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Here's the details I catch if I really look:
Backwards flag patch on chest (flag patch should only have the stars at the top right when worn on the right shoulder, if that's even a thing), flag patch crooked on upper arm when it should be perpendicular to the arm.
And from a broader point of view, why would an ejected pilot be carrying a full-size American flag?
Anybody see anything else wrong?
Those smiles are all really cringey to me. Not proof of AI but I seriously doubt highly trained special ops soldiers would sport such shit-eating grins while the operation is still underway. Real rescuers would celebrate only when safely back on the ground in friendly territory.
Looks like the picture is from the helicopter or even a ship after rescue judging by the background. I mean its does not seem to be taken outdoors. So presumably someone gave it to him. That being said it does not correct the patch thing but I would have to trust other peoples things on that. Although that flag on the gul jus to the my left of him seems glaringly wrong. I mean even if the soldier put it on in a hurry like that there is so much time during rescue im sure someone would rib him about it. I guess you can take the super unlikely it feel off just a bit before and he quicly popped it back on. I mean that would be assuming its velcro and not sewn on. I don't know how those things are. I would think we would hear from the family eventually if it had not happened. Do journalists no longer run and do those kind of checks anymore I mean in the past they would be high tailing it to get that kind of confirmation.