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The Army is the only service to wear unit and combat patches? Should they simplify the uniform and remove unit patches? "shoulder sleeve insignia".
I understand in some uniforms services may wear a patch. I'm talking about the every day uniform.
I understand in some uniforms services may wear a patch. I'm talking about the every day uniform.
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I'm confused on why they would be eliminated. In fact, I've wondered often why the Army is the only branch that uses them.
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No absolutely not. My husband is AD Army. We are currently in KMC and he loves seeing someone with a 1st CAV patch. It is like a conversation starter. I am prior Navy so it is a little bit different. We have a rocker (on our whites) instead of a huge patch. I don't really know what the new Navy uniforms look like so I am not sure if they have unit patches on them or not.
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The mighty 89th Military Police Brigade patch will never leave my uniform! I am proud to wear my unit patch. Keep the unit patch! Whoa!
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1SG David Spalding
They need to let us wear full color unit patches and our combat patches on the ASU!
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The Navy brought back "ball caps" which pretty much serve the same purpose as unit patches. When Soldiers run into each other in ACUs (and in the past, BDUs/DCUs), usually the first thing looked at after rank is the patch. Soldiers do wear both SSI and SSI-FWTS with pride, and that is something that we want to foster.
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The Army could do away with unit patches on sleeves and go the Air Force route .... Let's all get funky patches and start wearing organizational baseball caps!
Bonus: we can have unit individuality down to the battalion level!
Bonus: we can have unit individuality down to the battalion level!
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There is pride, and a lot of history, associated with unit patches. Being able to wear the patch of a storied unit, like the 101st, 82nd, 1st ID, etc., means a lot to me, and has been a source of pride over the last 18 years. To be able to add to the history of these units and know that I wore the same patch that veterans of previous wars and conflicts wore means a lot to me. So I, for one, do not ever think we should do away with unit patches.
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No.
I strongly believe that our unit patches are a part of our culture. The Army distinguishes themselves by those patches and there unit traditions (like cav units). The Navy does by it the name of there ships.
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All allowing REMF's to wear unit PATCH'S does is allow REMF's to move one step closer to STOLEN VALOR, W/O crossing the line. I didn't wake up one morning and have an I hate REMF's epiphany, It happened because, The best war stories I've ever heard came from people who could produce a patch and nothing more.
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I don't believe that the Army should do away with either the division or combat patches. For me wearing a division patch was a symbol of pride. Not for or in myself but for the divisions history.
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