Should the Army do away with Patches and go to one universal Symbol like the Marines EGA?

nah , its interesting to see what people did while in service.

I wore about 8 different patches back in the day. The one on my right shoulder was my favorite.

I was a Center Commander and set 7 years in Recruiting, and yes our commercials suxed, but at the end of the day we still had the better package for anyone joining the service hands down.

HELL to the F nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the Army keep there unit patches too

To me the issue is the same now as it was 40 years ago while I was in. (Army) I always felt like a Marine uniform was a nice thing to see but the uniform contained no story. Ribbons tell some but only if one knows what the ribbons are. In the Army all out uniforms told a story, especially our class A, whatever it happened to be at the time. I like the old green A uniform much more than the current Army blues.

Why would we want to be like Jar heads?

What happened to enlisting for the army? It's not like Ur trying to sell a product. We aren't branding the army as a fad, or hip organization, or some club to get free benefits. Those are extras to joining the military to defend our country. U only get the benefits by getting in & doing Ur job

We are not marines. Patches have been a long tradition in the army close to if not more than a century. We should go back to sewn on patches. Buy never get rid of them. Just saying we should be more like the Marines is retarded.

I would have to disagree with you on the topic of asking questions. When a civilian would ask me about any of my unit patches that i wore during my time in the US Army, i took this as an opportunity to explain what the patch signified. Each unit patch means something, every part of the patch has a reason for it. The 82nd ABN DIV patch for example: the AA for All American, is a reference to the fact that the division was comprised of soldiers from the 48 contiguous states at the time of organization.
This is just one of many examples as to why we have patches in the US Army.