Posted on Mar 1, 2016
Should we remove combat patches to be sensitive to those who don't have them?
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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."
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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The only ones voting for this is the ones who don’t have one. They earned so they should wear it.
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You have two choices you little ass wipes going to your safe spaces or staying long enough you'll get your freaking combat patch when you earn it like everyone else had to.
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They time will come. Keep soldiering on. Those guys did they time. Don't feel bad. U can learn something from them
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When I entered service in 1978, almost every NCO had a patch on the right shoulder from Vietnam. I can only imagine what would have happened if someone said something as inane as "Maybe we should remove these patches because they make the new recruits feel bad." Hell, making new recruits feel bad was a major part of training in the pre-snowflake Army. You were nothing. Dirt. You had to earn respect. Others didn't put aside their earned respect so you would feel better about being dirt. I and many others didn't stay dirt. We excelled, PT'd, did what you have to do to earn the respect of your fellow warriors.
And I would strip my right sleeve for no man.
And I would strip my right sleeve for no man.
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Suck it up. Pay your dues. Half tight face front lean and rest position move. Stay there till you get your mind right.
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Are you fucking kidding me I went to a reserve unit where three are only three of us with out them they need to get out of there feelings and understand they need to earn that shit
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I would like to know wich one of their parents dropped them down the flight of stairs. Weed the weak. Fill the space with someone who deserves to breathe the oxygen.
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