It isn't often that a regular person needs to search the internet for a military stock image. But, when you're a writer, like me, or work in any space of media and advertising, stock images are your gold treasure.
We use them for campaigns, ads, stories, social media and to make memes. However, there seems to be a tone-deaf trend in the photography industry that involves putting together horrible military stock photos.
Let me be clear—unfolded collars and rolled ACU sleeves make me cringe so these are images I'd never use myself. However, I love a good laugh and I'd like to assume the people behind these photoshops are civilians. So, I spent my hard earned time at work finding the most laughable and most out-of-context military images possible so we could laugh about them together.
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