The military uniforms in the Y: The Last Man TV show are so fucked. Here’s an example.
That’s an incorrect 82nd Airborne Division unit patch on her left shoulder, i.e., not the whole unit patch. It actually looks like this:
The “Airborne” text is always part of the patch, though it is sewn separately. It is not the correct patch without that! That’s how whoever assembled the uniforms probably got it confused but it’s a shoddy mistake that no one in the army would ever make.
And the worst part of that jacked-up uniform is that no fucking paratrooper in the history of ever would wear a damn Air Assault badge instead of their paratrooper wings! It would just never, ever happen. They might wear their Air Assault wings and the paratrooper wings, but not wearing them at all? Just. Would. Not. Happen. I tried to get into Air Assault school but never made it. If I had, I would’ve worn that badge proudly but my jump wings would’ve stayed right there where they were.
Lord, as a paratrooper, that uniform breaks my heart.
Here’s what wearing the two badges together looks like (the Air Assault badge always goes on top due to Army uniform regulations, too complex to explain here):
