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

During WW1 Blackjack Pershing ordered the Marines in theater to remove their EGA's so that the press corps couldn't tell the Marines from his soldiers, because the people at home were becoming huge Marine fans...His soldiers, however, maintained their 'patches'. That was pure sour grapes then as this question is now. "Offended" is such a whiney, wimpy word. Got a good reason? State it. If it simply offends you, then guess what buttercup....earn one yourself.

WTF this is a slap im the face to all those who earned the. Even money says this policy was thought up by some POSS who never got close to earning their own combat patch.

Combat patches are dedication to Conrads losses in battle. If you don’t have one consider yourself lucky and feel blessed that you have not have go through the initiation to get one.

wtf are you kidding me ,

keep it wtf these men and women have earned this right , man is our army falling apart
hurt

NO WAY!!!!!! This is absolutely ridiculous. That deployment patch is earned, so what if these new age privates don't have one! They haven't earned it yet! They will get over it!

So eliminate all awards, decorations, rank I’d? Can’t wait to tell a General his/her star (stars) have to go cause I don’t have em.

Absolutely not!

I think getting combat patches are an important rite of passage for Soldiers, much like the CIB, CAB, Airborne and Air Assault badge, etc.

This is just like someone with no Combat experience telling me what I need to do to get to deploy and what to expect but they don’t have the combat experience to tell me anything.

Let the snowflakes earn it