Military Memes

[Wildman]

 

[Wildman]

 

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[Wildman]

YEP we did that....

 

[srimes]

@NDSpeed What'd you do now? You're not supposed to break it..

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[Wildman]

 

[Wildman]

 

[Wildman]

As we reflect this Christmas, we remember the men and women in uniform who won’t be at the dinner table.

 

[Wildman]

 

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[Wildman]

 

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[DEValken]

As we reflect this Christmas, we remember the men and women in uniform who won’t be at the dinner table.


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Table cloth and rose should be black.

 

[Wildman]

Table cloth and rose should be black.

Not from everything I've ever seen or read on it.

Key symbolic items and meanings:

• Round Table: Everlasting thoughts for the missing.
• White Tablecloth: Purity of their mission.
• Empty Chair: Their unclaimed seat.
• Inverted Glass: Inability to share a toast.
• Red Rose (with red ribbon): Life, blood shed, and commitment to find them.
• Slice of Lemon (on plate): The bitter fate of capture.
• Pinch of Salt: Tears of families and friends.
• Lit Candle: Hope for their return.
• Bible (optional): Faith and spiritual strength, though sometimes omitted in public spaces.

https://warmemorialcenter.org/missing-man-table/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_man_table

 

[DEValken]

Not from everything I've ever seen or read on it.

Key symbolic items and meanings:

• Round Table: Everlasting thoughts for the missing.
• White Tablecloth: Purity of their mission.
• Empty Chair: Their unclaimed seat.
• Inverted Glass: Inability to share a toast.
• Red Rose (with red ribbon): Life, blood shed, and commitment to find them.
• Slice of Lemon (on plate): The bitter fate of capture.
• Pinch of Salt: Tears of families and friends.
• Lit Candle: Hope for their return.
• Bible (optional): Faith and spiritual strength, though sometimes omitted in public spaces.

https://warmemorialcenter.org/missing-man-table/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_man_table

We may have done it wrong. I had to go look up our program from our dining-ins. This is what we had, not sure if it's correct or not.

I may have just led a bunch of NCO's down the wrong path...

MESS PRESIDENT: Fellow soldiers, I direct your attention to the small table in a place of honor near our head table. Let me explain…



The military social order is filled with symbolism. This table is our way of symbolizing the fact that members of our proud profession of arms are missing from our midst.



The tablecloth and rose are black, symbolizing our mourning for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.



The sword, hat and gloves are symbolic of our profession of arms.



The leaning chair reminds us that our comrades are no longer with us.



A slice of lemon is on the bread plate to remind us of their bitter fate.



There is salt on the bread plate symbolic of their family’s tears.



The wineglass in inverted; our comrades cannot toast with us this night.



Fellow Noncommissioned Officers and guests, I propose a toast to our fallen comrades.

***Play taps***​

 

[DEValken]

Not from everything I've ever seen or read on it.

Key symbolic items and meanings:

• Round Table: Everlasting thoughts for the missing.
• White Tablecloth: Purity of their mission.
• Empty Chair: Their unclaimed seat.
• Inverted Glass: Inability to share a toast.
• Red Rose (with red ribbon): Life, blood shed, and commitment to find them.
• Slice of Lemon (on plate): The bitter fate of capture.
• Pinch of Salt: Tears of families and friends.
• Lit Candle: Hope for their return.
• Bible (optional): Faith and spiritual strength, though sometimes omitted in public spaces.

https://warmemorialcenter.org/missing-man-table/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_man_table

The WMC was much better phrased than what we had. I just know we had a hell of a time finding a black rose in 2004.

The DOW (I love that change) website shows the white and red.

But, have a hard time believing you would use wiki as a source... you're a better man than that.

EDIT: Leave it to the ADA to send out bad intel... that's why Fort Bliss kicked them out.

 

[Wildman]

The WMC was much better phrased than what we had. I just know we had a hell of a time finding a black rose in 2004.

The DOW (I love that change) website shows the white and red.

But, have a hard time believing you would use wiki as a source... you're a better man than that.

EDIT: Leave it to the ADA to send out bad intel... that's why Fort Bliss kicked them out.

Now be nice... It wasn't just wiki that I had to support what I have always understood the way of the Missing Man Table... Every base I was on/at did it the way I posted. I've never seen it with a Black table cloth or Rose.