extract of my longer post elsewhere about the wearing of mil gear...
Take a second Jerry and think about it some more please?
I was not terribly upset with the image of the young man wearing a khaki shirt with what appeared to be Command Sergeant Major rank on sleeve. It is apparent from THAT picture that he was way under the age range to have actually earned that rank himself. Again, he was not wearing it in a defaced or inappropriate manner, as long as he himself was not actual military (and from facial hair/haircut, I guess unlikely.) Perhaps, he (or both of these young men) also was wearing that shirt as a symbol of support of our troops, and that shirt might actually have belonged to his dad, uncle, much older brother, etc….(hopefully active,retired, or deployed, and not KIA or MIA!)
My perspective: active duty and then reservist with over 25 yrs of total service in Army and Air Force, recently retired. I seriously prefer to see citizens wearing the US Flag and or military gear in a positive fashion… (yeah the doo rag and hat bothers me some…but he is in a free country, right?) than flying flag upside down, waving “pull out now” signs, or burning/trashing the stars and bars.

That insignia is either a Master Sergeant or First Sergeant, (20 or 30 years)but, in my opinion he is a freaking loser. What a peice of crap he is and a very disgraceful person to the military persons protecting his freedoms and he wants to display this stuff. I now wonder who is paying him.
Thank you for bringing out the truth and exposing the trash.

Facial Hair, T-Shirt, Way to young for the rank. Definately a plant. The guy was probably asked to sit there and were that shirt.

Yes,the the stripes are correct. I have a problem with him
wearing it. I dont like people wearing military clothing they
did not earn. He is too young to have earned that rank. I dought
he was even in Army.