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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Is this more political insanity?? The storied past of Army units are revealed in their shoulder patch. Who would want this history to be obscured by a generic patch. The Navy uses a shoulder device up to pay grade E-6 to note the Ship or unit in which a Sailor is serving. A sailor wears this as a matter of pride in his ship or unit. The Army is not the Marine Corps so attempting to make a comparison is apples and oranges.
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Patches have been apart of the Army for a long time. People take pride in the unit they are and those of us who have a RRSI we take pride in serving in combat. Stop trying to change stuff all the time. The new ASU is just fine. Personally I wish they added patches back and got rid of that stupid combat pin.
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The Army isn’t getting beaten in recruiting by the Marines because we wear patches and they don’t. We suck at recruiting because our slogan sucks, our commercials suck, and up until very recently our uniforms sucked. Very few Marines actually are infantrymen that kick down doors and blow stuff up; they have hundreds of “soft skill” MOS’s just like the Army does. However, every Marine commercial is climbing mountains, slaying dragons, and storming beaches.
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The ARMY should you away with Velcro patches. They look like shit. It’s a uniform not a set of Legos.
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Recruiters are wrong. To be honest units should have more distinctive dress uniforms. It promotes better esprit de corps. That pride in unit and history is something that will drive soldiers to push to be better.
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USMC are all grunts, they don’t have support units like the Army. USMC his in kicks ass and moves on to the next battle. Army is designed to fight a battle and hold the ground. Keep the holding units re supplied and create a rear support area. It takes many different units to accomplish the mission. Thus the many different patches.
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SSgt William (Bill) Pangrass
The Marines are not all combat infantry. They are all trained to be riflemen but in actuality that is the secondary mos, for most of them. they have all the same supporting careers that other services.
I saw one FB post the other day that says it all (pretty much true about all services) lt said “Every Marine is a rifleman and every Marine is a janitor “ with a photo of Marines mopping floors.
I saw one FB post the other day that says it all (pretty much true about all services) lt said “Every Marine is a rifleman and every Marine is a janitor “ with a photo of Marines mopping floors.
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no- a dip shit recruiter doesn’t get to unwind a hundred plus years of history with unit patches for branding purposes. It is one more way to eliminate the combat shoulder sleeve insignia- that makes the have nots jealous. We are different than marines, we should continue to be different than marines. Congrats to the corps on branding.
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Unit patches are not there for civilians. Unit patches are for other people in the military. Civilians haven’t a clue. They can’t even ID military personnel in fatigues/utilities by Service, let alone know what patches and qualification badges mean. The Marine Corps is a small outfit compared to the Army. The Corps dropped Division patches on uniforms after WWII, but it has always used the Eagle, Globe & Anchor.
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