I totally understand that yet it still seems a little out of place to me. Wearing the stripes while on duty/uniform and putting them on display on a totally different setting, e.g., in a car forum is a totally different thing.
Placing ones rank like that seems a little pretentious to me. I am sure that there are a lot of people here that are proud of what they do but you don't see them placing their title for an avatar. Specially being a CMS, it gets held to a higher standard and don't think it is appropriate to flash it like that.
Kind of like wearing your dress uniform to go to the night club. :shrug:
I don't have a problem with it.