Posing with SS on a flag

[semperfi211]

Marines posed with Nazi SS symbol in Afghanistan - US news - msnbc.com
I just saw this article. I see alot of people are upset about it. I am not one of them. Scout Sniper letters are SS so I do not think there is anything wrong with having a banner with the letters. What do you folks think? I do not agree with the article that it was a nazi ss symbol that they posed with.

 

[semperfi211]

A t shirt from hardcharger.com. I don't feel it means support of the nazi ss.

 

[snorko]

Is that the symbol that was pictured?


ETA: from the photo below, that is a little too runic and an obvious allusion to the SS symbol of WWII.

 

[NYFelon]

Um....really?

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and say that's in pretty poor taste.

 

[jd4320t]

This is poor taste and judgement

It looks too much like this

 

[semperfi211]

Is that the symbol that was pictured?

No the banner just had the letters SS on it. My second post was just for an example on how the letters can be used. That is from a T shirt from hardcharger.com.

 

[Mosinguy]

I don't see a problem with it. Sure the letters are the same but they aren't placed like the Nazi SS banner, neither do they have the skull. I thought guys here didn't like political correctness anyways?

 

[Phil502]

Just another attempt to criticize our troops with sensationalist garbage. If the Marine Corps does not like the symbol than change it but don't go give any credence to the "they must be nazis's crap".

 

[monitor51]

Wouldn't have been my first choice of a logo.

 

[T.Lex]

IMHO, those guys should be smarter than that. I mean, c'mon. I cannot believe that elite forces like that have never heard of the German SS.

So, they knew of the reference and used it anyway. Bad judgment.

Yes, Virginia, we do not exist in a historical vacuum. Pick a different stylization of the letter SS. The Secret Service does, too.

 

[jblomenberg16]

I heard Gene Simmons was thiking of suing them since it looks like the last 2 letters of his band's name.

 

[monitor51]

I heard Gene Simmons was thiking of suing them since it looks like the last 2 letters of his band's name.

Funny, but with Gene it could be true

 

[jd4320t]

IMHO, those guys should be smarter than that. I mean, c'mon. I cannot believe that elite forces like that have never heard of the German SS.

So, they knew of the reference and used it anyway. Bad judgment.

Yes, Virginia, we do not exist in a historical vacuum. Pick a different stylization of the letter SS. The Secret Service does, too.

You kinda took the words right out of my head.

 

[canav844]

You've got to look into why they chose that instead of something original though, is it because of just "naive mistake" or is it deeper into the issues of gangs and white supremacist and Nazi groups having a statistically increased presence in the military, and in this instance bubbling to the surface. Regardless it is something that certainly doesn't look good when associated with the Marines, but from my chair I can't look into the reasons anywhere near as close as those in the service that investigated the matter, and so I am required to put faith and trust in their judgement.

 

[rambone]

Kopfjager means "head hunter".... in German.

Stay classy.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

A question of intent.

IMHO, those guys should be smarter than that. I mean, c'mon. I cannot believe that elite forces like that have never heard of the German SS.

We sometimes forget how young those carrying the gear for us are. At the time of the photo most were born in what 1989 or 1990?

Talk to some of the senior Sgts. and WOs who had the most interaction with the young studs over there. Sometimes the frame of reference is . . . different or perhaps tilted via lack of years.

If the USMC sees no problem, then I see no problem.

 

[ryanbr]

I see no problem, looks to me like some people with way to much time on thier hands stirring the pot. Way to much of this going on fellas! Leave our boys alone they are doing one hell of a job! Semper Fi Marines!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Upon re-examination of the photo I see very young faces. Do we have ranks of those posing?

 

[ryanbr]

Upon re-examination of the photo I see very young faces. Do we have ranks of those posing?

Dont have any first hand knowledge, but from my time in the Corps, they would prob be Lance Corpral on up.

 

[ctbreitwieser]

I think people have taken this way out of context and thinking too deeply into it. I guess maybe because Im "young, with a different frame of reference". It obviously stands for Scout Sniper, and being that the SS troops were as known as the most deadly and feared of the German troops, they relate to a Scout Sniper who is just as deadly and feared on the battlefield. It has nothing at all to do with being involved in a white supremacy organization or any sort of Nazi-ism.