07-08-2008, 03:58 PM
Our General Ross, the upside-down Soviet, was apparently a military veteran of the GPW Causcuses (along with being a well-decorated CCCP cop) prior to his long service in the US Army. His second-award CIB would have been a near impossibility (given that it can only be awarded to COL and below and his overall age, rank, and possible conflicts wouldn't add up to an earlier second award) and finally, Army general officers do not wear branch insignia.
I couldn't find a good close-up of Tim Roth to really see the ribbons, but the marksmanship badge, although allowed on the uniform, is not worn by officers in the US Army. It's a sort of style rule that is never violated. The master jumper/master EOD combination is possible, but seems unlikely on an SF CPT unless he had a LOT of years of prior enlisted service as an ordnance soldier. He also seems to be lacking his SF tab (and both probably lack an Overseas Service Bar or two on their right sleeves to match their CIBs and other evidence of combat service)...
And then there's Hollywood. There, it's all possible through creative screenwriting and bad technical advisors...
I couldn't find a good close-up of Tim Roth to really see the ribbons, but the marksmanship badge, although allowed on the uniform, is not worn by officers in the US Army. It's a sort of style rule that is never violated. The master jumper/master EOD combination is possible, but seems unlikely on an SF CPT unless he had a LOT of years of prior enlisted service as an ordnance soldier. He also seems to be lacking his SF tab (and both probably lack an Overseas Service Bar or two on their right sleeves to match their CIBs and other evidence of combat service)...
And then there's Hollywood. There, it's all possible through creative screenwriting and bad technical advisors...
