Should we remove combat patches to be sensitive to those who don't have them?

its called politically correct progressive liberalism and its at a news media outlet near you and if you disagree with it then your a Nazi fascist. todays youth, in general, had fathers that failed in their responsibilities to beat the stupid out of their children.

SSG Perrotto - The so-called politically correct progressive liberalism is putting a stranglehold on the services. I can't imagine an Infantry Unit ever being effective, while being "politically Correct." The truth is so very Sad but still True. Combat Badges and Patches should always be on the uniform. If you don't like it, too bad. If you feel like it distinguishes one Soldier from another, yes it does! Go out and earn your own badge or patch if you want one to. Taking the patches away is a crime, just about as bad as removing the black beret from the Rangers. Don't even get me started down that road....

worst thing Shinseki ever did was give everyone a beret in order to be an army of one. and yes - I address that one by last name only - he doesn't deserve the honor of being called general - and ill leave it at that.

All of the "entitlement" issues facing the Army today has its roots in that asinine campaign that the individual was more important then the team concept - from the black beret being subverted to the CAB that non infantry service cried about because of the CIB to the very question in the OP's heading - and it is destroying our ability to create mentally,emotionally, physically resilient soldiers capable of fighting and winning our wars against an enemy that will not give two fucks about how stressed they are making our young soldiers feel.