Posted on Jun 17, 2019
Army's New Expert Soldier Badge Will Demand Mastery of Warrior Skills
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Gee, new uniforms, new PT test and now a new shiny thing for the uniform. What next? Berets for everyone? Oh wait....
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Plenty of beret color options to help ensure feel good/inclusiveness. Glad many weighed in when someone tried to use the wrong crayon when the preliminary design for the assistance brigade's ensemble was first being pitched.
https://taskandpurpose.com/army-brown-beret-special-forces
https://taskandpurpose.com/army-brown-beret-special-forces
Army To Combat Advisors: You Are Not Special Forces. Now Here's A Brown Beret
U.S. Special Forces can relax now that the Army has officially unveiled a beret for combat advisors that is absolutely not green.At an activation ceremony Thursday at Fort Benning, Georgia, the Army unveiled the new brown berets, flash and unit insignias for the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade...
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Don't understand why today's army is messing around with a tradition that has been in place for years just to say this is better. Better for who? Better to let things like awards alone and update the firepower in order to make today's army, a better fighting army!
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This does NOT mean that the recipient is an "Expert in their career field." They are proficient in basic soldiering tasks - much like the SQT testing and training did a thousand years ago. The Admin troop in S1 with this is not necessarily an "expert admin troop" - nor would the mechanic be an "expert mechanic" with this badge.
Oh, this is sad.
Oh, this is sad.
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