Who says military rank insignia can't be sexy?

[Private Sanders]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Army_Enlisted_Rank_Insignia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Army_officer_rank_insignia

This is some awesome looking stuff. I am head over heels in love with the Major General insignia in particular. It's so awesome I made it my desktop background.  

[Whence it Flows]

You can tell they never go to war because it's over-complex, and not easy to recognize at a glance.  

[Private Sanders]

Overly complicated or not, it's still sexy.  

[Whence it Flows]

Yeah, which brings up the appearance vs. readiness correlation. Inverse, by the way.

Except for the new trend of Gucci Operators.  

[Hydraulic Fluid]

Pripyat Dawn

You can tell they never go to war because it's over-complex, and not easy to recognize at a glance.

I don't think I ever bothered paying attention to someone's rank insignia outside the wire...  

[Whence it Flows]

Hydraulic Fluid

Pripyat Dawn

You can tell they never go to war because it's over-complex, and not easy to recognize at a glance.

I don't think I ever bothered paying attention to someone's rank insignia outside the wire...

I didn't, because I knew everyone already, so it didn't really matter.  

[Orkronos]

Ireland has gone back to a simmaler structure it had from before British occupation. With logically added ranks for a modern military.