Posted on May 7, 2016
Should the Army do away with Patches and go to one universal Symbol like the Marines EGA?
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As a Recruiter I have had insight on the Army Branding, and marketing Team for USAREC. We are getting beat by the Marines when it comes to image. The patches make civilians ask what do you do in the Army, on the flip side when a civilian sees a Marine no questions needed to be asked, whats your thoughts
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The Marine Corps is just slightly bigger than the Air Force... battlefield commanders need to see who is what, what they do in a moments. Infantry, Artillery, Engineers need to be see where they are going when you have that many maneuvering units with gear. Patches are an easy way for us to tell the difference.
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No. There's a lot of tradition and unit pride associated with unit insignia.
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Glad to see to talking about this... it's something I get asked about nonstop... I was active duty USMC 1980-87... still in the ILNG now with 2 kids in the ILNG... The Armies unnecessarily over complicated culture is part of the problem... not misunderstand me here I love the Army and am blessed every day for one more day in uniform... but the Army has patches for USMC units that don't exist in the USMC... are you getting my point here? And there is no bigger status symbol in the Army than to wear a USMC combat patch... but the USMC has no patches... btw I've served combat tours in the infantry in both branches... so it's a fascinating point you are making... I don't think it's possible to compete with USMC... stop trying to... the Army needs to stop trying to compete with the USMC and figure out how to be the best United States Army possible.... I'm looking forward to reading more comments... thanks
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I’ll keep my patch, thank you. Hopefully patches aren’t preventing recruiters f
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This is an issue as to wear traditions and heritage overrule civilian perception. Civilians can ask the SM or use Google if they want to know what my 34th ID or 10th Mountain patches are.
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For one USAREC needs to focus on how to keep recruiters out of jail and out of their privates. The USMC used to wear patches then stoped that’s their business. Pride in your division used to be a thing.
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The Navy has the ships name rocker so how is that any different than these patches?
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