Can I wear my Airborne and Air-Assault badges while in basic training?

YES! You wear what you've earned. ALL OF IT. It's not going to be a secret to anyone that you're prior service... least of all the drill instructors.

I DOUBT THATISA GOOD IDEA FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

Never out shine the man in-charge. I might consider displaying those hard earned badges only if all my drills had them. Mainly because your going to spend enough time explaining your views on army life to a bunch of 18 year old kids as is. Just do you, and maybe help guide a private or two you think deserve it.

I would think so on your dress uniform. ask your enlistment Officer

Hell yea, wear all the scare badges you earned. When I went through OSUT in 1979, we had a prior service coming back in that wore his CIB and combat patch proudly.

You are authorized to wear any patch or badge you earned through training and deployments. You will stand out anyways whether you wear them or not since they’ll know you’re prior service or at least should know. They may challenge you more or they may leave you alone. Possibly expect you to assist them with the new recruits. Just make sure everything you wear is backed by documents in iPERMS or IPPS-A, whichever program you used before leaving service the first time.

It used to be if you went to Basic as an E3/E4 you could not ware that rank while in basic yu ware no rank and were paid as an E1 but put the rank back on the last day of training and started being paid at that rank as of that day (but this was in the 70's) While an XO of a basic training Company in the mid 70's we had several retreads go through and we required them to ware skill insignia (airborne, ect) , awards and combat badges/patches. Of course they were also put in leadership positions

I echo the sentiments of others in that you should wear them proudly. BUT, be prepared for extra attention. When it comes from the new Soldiers, embrace it. The things they experience early on in their careers can have a lasting impression. Let them know that they can achieve these things as well if they are physically fit and if they are selected by their leadership to do so. Not everyone has the opportunity to earn them, so they need to excel in order to get the chance. Don't BS them. Be truthful about the experience. Anything to manage realistic expectations so that they don't leave basic/AIT with the wrong idea about what their future careers may hold.

The original post was 31 DEC 20.
What did you do and how did it work out?

WEAR IT! I went back to AIT in as MOSQ-T back in 2007. The DS's said leave that "seasoned soldier" alone, RESPECT!