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

People should spend more time worrying what is going on in America, instead of worrying about dumb patches that only fools worry about!!! But that's just my 2 cents on this.

I wear the IMEF patch in my ACU's ...will continue to do so until a salty SMAJ tells me not to

Why you will wear a Marine Unit Patch (marine don't wear patches in uniforms,only marines transition to Army do wear a patch)...I think you should be proud of your unit patch....

Marines don't identify by Division like the Army does. If you ask a grunt who he's with he's going to tell you 1st Marines. 2nd Marines etc. So if we did wear a unit patch it would be a regimental patch as opposed to a Division patch. There are only 4 Marine divisions and all of the west coast would be identifying as 1st MARDIV. That's kinda counterproductive.

I wear 1st Marine Division as a combat patch sometimes. I was in the Army when we got that awarded to us, though. We supported them in Fallujah, and the Marine G1 sent something to the Army G1 to award that to us. It was in 670-1, too.

If regulation allows, than yes.

I'm sorry, but if you are in the Army, no. If I was a Lt. In combat due to battlefield commission, and then was reverted back to enlisted, would I still be allowed to wear officers uniforms?

C Co 1-214th, Al Asad 2007-2008. Deployed wearing the USAREUR patch and we were awarded that as well as 2nd/3rd MAW patches for wear as a combat patch. I can't remember how many people told us we couldn't wear any of those 3 as a combat patch. Got the orders to prove otherwise. I wore them all and was proud of each one. We were the first (and only as far as I know) to wear the USAREUR patch on the right shoulder since WWII. We also saved many Marines lives that deployment. So if someone as a problem with our pride in service, I say go pack sand.

I have seen plenty of soldiers wear 1st MarDiv Right Shoulder Patches.

When I was in the Army reserves we had many former Marines who had seen combat in Vietnam, and they wore their Marine combat patch on their Army uniform. Then the Marine Corps contacted the Army and explained that in the corps, marines who had been in combat, did not get to wear their combat patch until they retired. The Army issued an update to AR 670-1 the uniform regulation that no Marine Combat Patches were to be worn on Army uniform until the menber had retired, per Marine Corps Regulation. Hope that clears it up, the change occoured between 30-35 years ao.