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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No our military should not be a everyone gets a trophy society. If you earn it you should be able to keep it unless it is removed as a discipline.
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No! So is the military full of snowflakes? If so feel sorry for those going into combat
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Really? Is this a troll asking this question? What is going on in today's world that this would even be a question? Earn it it to wear it. Wear it if you earned it. The US Army is not like a league of 8 year olds expecting a participation trophy. She we just give all E1s E9 pay just to assuage their feelings? This is absurd. My assumption is E1s and E2s make up the 2% who answered yes.
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Really? This can't be a real question. When I was an E2 I envied my First Sergeant's paycheck. Should they have given it to me because my feelings were hurt? (Which in reality, they weren't) Seems absurd to me.
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