Posted on Oct 30, 2023
SGT Dalton West
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I am putting together a shadow to hang in my office. I want to ensure anything I put in is legit and in accordance to Army regulation.

My detachment supported the Army Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) Mission in southwestern Saudi Arabia on the Saudi-Yemeni border from December 2017-May 2018. During this time, we were operationally attached to SOCCENT and administratively attached to said artillery brigade. We were patched with both the artillery brigade and the SOCCENT patch. However, upon returning to Kuwait in June 2018, our command told us we were not authorized to wear the SOCCENT combat patch. They claimed was it was more for “tradition” and not an actual formality in accordance to Army regulation. Note, none of the command team was present for the patching ceremony, as it was only a squad sized element for this mission.

I’ve heard arguments from both sides on this. Any insights ?
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SP5 Peter Keane
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There are no Army Regulations with regards to shadow box.
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SPC Rick Price
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You should follow what is written in your orders only.
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SSG Charlie Carlson
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We deployed to Iraq with third ID. Third ID went home. We stayed there wearing the third ID patch but opconned under 2nd ACR. We earned our combat Spurs and are authorized to where the 2nd ACR patch. We are authorized to wear the first armored division patch as well along with 18th Airborne core which is what third ID falls under and fell under during our deployment to Iraq.
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SSG Jonathan Flynn
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In my shadow box, next to patches I'm authorized, I have an Iraqi Army patch that the unit I helped train gave me. AR 670-1 has no authority over your shadow box.
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My Unit supported 1st COSCOM for 6 months and then 3 ID replaced them, some people in my unit started wearing 3 ID patches but our orders only authorized 1st COSCOM so you need to go about what it is specified on the orders...
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