Posted on Jan 17, 2020
Why is the U.S. Army the only branch that wears the full-color U.S. Flag?
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I've consistently wondered why the U.S. Army is the only branch that wears the full-color U.S. Flag patch on the combat uniform. Marines don't wear anything on their combat uniform, but Navy and Air Force both wear the subdued U.S. Flag patch on theirs. AR 670-1 Ch 19-18 states "All soldiers will wear the full-color U.S. Flag embroidered insignia utility and organizational uniforms, unless deployed or in a field environment. Soldiers will wear the subdued tactical flag insignia while deployed or in a field environment." While I understand the regulation, it seems to me that wearing the subdued flag insignia would make more sense because it matches the uniform pattern. What are your thoughts? PFC (Join to see) SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" LTC Stephen F. CPL Dave Hoover SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SSG (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers CPT Jack Durish SGT Ben Keen CPT (Join to see)
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You kind of answered your own question. It is in ARMY Regs that you wear a full color patch. Since the other branches of the military have their own regs. It stands to reason we don't follow AR's.
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For at least 30 years on official memorandums if there was an attachment you listed them as "inclosures" or abbreviated it as "Incl." instead of Enclosure because someone, who had a lot more stars than anyone one else in the Army, insisted that was how it was spelled. It finally was officially fixed when computers and spell checkers kept changing it. BTW we used to keep sharpies around to fix the flag problem.
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When I crossed over from the Marines to the Army in 2006 I felt like a total clown when I first put on the Army utilities. Which consisted of the digital concrete pattern, removable velcro patches and US flag patch, and an annoying BERET. uuuuuuuuuuughhh!!!
After a few months it kinda grew on me. Things got better when we went back to the soft cover in 2010. And with the introduction of the multi-cam pattern.
After a few months it kinda grew on me. Things got better when we went back to the soft cover in 2010. And with the introduction of the multi-cam pattern.
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I serve 22 years In the United States Army. I’d like to fuck over flag wow in Garrison but while deployed I believe it should be the subdued one
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I didn’t write that. I don’t know how it hit there under my name? Something fishy here.
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We don't in a field or tactical environment. We wear the subdued flag. Check the regulation.
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Not sure why an infantryman in a combat zone would want any full color patch, but definitely in CONUS / garrison. Navy finally adopted rank tabs that can actually be seen before you’re point-blank and at the ‘oh shit’ point.
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