The internet warriors of the US Air Force have finally been properly recognized: the USAF just introduced a Cyberspace Badge. It’s about about time the grunts on the front lines of network warfare got their wings. More »
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The internet warriors of the US Air Force have finally been properly recognized: the USAF just introduced a Cyberspace Badge. It’s about about time the grunts on the front lines of network warfare got their wings. More »
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Look like something that came our of a SciFi movie.
k2001
@bitgod: No, just the flashing eyes.
(There was a Foothold a few years back, and now everyone there is Gou’ald-inhabited.)
MauriceCallidice
@lolcopter: Haha! Dude, I’m AF and I thought that was funny. It is disturbing, I saw a Russian army video where they got kicked in the chest over and over. The Mil is full of crazy rituals.
bad-element
@Crunchy_Bob:
The designer of that would’ve seriously earned himself geek-creds.
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Hey! I just swapped out my C&I badge for that! All previously-33S officers became 17Ds on 1 May & now get to wear those wings. (And yes, my job does entail sitting in a windowless room with a 10′ video wall monitoring classified networks. If I were to say more, I’d have to kill you.)
PS – This wing badge is for officers only; the enlisted guys still wear a “traditional”-style badge.
Crickett
And purple hearts? For carpel tunnel, of course.
doug316
Shortly after the BSA rolls out their Video Games Belt Loop.
Coincidence? I think not.
Lord_Data
on one hand, looks close enough to pilot wings to get you laid. On the other hand, you’d have to be somewhere dark.
CPPStud
@dragonfang18: in all fairness, they do it to themselves. but still, it’s an extremely disturbing/disgusting ritual
lolcopter
do they stab the pin into your chest multiple times as initiation?
i read that story as a child, and it still lives with me to this day. ugh
lolcopter
should have been a 404 instead of a planet thingy with atom thingies zooming around it
Crunchy_Bob
CallMeJordy265
I am on an AF computer right now and I can’t post an awesome picture…Nice badge now make my F*cking computer work!
Not what I wanted but these are good too.
[www.wired.com]
bad-element
@Kaiser-Machead: A lot of folks who* contribute to these forums probably have this pinned to their chests.
Do they have one for spying on us at home and one for abroad?
Terrry2000
What AFSC is this for?
Devryn
According to this, they have a higher chance of getting girls as well.
Oh wait, I read this as a COD4 Achievement… oops.
Flako_FigZ
Is there going to be a badge for Stargate Command?
bitgod
These must be the military techs that do all the “freezing and enhancing” to video that we see in movies.
edosan
Semper (Wi-)Fi!
(I realize this is a motto for the Marines, but too good to pass up.)
Twanzio
I thought that was a prop from Flash Gordon.
smegz
Don’t worry ma’am, I’m from internet!
Johnny-Boy
A lot of folks that contribute to these forums probably have this pinned to their chests.
Kaiser-Machead
In other news, Boy Scouts of America have announced their new “Wardriving Merit Badge”.
Young little scamps across the nation will have to build their own cantennas and successfully crack both WEP and WPA encryptions in an alotted time period in order to add this new badge to their sash.
As a cadet in AFROTC thats one of my goals to get one of those geeky badges pinned upon my chest
c90graese
I thought this said Greek Warriors and came in expecting to see some of this:
b33g33
Look like something that came our of a SciFi movie.
k2001
@doug316: +1
aec007
@wolfstone: Wasn’t TC the helicopter pilot/Black guy in Magnum PI?
bad-element
@bitgod: No, just the flashing eyes.
(There was a Foothold a few years back, and now everyone there is Gou’ald-inhabited.)
MauriceCallidice
@lolcopter: Haha! Dude, I’m AF and I thought that was funny. It is disturbing, I saw a Russian army video where they got kicked in the chest over and over. The Mil is full of crazy rituals.
bad-element
@Crunchy_Bob:
The designer of that would’ve seriously earned himself geek-creds.
.- -. — -. -.– — — ..- … / .. … / .-.. . –. .. — -.
@Devryn: 17D
Crickett
Hey! I just swapped out my C&I badge for that! All previously-33S officers became 17Ds on 1 May & now get to wear those wings. (And yes, my job does entail sitting in a windowless room with a 10′ video wall monitoring classified networks. If I were to say more, I’d have to kill you.)
PS – This wing badge is for officers only; the enlisted guys still wear a “traditional”-style badge.
Crickett
And purple hearts? For carpel tunnel, of course.
doug316
@Chernobyl: Well it is the Air Force we’re talking about here.
FiletOfBaby
Shortly after the BSA rolls out their Video Games Belt Loop.
Coincidence? I think not.
Lord_Data
on one hand, looks close enough to pilot wings to get you laid. On the other hand, you’d have to be somewhere dark.
CPPStud
@dragonfang18: in all fairness, they do it to themselves. but still, it’s an extremely disturbing/disgusting ritual
lolcopter
@lolcopter: What a great way to thank heroes huh?
dragonfang18
do they stab the pin into your chest multiple times as initiation?
i read that story as a child, and it still lives with me to this day. ugh
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lolcopter
@Terrry2000: yes…this one.
Enorym
should have been a 404 instead of a planet thingy with atom thingies zooming around it
Crunchy_Bob
CallMeJordy265
@Kaiser-Machead: I actually think it’s something more like this.
safsephiroth666
@mattycakes: Of course. Basic survival techniques in the Urban Jungle.
RigAudio
@Fenlain: omglol
RigAudio
I am on an AF computer right now and I can’t post an awesome picture…Nice badge now make my F*cking computer work!
Not what I wanted but these are good too.
[www.wired.com]
bad-element
@Chernobyl: Maybe he was confused with fleshbot.
pixelsnader
@Kaiser-Machead: A lot of folks who* contribute to these forums probably have this pinned to their chests.
Fenlain
Do they have one for spying on us at home and one for abroad?
Terrry2000
What AFSC is this for?
Devryn
Where are the tubes? I see no tubes on this badge. FAIL!
Brian
Cyberspace Badge is for newbs. I’m holding out for a trifecta.
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Jesse Scroggins
@c90graese: AFRO TC? Is that some kind of racial thing?
wolfstone
@c90graese: Thanks for your service!
Alexander Riccio
According to this, they have a higher chance of getting girls as well.
Oh wait, I read this as a COD4 Achievement… oops.
Flako_FigZ
@Señor Cagon: Hey man! I hope to be one of those nerds! That badge looks sweet.
jonathanbussler
Is there going to be a badge for Stargate Command?
bitgod
These must be the military techs that do all the “freezing and enhancing” to video that we see in movies.
edosan
Semper (Wi-)Fi!
(I realize this is a motto for the Marines, but too good to pass up.)
Twanzio
I thought that was a prop from Flash Gordon.
smegz
Don’t worry ma’am, I’m from internet!
Johnny-Boy
A lot of folks that contribute to these forums probably have this pinned to their chests.
Kaiser-Machead
In other news, Boy Scouts of America have announced their new “Wardriving Merit Badge”.
Young little scamps across the nation will have to build their own cantennas and successfully crack both WEP and WPA encryptions in an alotted time period in order to add this new badge to their sash.
mattycakes
@b33g33: Scantily clad men? Do you expect to see that on every post you click?
Chernobyl
As a cadet in AFROTC thats one of my goals to get one of those geeky badges pinned upon my chest
c90graese
I thought this said Greek Warriors and came in expecting to see some of this:
b33g33
So now is easier to spot AirForce nerds?
Señor Cagon