Should the Army uniform only show name and US Army? (Getting rid of patches and badges)?

Being in the National Guard We almost Never wear our ASU's. Matter of fact I still haven't had a set issued. They keep saying that the state has no monies to order the stuff. With that being said I think that wearing your badges is a sense of pride. I have a CIB from Desert Storm and AirAssault Badge. I have 2 different combat patches. Its a way of showing your accomplishments. I have young Joes all the time asking how they might get there AASSLT badge. In the guard it is a whole lot harded to achieve. You are competing for 10 slots and sometimes over 200 apply of those said slots. I think that if displayed correctly and the way they are supposed to by 670-1 yes we should have them.

Why not just wear your "required" patches?  I never wear anything but name, rank, service, and unit.  Yes, I got chewed out for not wearing identifiers we are supposed to be "proud" of.  But, I didn't earn it for public recognition; I did it for myself and I keep it to myself.  I took the ass chewing and continue to respect my privacy.

I am with SGT Cunningham, bring back the BDU. And why on earth would you want to be like the other services SSG Turkezer? We are the oldest and best service in America or don't they teach that anymore?

There is always talk of standardizing the uniforms across the branches, and then there are always the politics involved with looking apart from each other. I remember the fallout with the change to MARPAT, its why we all have unique patterns now, some stupid copyright "war"

Negative, this is an Army tradition,, leave it as it is!

Strange I have seen MARDIV patches etc. If you like that look, then maybe to should join them. Our uniform is set up so a discerning, intelligent person would see, whether to are a combat vet or a greenhorn, what unit's you have served with and therefore were you served- whether you are a skilled warrior or a wanebe Fobbitt.

Uh... the Air Force wears identifier badges based on their MOS and wing patches, the navy has skill badges along with the coast guard, even the marine corps can wear skill badges... Exactly why is it "showing off" to know the unit that the soldier belongs to, if they have deployed and with who, and what kinds of specialized skills that they bring to the fight?

Cost wise yes tradition wise no.

The Navy still displays name, service, warfare qualification and rank on the working uniform. I believe that's excessive, when I joined the submarine coveralls didn't need anything on them and we did fine.

The other branches have insignia as well. A few in the Marines have aviator or jump wings or some other skill badge. The AF it seems everyone gets a badge. If anything I'd like to see the Army do away with the name tag on the Class A-B uniform.