In need of a Veteran's opinion

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Does this shirt offend a vet? In the fire department individual fire stations are allowed to design and print their own style of shirts to fit their stations agenda with approval from the higher ups. This shirts design was turned down from the higher echelon for the sole reason without explanation saying the they were afraid it would offend Veteran's. We already have the thin red line flag design for firefighters and the thin blue line for police along with countless other flag take offs. The added ax has and always will be the firefighter symbol. So how does this offend? The stations already took their own pole and have not come up with a vet that said it offends or how it would offend. Please help me to understand what they meant by that as I am am a former firefighter and dumbfounded. Thanks for taking the time to peek I can always count on all of you for some good insight.View attachment 1549854

wear the flag

 

[Radar363]

As a 2 service vet it doesn't bother me, but why would this offend a vet more than any other American?

 

[slick]

Do it with pride.

 

[karlvv30]

Not offensive at all.

 

[MILSURP Collector]

Not a problem with me and I was a Volunteer Firefighter for 6 years after I retired from the Army.

PC upper echelon chair polishers.

 

[GeauxLSU]

https://www.legion.org/flag/code

A lot of people I think confuse treatment of an actual flag with treatment of a facsimile. Having said that, the area about 'printing' it on other things is bit gray. Someone will always be offended and I generally try and account for intent.

( ^^^ Not a vet. )

 

[REDX]

I like PA4476 version. The only change I might suggest is to lower the ax and handle to the next stripe so the 50th star can be seen. Heck that would look real good on a shirt and you could sell them to support your local FD.

we will just pretend that last star is California, keep it covered

 

[XSmojo]

Union is on the left as it should be. Wear it.

I would wear one.

 

[JWC]

I don't have a problem with it. Wear it, and wear it often.

 

[Targetmaster]

as a Field Marshal in Kubla Khan's Calvary, wear it with pride