Are you just in Lynchburg or does your group cover other areas?
We are statewide and are looking for members all across the state. We seek to have units all across the commonwealth.
Are you just in Lynchburg or does your group cover other areas?
So, you're a SHTF club?
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Just wanted to offer a gentle reminder that as VRR continues to grow, it's going to be doubly important to be mindful of the image we project to the "outside world" in the way we represent ourselves, and especially in terms of heated discussions on social media like FB.
The VRR isn't for everyone
Anyone else getting a very odd standoffish vibe from the 2 'reps'? :uhoh:
It's easy to poke fun at organizations like this that pop up from time to time. In my opinion though, any organization that's true purpose is to help people, and not to play "Militia Man" is to be afforded some respect.
The patch that's on the VRR website, while well-designed, gives the "pseudo-military" vibe to it. Organizations like the VRR would probably get a little more respect from the masses if their appearance was more professional and less paramilitary. While it may not be right, in the end, perception is everything.
I await the attack of the keyboard commandos that live in their mom's basement! Or the circular firing squad of trolls.
In the meantime, Moore is doing damage control which isn't necessary.^^This. It comes across as 'overly defensive'.... ('thou who protest too much....', that sort of thing)
I didn't see where anyone even poked any serious fun at them Starbuck.
Rick asked if anyone knew anything about them. No one did but offered an opinion from what was available, which wasn't much.
One of them came on here with post number 1, extremely high handed, accusing a senior member of trolling, Etc. and in my opinion...being exactly what he was saying the members here were. It was a little ironic that the attack was directed someone that has bothered to take community disaster training.
That got him a lot of big boy points!
I looked at the website and forum and it looks like it's pretty well organized and legitimate. Not for me because I don't live in a community so I'm not all that interested....but some members here are. I discussed it with one last night who is a HAM and will probably join. Nothing wrong with that.
In the meantime, Moore is doing damage control which isn't necessary. The group has been posted and seen by most here who will make up their own minds.
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Shakespeare's Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, III, II
I stand corrected.
Although honestly.... I'm perfectly content not being able to accurately quote Shakespeare...
I wonder if the Secretary of the Commonwealth has authorized them to use the Great Seal on their patches.
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I am very surprised at them calling themself the "Ready Reserve" - as that name was claimed by the real military eons ago for what we now refer to as "Reserves". It separated those who drill weekly/camp every summer from those who merely had time left on their 6-year obligation and thus were "ready" for call-up to active service. Maybe we ought to check with the Pentagon about that as well?
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I have submitted inquiries to the Secretary of the Commonwealth concerning the use of the State Seal and Motto, and to the Department of Military Affairs concerning the use of the term "Ready Reserve". I will post any responses received.
Come now - seriously?
Why then should one need ask permission to exercise other, similar rights - namely those of free speech and association? This group is harming no one by using a portion of the Commonwealth's seal in their emblem. Neither are they harming anyone by using the term "ready reserve" in their group's name. Allow me to be the first to assure you that no rational person in this nation would ever mistake "the People" with "the Government"; they are quite clearly separate and distinct entities notwithstanding similarities in name or image.
There's a federal flag code, too, forbidding the use of the "American Flag" in advertisements or logos for businesses, or for wearing any part of the flag as a piece of clothing. I'm pretty sure it has never been enforced, especially in Hampton Roads.Lyndsy, I think Skid was asking why the Commonwealth hadn't stopped it.
There is a law in Virginia against using the seal or the flag without permission.