Can you wear your Marine unit patch as an Army combat patch if you deployed with the Marines? Policy appears to say no.

I had a former marine in my basic course in1982 and remember him wearing his Marine divisional patch. More recently in Iraq I observed quite a few soldiers who were with Marines in Anbar wearing marine patches as combat patches. So either a whole bunch of people are wrong or perhaps there's a strict interpretation and a generous interpretation. One problem is on the ASU finding the pin on version.

This is something that deserves further scrutiny. The Air Force has started transitioning to OCPs. I now work as a civilian employee of the Air Force and I see Airmen wearing uniforms with patches now. I distinctly remember how in the Army you would have to pole vault over a mouse turd for things that seemed implicitly simple. Maybe this will not be as hard as so many other things were during my career.

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Marines wore Division and Airwing Patches during WWII. Since Marine Units are not affiliated with the Army I don't see any reason to wear them on an Army uniform. Marines do not wear unit patches on ytheir own uniforms. Just suck it up until you deploy

Yes you can. There are many if my colleagues that we're attached to 1st Marine Div and they were that patch as a combat patch

I was with 6th Sfg after my RVN with the 1st MARDIV. From 69-77 I wore my Marine patch. My 1st Sgt had me change my CAR to a CIB as an equivalent award. My jump wings stayed the same.

The combat patch is the patch of the unit you deploy with.

So if an Army Soldier is deployed with a Marine Unit, what is the issue with those soldiers wearing the unit patch of Marines they deployed with?

I had a SSG Squad leader in the AT Platoon that served in the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. He wore a. 3RD patch as his Combat Patch

The Marines have never worn patches... Heck we didn't even wear name tapes until I believe 92 or early 93...

Yes u can. Per Alaract 178/2010, updating approved wear by Army units.

I deployed several Army Reserve units at Company level, when at that time they were not approved their own patch as an SSI for FWTS. This permitted to wear USMC patch they were OPCON to, which was their higher Cmd.

So, my buddy who was a corpsman and deployed with a marine unit shouldn’t be allowed to wear the marine patch?