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When I first joined the Army in 1999, seeing someone with a combat patch was rare. Then following the attacks on 9/11, seeing someone WITHOUT at least one combat patch became rare. Heck some of us have/had enough combat patches to wear a different one each day of the week and not repeat. But now, after 17 years, are we seeing the Army go back to the day where combat patches are a rare thing?
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Posted >1 y ago
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It’s a cycle. Look after WWII. We slid into the Korean War. Then Nam and so on. It’s a cycle where you see a ton of em, then dry spells with none being there aren’t any conflicts that allow them. What sucks right now being we’ve been at war for 17yrs with no chance at an end.
When the day comes where the masses are home, another drawdown will happen. Years after that, combat patches will be just how it was when I came in....there, but RARE.
When the day comes where the masses are home, another drawdown will happen. Years after that, combat patches will be just how it was when I came in....there, but RARE.
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While combat is our mission, it is much preferred to be a deterrent. I hope we never see another, but that is unlikely. Thank you for your service.
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Unfortunately, I think we are a long way from having fought "the war to end all wars" and there is a very high likelihood that combat for our troops is in the cards for the future. My wish is that we would get to a point where it has been so long between conflicts that no one on active duty has a combat patch. But I don't put the chances of that happening as very high.
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