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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Zoomies pissed that Cyber Command stole SAC's patch
2008-04-09
Cyber CommandÂ’s new emblem canÂ’t be anointed officially until the new command is stood up this October, but the one in the works replicates the former Strategic Air CommandÂ’s patch.

Only “minor modifications” have been made to the SAC emblem to create AFCYBER’s design and “bring it up to current Air Force emblem standards,” according to service documents.

“By assuming the lineage of the Strategic Air Command, cyber-warriors demonstrate the ability to project strength and achieve global effects with the inclusion of the cyberspace domain, with air and space,” according to lineage and heritage records.

But that striking similarity to Strategic Air CommandÂ’s patch has started a controversy. Former airmen who served under SAC have posted on multiple Internet blogs their displeasure at the almost identical designs.

“I respect the fact that our ‘cyber warriors’ are a critical asset in our force structure, but in my opinion they should wear a patch of their own design, not one lifted from a previous generation,” said retired Col. Ron Thurlow via e-mail.
Posted by:gromky

#19  I suggest a pocket protector and a pair of those god awful military issue black plastic eye glasses (tape optional).

It ain't the 60s anymore. Nerds have made an effort to modernize themselves. They don't need pocket protectors for pens and pencils because they do all their writing on keyboards or various types of mobile "devices". They don't need slide rules because they can do those calculations on their cell phone and most of them get paid enough to buy good glasses.

Dunno exactly what the Cyber Command will be doing but with Chicom hackers, Russian spammers and other assorted bad guyz constantly banging away at our computers it seems only natural that one or more branches of the military would be looking at counter measures. Maybe they can find a way to put some goat pr0n on al Qaeda's web servers.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2008-04-09 13:32  

#18  Or maybe just: PWND
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-04-09 13:24  

#17  New Logo:



ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-04-09 13:22  

#16  They need a motto, too. All Your Base Are Belong To Us.
Posted by: SteveS   2008-04-09 12:41  

#15  Ex-SAC troopie here: I don't like it.

That said, the USAF probably doesn't care what I like. They never did before, anyway.
Posted by: Chief Running Gag   2008-04-09 12:21  

#14  ". . . .an image of the robot from Day the Earth Stood Still seems like it would be appropriate; maybe even have it flipping the bird."

swksvolFF, I like it!!
Posted by: GORT   2008-04-09 12:03  

#13  and of course there's Simon Bar Sinister
Posted by: Frank G   2008-04-09 11:48  

#12  Out of my league here, but for some reason an image of the robot from Day the Earth Stood Still seems like it would be appropriate; maybe even have it flipping the bird.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2008-04-09 11:46  

#11   Interesting that the main change seems to be changing the sky from royal blue to baby blue. What's the message there?

[Ok, someone has to do this]. I blame Global Warming. :)

GEEK ALERT

"In French blazon a bend sinister is called a barre. Sir Walter Scott is credited with giving literature the macaronic phrase bar sinister, which has become a metonymic term for bastardy. In English blazon a bar is a horizontal stripe, symmetric with respect to sinister and dexter. (Bar and barre are pronounced alike.)"

GEEK ALERT OVER :)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-04-09 10:53  

#10  Proco,

It's not, properly, a Bar sinister. A Bar is horizontal, the diagonal is a Bend. Hence it should be a Bend Sinister. But correct was never a synonym for popular.
Posted by: AlanC   2008-04-09 10:38  

#9  Interesting that the main change seems to be changing the sky from royal blue to baby blue. What's the message there?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-04-09 10:37  

#8  I suggest a pocket protector and a pair of those god awful military issue black plastic eye glasses (tape optional).
Posted by: ed   2008-04-09 10:37  

#7  I can see why SAC personnel would get their nose out of joint about this. Heraldry is the representative of unit history. I can imagine some knock-down drag outs at AF clubs over this.

SAC existed from 1946 to 1992, and once word gets out to its alumni, many of whom are now in high positions of power, I suspect that this emblem will be hastily changed.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-04-09 10:33  

#6  So, the missile forces and B-52s are going to be under cyber command?
Posted by: gromky   2008-04-09 10:33  

#5  The guys who are upset don't really understand what is happening. The long range plans are for the "strategic" forces to move out of Air Combat Command where they have always been unappreciated and unloved by the fighter pilots who run it and into Cyber Command which will become the 21st century reincarnation of SAC. Lots of things are happening behind the scenes as this command stands up. Cyber Command could become very interesting.
Posted by: RWV   2008-04-09 10:31  

#4  Oops, that should have been ...A upper left to lower right...
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-04-09 08:35  

#3  At a minimum, they could of used switch sides.

Heraldry is more technical than that. A upper left to lower left display has a difference from a lower left to upper right display on the field. In English it is termed a Bar Sinister.

"It has been traditionally used as an indicator of an illegitimate birth in the family line."

Which may be applicable, or not. :)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-04-09 08:34  

#2  Â“By assuming the lineage of the Strategic Air Command, cyber-warriors demonstrate the ability to project strength and achieve global effects with the inclusion of the cyberspace domain, with air and space,” according to lineage and heritage records.

Is there a lack of imagination? At a minimum, they could of used switch sides. I would of had a keyboard and electrically charged cross bones.
Posted by: Crolusing tse Tung2745   2008-04-09 01:41  

#1  ION, USDOD-USAF > Alas, Boyz, the TWEETY BIRD/DRAGONFLY-Series Training jet is no more.

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE - Always Sneek-Peeking around, perennial anti-TWEETY PIE/BIRD STALKER SYLVESTER THE CAT ORDERED BY CHENEY TO BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-04-09 00:55  

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