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Tzeentch #gottem

Officers and Snipers

Working on some fiction involving soldiers, and I need some help from folks with military experience (or knowledge).

Do commanding officers hide their rank when in combat situations, soas to avoid getting targeted by snipers, or is this something Hollywood made up?

It seems like, what with every soldier having to wear insignia on their uniform detailing their name and rank, trying to hide it from snipers would be pointless, but maybe I'm wrong.

How difficult would it be to pick out an officer from a squad of grunts?

Stringer Senior Member

Aim for the white guy.

Tzeentch #gottem

They're all white.

This is a story about a utopia; there are no brown folk.

Omega Vision Face Flowed Into Her Eyes

Re: Officers and Snipers

Originally posted by Tzeentch
Working on some fiction involving soldiers, and I need some help from folks with military experience (or knowledge).
Do commanding officers hide their rank when in combat situations, soas to avoid getting targeted by snipers, or is this something Hollywood made up?
It seems like, what with every soldier having to wear insignia on their uniform detailing their name and rank, trying to hide it from snipers would be pointless, but maybe I'm wrong.
How difficult would it be to pick out an officer from a squad of grunts?

From what I understand, they don't tend to hide rank, but in combat uniforms it's very difficult to tell the difference between them from great distance.

Star428 Restricted

Originally posted by Tzeentch
They're all white.
This is a story about a utopia; there are no brown folk.

😆

Stringer Senior Member

Anyone that gets a salute I believe you would shoot

Time Immemorial Restricted

Re: Officers and Snipers

Originally posted by Tzeentch
Working on some fiction involving soldiers, and I need some help from folks with military experience (or knowledge).
Do commanding officers hide their rank when in combat situations, soas to avoid getting targeted by snipers, or is this something Hollywood made up?
It seems like, what with every soldier having to wear insignia on their uniform detailing their name and rank, trying to hide it from snipers would be pointless, but maybe I'm wrong.
How difficult would it be to pick out an officer from a squad of grunts?

This more more used in WW2 and Vietnam. They would not wear rank. Now they do but instead of wearing silver and gold bars or oak leaves, its black cloth or metal so it does not stand out and looks like everyone else.

As far as the second question, it would be silly to give that info up cause it could endanger service members.

Robtard Senor Member

Re: Officers and Snipers

Originally posted by Tzeentch
Working on some fiction involving soldiers, and I need some help from folks with military experience (or knowledge).
Do commanding officers hide their rank when in combat situations, soas to avoid getting targeted by snipers, or is this something Hollywood made up?
It seems like, what with every soldier having to wear insignia on their uniform detailing their name and rank, trying to hide it from snipers would be pointless, but maybe I'm wrong.
How difficult would it be to pick out an officer from a squad of grunts?

YouTube video

01:20

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by Tzeentch
They're all white.
This is a story about a utopia; there are no brown folk.

So, white people killing each other then. Utopia indeed. 😮‍💨

Time Immemorial Restricted

Originally posted by riv6672
So, white people killing each other then. Utopia indeed. 😮‍💨

Tzeentch #gottem

Originally posted by Robtard
YouTube video
01:20

God damn it, Rob. That is exactly the scene I was thinking of when I mentioned Hollywood.

Star428 Restricted

Originally posted by Time Immemorial

LOL. What is it with you two, TI? Did he kill your firstborn or something?

riv6672 Senior Member

Dang, talk about a wafro! 😂

Time Immemorial Restricted

Originally posted by Star428
LOL. What is it with you two, TI? Did he kill your firstborn or something?

Riv thinks he's some big dog and since he's a mod on some some other message board, he comes here and acts like a tool.

Its summed up nicely by Bran, and others here.

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=610386&pagenumber=2#post15137129

Robtard Senor Member

Originally posted by Tzeentch
God damn it, Rob. That is exactly the scene I was thinking of when I mentioned Hollywood.

It's like, I'm inside you

Henry_Pym Ultron Bound

Re: Officers and Snipers

Originally posted by Tzeentch
Working on some fiction involving soldiers, and I need some help from folks with military experience (or knowledge).
Do commanding officers hide their rank when in combat situations, soas to avoid getting targeted by snipers, or is this something Hollywood made up?
It seems like, what with every soldier having to wear insignia on their uniform detailing their name and rank, trying to hide it from snipers would be pointless, but maybe I'm wrong.
How difficult would it be to pick out an officer from a squad of grunts?

they wear a subdued rank, it's hard to see unless almost face to face, Tbf all ranks are subdued.

FOB's have non salute area's, or sometimes the the whole base

Not hard, if someone knows the difference between attention and parade rest they could find officers and high level NCO's.

Star428 Restricted

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Riv thinks he's some big dog and since he's a mod on some some other message board, he comes here and acts like a tool.
Its summed up nicely by Bran, and others here.
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=610386&pagenumber=2#post15137129

Bran is a punk though... And honestly, I don't see what is wrong with wanting to keep a thread on topic. I don't like it when someone starts derailing one of my threads either. Or anybody else's thread for that matter.

riv6672 Senior Member

Thanks, Star. 👆

jmarsh456 Restricted

Nice Say 'Star'.......