Posted on Mar 1, 2016
MSG Wally Carmichael
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"(Unit Name withheld) BCT ordered to remove combat patches during training at Fort NoMatter so the ones without them don't get ‪‎hurt feelings‬.

Reason? "The unit just returned from Afghanistan and almost everyone has a patch but the large influx of new soldiers are E1 and E2s that have never deployed and they are saying they are left out because they don't have a patch."
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MSgt Joseph Brendel
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No. Earn them.
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PO2 Nick Burke
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Those patches were earned like rank. Let the FNGs earn theirs.
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CPT Andrew Wright
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What truly amazes me is a soldier who has been in ten or fifteen years and doesn't have one yet!
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LTC Battalion Commander
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I needed a good chuckle today – thanks for posting
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GySgt Ronald Wasilewski
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Really, you are concerned you will hurt someone's feeling? What the hell are you training? Oh I can see that pink panty Battalion. LMAO
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CW2 UH-60 Pilot
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Please tell me that this is satire......or that everyone is being trolled.
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PO1 James DeWald
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Edited >1 y ago
EO1 (SCW) USN.Never remove what you earned if they have butt hurt feeling go out an earn one!
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LTC Operations Officer (Opso)
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Nope. Just like they cannot be forced to wear a specific deployment patch I feel they shouldn't be made to not wear any. If there are deployment patches let those who earned them decide which one tjey earned to wear or not to wear. Otherwise get rid of them all together.

Personally I know some who used to look up to those with those patches as if they knew something because they deployed. In reality it just means they deployed, not necessarily a valuable team member who contributed a lot to the unit, just that they deployed. Same with those without a deployment patch does not mean that they aren't good leaders with no experience.
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SPC Medic
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I'm glad to see that as it stands right now, 48% of us have said no, and 49% said WTH?
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SSG Walter Corretjer
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And so,what are you trying to say,private ?
What the hell is WTH,private?
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SSG Ken Gilder
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Before my tour in Vietnam, I did not feel "left out" when I saw other soldiers wearing combat unit patches. Soon enough, I got mine.
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