Posted on Nov 17, 2013
Should the Army uniform only show name and US Army? (Getting rid of patches and badges)?
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I just like the fact that Airforce, Navy and Marines only have the name rank and their respective branch. They all look the same and they all don't seem to have the judgements we have in the army. I mean we in the army have the unit patches, skill badges and deployment patch. I believe that the army should be the same as the other services.
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<p>Unit patches are part of our history and I was somewhat disappointed that we no longer wear full color SSIs and combat patches on the our service uniform. I was also disappointed when the Army went to the ACU and got rid of branch insignia for Officers. Again, that was a tradition that went back decades. Each branch has its own traditions and uniform wear that somewhat tie the new service members to their past while trying to modernize wear. Sometimes it works and sometimes we wonder why.</p><p><br></p>
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SPC Travis Grizzard
Interesting, but wrong SFC Fox. Unit patches, (Corps & Division) were first authorized by General Hooker during the Civil War. Originally they were cap badges.
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COL Jon Thompson
Officers wore branch insignia on the left collar of their fatigues, jungle fatigues, BDUs, and DCUs. That way you could always tell where they were from and differentiate between who was who.
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Bring back the BDU and shiney black boots, it worked for decades, it looked professional.
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SFC (Join to see)
I also agree I would love to get some sort of BDU back and shined boots. You could tell who cared about what they did for a living and who was a dirt Bag solider. Also I like wear my wings on my chest and combat path. It lets others know i am proud of my accomplishments . Air Assualt!!!!
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PFC Zanie Young
While I hated shining the boots, I still liked the BDUs because it allowed you to be proud of the uniform.
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SPC Travis Grizzard
Forget the shiny black boots, unless you want to have one pair for combat and another for garrison. A nicely shined pair of boots shine like a spotlight to a person wearing NVGs, making the wearer a target and negating the concealment of camoflage.
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SPC Nathan Fanton
I don't know. I know I was not a "rockstar" (read that as average) by any means, but my uniform was one thing that I really took care of. My ACUs always fit well, I would carry the green books in both shoulder pockets to keep them flat and so my unit patch was not all bent up. My PC was well formed, and would place it upside down, to keep the top and sides looking good instead of crumpling it up and shoving it into a pocket. The boots were brushed as per the instructions, Thank you DS Swink. I really cared and knew who the Soldiers were that would put that little bit of extra effort into making us look squared away. Its way to easy to look messed up in garrison with the ACU.
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