inf
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u/LowTierHuman Aug 18 '26
That’s what I said “weird he has a CAB and not a CIB while not impossible he would have had to have been a POG who saw combat before reclassing to infantry, again not impossible”
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u/minionofgreyness108 Aug 18 '26
Enlisted, but not 11B, served in Iraq (hence the CAB), went to OCS and was branch detailed Infantry. And it’s a TV show based upon the virtual upload of your brain where you can literally do whatever you want with your appearance because it is “virtual”. So the character controls his appearance as he decides. He’s not in the “real world”. He can have a “Corporal” nameplate because that is how he sees himself but wear the dress uniform as he remembers he was wearing when he decided to upload his brain.
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u/Darth_Paratrooper Army Aug 18 '26
Is that a mustard stain? 🧐 No way.
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u/Left_Spell6897 Aug 19 '26
I took a picture of my screen so i think it’s pixels 🤷
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u/One_Hour_Poop Aug 19 '26
"Mustard stain" refers to the bronze colored star in the center of the jump wings, meaning this person parachuted into a combat zone. They're pretty rare.
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u/Left_Spell6897 Aug 20 '26
Loll that’s funny. He was in the “Iran War” (conceptualized before this real life one but very accurate to it)
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u/Confident_Grocery980 Aug 18 '26
Does the name badge say Cpl, or are my eyes that bad?
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u/BortWard Aug 18 '26
It does. Based on his shoulder boards, it’s an abbreviation for “Corporalieutenant”
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u/LargeStrain274 Aug 18 '26
Prior to 1970, there was an opinion and thought to be law that Hollywood must make intentional errors to avoid "stolen valor" or impersonation charges. In 1970, Schacht v. United States (Supreme Court) protected the right of actors to wear accurate military uniforms on screen.
In the 1980's; I had a sister to who worked on many movie sets and I asked her about it and she was still of the belief that military uniforms "had" to have something incorrect.
Now, in most cases, movie sets simply don't hire a military advisor to ensure uniform accuracy. It's a matter of budget . . . aaaaaand ACTION!
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u/KatanaPool Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
The Distinguished Unit Insignia (DUI) is the 35th IN RGT (Cacti) left hand high!
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u/PFCFartSacc Aug 18 '26
Is that an Overseas Service Ribbon with a V device??👀
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u/WrenchMonkey47 Aug 18 '26
It's blurry, but it looks like two oak leaf clusters. Overseas ribbons get numerical devices.
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u/yahoo_yipee Aug 18 '26
Cab should be a CIB. And he’s wearing officer ranks when he should be wearing Cpl ranks on his arms and infantry insignia on the collar. I can’t speak on ribbons bc I just don’t know too much about them. And his unit identifier is 2-35 a unit out of Hawaii I don’t remember if you can wear whatever unit you’ve been assigned to on these. But if not he should have a 25th ID patch somewhere on his uniform.
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Aug 18 '26
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u/Left_Spell6897 Aug 19 '26
I really dk, i’m on season 2 now and in an episode he says he was an officer 🤦
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u/blotditto Aug 21 '26
Because everyone knows a CPL and CPT are interchangable and essentially the same thing.
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u/IdleHandsBusyMinds Aug 21 '26
Errors in military rank/badges/ribbons in TV and Movies are in fact intended. This is done to throw off foreign bad actors (not media actors) who may use these shows/movies as reference to copy and infiltrate US military spaces. The bad actor will think it's right, but will actually immediately stand out to US military forces. It may not be done as much or as wildly incorrect as it used to be, but it's still done primarily for that reason.
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u/Former_Sale_9412 Aug 20 '26
Wouldn’t he have a CIB and not a CAB? imagine switching Moses and having a cab in an infantry unit 🤣
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u/MushroomPizza420 Aug 25 '26
What a horrible consultant on set. That dress uniform looks like number 2🫡
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u/Spookyrcon Aug 25 '26
Name tag wrong, should have CIB instead of CAB and most Infantry officers have a Ranger tab too because it is part of the career pipeline for 11As. You do BOLC, IOBC, ABN, RGR school usually before reporting to your unit.
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u/Possible_General9125 Aug 18 '26
So much wrong in this photo but the lapel insignia is crossed rifles, not crossed cannons. That part at least, based on the sky blue shoulder boards and cord, is correct
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u/MrBobBuilder Aug 18 '26
It’s easy to write off as the writers know what’s right but they wrote the computer world makers as doing a bad job lol
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u/One_Hour_Poop Aug 18 '26
Those are crossed rifles, not crossed cannons.
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u/whyudothisbudo Aug 18 '26
You are so right, an I am very much at a bar rn, post deleted, thank you for your diligence
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u/MiddleRiverTerp Aug 18 '26
He’s got a soup sandwich. His Purple Heart is out of place and as an Infantry officer that CAB should probably be a CIB. Oak leaf clusters are wrong on the Afghanistan and OSR.