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

I’m proud of the time I served in the Army and most of the units I was assigned to. If someone wants to dress like a Marine and do what the public thinks the Marines do, than maybe they should join the Marines. Stop changing the way the Military does things just because it hurt someone feelings

Makes no sense. If a civilian asks you what you do, tell them you’re a a Soldier. BOOM! Want to expand on the patch? Learn how they came to be. 7th ID, not as prevalent today, we called the patch “the crushed beer can”. Associated with black widow spiders in some unit symbols. The patch developed by making a 7, then placing an inverted 7 over the original-hourglass. All patches have their own meaning. God Bless the Marines, I love them, but we’re Soldiers and we don’t need to be Marines.

I’ll offer the same comment I made to a similar question recently.....the Army’s devotion to unit patches is part of what makes the Army “unit-centric”. My experience with soldiers (mostly veterans) is that they think of unit first. If they served in multiple units, the “Army” may be a distant 3rd or 4th. To Marines, the Corps comes first. Units are important, but secondary to that. If the Army is satisfied with bring unit-centric, all well and good. But it won’t change until unit patches are no longer worn on uniforms (IMHO).

Funny, even my marine baddies are asked what the did while in. I don’t see any reason to change anything

Should be EGA not STA

Army patches are our ST A
If anything the Marines should being back theirs
It really dressed up their uniforms then.

My understanding is the patches were done away with because people who had no combat patchs wanted to look like everyone else.
Army tried to take the combat patches seat back in the late eighties, was killed by Desert Storm.

At one time there were only two combat patches in the senior NCO the SGM and myself

Why can’t Army leadership give up its envy of the Marine Corps. We will never have better uniforms even after changing every 3-5 years. “Once a Marine always a Marine” will always be more believable than “Soldier for life”. The Army will never be a better Marine Corps than the Marine Corps. The Army only has to be the best land force there is. If it’s leadership could focus on this, everything will fall into place.

Aw. Hell no. We earned it. It is a part of our heraldry. We are not the Marines. We have our own history and traditions. If you as a recruoter have a hard time making mission, maybe it is time to look into something else to overcome your objections. But taking away history and heraldry is not the answer.

If I remember correctly we only had the one shoulder patch in the Navy.... It was the name of your ship so the Shore Patrol knew what stack to throw you into when you were too drunk to know who you were or where you belonged.... We didn't need no stupid patches... We were sailors...

No. I take pride in my unit. I love my patch.