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

As a marine.... no. Having patches gives another cemented sense of belonging.

We arent getting beat by the USMC because of patches, it's because of recruiting as a whole. We havent figured out how to recruit the newer generation of people yet, and are still running off post 911 cruitin with the whole "we were attacked, we need you to go hand it to the enemy". Problem is, the kids were targeting literally werent born when that happened. We need to explain things like were the only service that a person can pick their MOS, free college both in and after service, different opportunities in the service like attache, courier, the places one can travel (and methods to do so!!).
But we still teach Recruiter to just sell used cars, and tell their Army story instead of teaching them more of the stuff the army can offer like WCAP, SOF, WHCA, WHTA, JCU. But again, big USAREC just says "dont worry about what they do later, just get em to IET and you get your #", give the candidate options and stuff to strive for, be able to explain units, mos' (beyond what goarmy.com says), how army schools work, special assignments, how assignments work.
Use this as a way to find out those answers to be able to best inform your recruit.
And remember, production MAY NOT be used against you on an NCOER, fill the Army with quality, dont worry about other services. Each service looks for different traits, if they wanna be a Marine let them be a Marine. It's still DOD, all the branches need to be filled no matter what is happening.

Keep unit patches! They provide a sense of pride and belonging to that units rich history. Its good for esprit de corps and breeds competition among all the units of the Army to be the best unit which ends up making everyone stronger in the end.

Nope. I kinda surprised that this question came up at all.
The Pride in those patches are a real thing and not to be taken lightly

No!

SSG (Join to see) I say NO. The Army is the Army and not the Marines and therefore should have their own UNIQUE and Individual patches.

I never took the time to learn about the Army unit/division patches because I never needed to. I recall in the 70’s we wore a unit patch on our green “fatigue” uniform, in my case the USAF Hospital, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. By the time I came back as an officer, there were camo-patterned “BDU’s” but no unit patch. I did have my “MSC” Corps badge over the name tape on the BDU and the brushed silver or chrome MSC badge over my ribbons on dress or work uniform (in my case Medical Service Corps). One very positive thing is that medical specialists who are enlisted got a Corps Badge on their uniforms as well. Back in the nasty Vietnam Era I got the “Baby killer” invective tossed at me at O’Hare. I wanted so bad to reply “you idiot, I’m a medic!” As my uniform then made no distinction, not that it mattered during that day. I got called out as a Navy Sea Cadet, for goodness sake, at age 15! But we proudly wore the uniform, so we were honored to receive the nastiness. What a shame it has been when our own citizens would call us out for doing our duty on their behalf. I am so glad those days are over....sorry for the topic bleed off the subject....

I have only had a few different patches over the years but I love the patches. I would few naked if I did not have my arrowhead
they need to keep em, there are a lot of areas the army can do things different that will make things better but this aint one.

Nope. Hell no. I think it instill pride in an unit and its history. When I got to the 173rd I couldn't wait to slap on that patch because I knew I was joining an excellent organization and there's pride in that. The one gripe I have with patches and our current uniform is I wish we could remove the velcro and just sew it on. After a few washes and some time in the field, patches and flags don't stick like they should. But that's for a separate conversation.

How about we just stamp everyone wrist, like they do at the clubs