In Sri Lanka, we lost a good bunch of officers, coz they LTTE snipers were specifically trained to grease the highest ranking officer, and work their way down the ranks (ironically by ourselves)
To the point that the officers would just rip away epaulettes and shoulder tabs in their uniforms and just carry a rucksack, hoping it would help
You see?
The chest mounted rank indications are meant to be discrete
Indian army still uses Epaulettes, "the feel" doesn't help when bullets start flying
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This is the chief of general staff, United States Marine Corps, literally the highest ranking dude in the corps
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This guy is a private (PFC E-2) in the same airport, now imagine you are an enemy sniper salivating to grease an officer
Targets like Major Anuj Sood or Colonel Ashutosh Sharma are considered HVTs, the Jihadipigs will die a thousand deaths if it means getting hands on high ranking officers
The brightly coloured epaulettes needs to go
Ranks need to be a small velcro patch that goes on the plate carrier instead of the shoulders