While deployed do you have to wear your current units SSI for your SSI-FWTS?

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 07:19:57 -0400

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2015 7:32 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 07:32:38 -0400

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2015 8:14 AM

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:14:19 -0400

BLUF: No, you don't have to.

Response by 1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2015 9:30 AM

1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:30:47 -0400

OK Army people, what is SSI ans SSI-FWTS?

Response by SGM Steve Wettstein made Oct 17 at 2015 11:50 AM

SGM Steve Wettstein — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 11:50:40 -0400

There is nothing in 670-1 that says what SSI-FWTS patch you have to wear. Some units try and tell you that you have to wear your current unit one while deployed. I had a BDE XO try and tell me I had to wear a certain combat patch and I told him I would wear nothing before I wore the patch he said I had to wear. It wasn't our unit patch it was someone we were attached to.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2015 12:23 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 12:23:43 -0400

No, but CSMs everywhere will "encourage" you to go a certain way.

Response by SSG Kenneth Suarez made Oct 17 at 2015 12:39 PM

SSG Kenneth Suarez — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 12:39:33 -0400

The short answer is no. The real answer is that while you don't have to submit, there are much more important fights out there. There's no need to stick out for something so low.

Besides, you can flex in your As.

Response by MAJ Ronnie Reams made Oct 5 at 2023 2:33 PM

MAJ Ronnie Reams — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:33:46 -0400

No, if you are there, it is not former. No requirement to wear one and if you do choose to do so you may choose the one you wear. I always rotated between 199th Inf Bde and IIFFV.

When in RVN, I wore IIFFV on the left and 199th Inf BDE on the right after I transferred.