There might be cases that we can use images from user pages. The user page I wish to cite is of EN user Husnock. On his user page, he lists not only the decorations and ranks he has achieved, but also their ribbon bars. While, they are his own ribbon bars he earned for his valiant military service, we could reuse the images of the ranks and ribbon bars (with his OK) on relevant articles.
Though, one question I wish to ask about images on user pages is that are they technically orphans?
Regards,
Zachary Harden