military stripes

39chevy

anyone by chance know when the US military changed from the stripes on the sleeve being "inverted"..point down..to the current way with the point of the stripes up???..thanks for any help

drl50

Kind of a General Discussion topic but the answer is 1902 for both Marine Corps and Army.

gruntled

That's the short answer but here is the longer one.
http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/PopTopics/colonel.htm

39chevy

thanks for the info guys

drl50

Here is even more:
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/jointservices/a/rankhistory.htm