Posted on Dec 15, 2015
What's your opinion when a National Guard soldier or reservist wears an active duty unit patch because they were attached ?
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Do they have orders authorizing them to wear it? If they do, I don't see a problem with it.
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I dont got any orders that said i was attached to 3rd Army only a Wartime certificate from them, i wear my patch proud as i was given to me.
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Information for the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (SSI) and Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, Former Wartime Service (SSI-FWTS) can be found in AR 670-1, Chapter 21, para 21-16, and 21-17. They're long paragraphs, but very informative as far as this topic goes.
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SSG (Join to see) , whom is your Wartime certificate signed by? Also what does it say?
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CPT William Jones
I would say if the reservest or NG soldier was on orders to active duty he Is just like every other active duty person, With orders to a unit and doing a job their he is a member of that unit for that time assighned just like everyother soldiier in the unit. I did that for over 6 years during RVN.When it was over I was retuned to the state(NG)
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When attached they did earn the right to wear it. They did combat under that command and at the point of attachment they are under title 10 orders.
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Now you have to wear the patch that organic to your unit unless you deploy smaller than a company. If your Battalion is attached to the 82nd you don't get the 82nd patch now. You only get your own patch.
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SPC Rick Barnes
I was national guard and was attached to 101st I am authorized to wear the screaming eagle patch as my combat patch. While I was there they changed over to 25th ID. I am also authorized to wear that patch.
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I have 5 combat patches I am authorized to wear. All from one tour in Iraq. You know why I have so many? Because AD guys rotated in and out and I spent almost 14 months in country. So while my wife was planning our divorce, us NG guys were getting passed around to different units. I earned every patch I got. While the BN was living it up at BIOP I was working out of FOBs/COBs and shitting in barrels. So yes, I deserve to wear my AD patches, but I only wear one, the 2ACR (Even as an MP I got my Spurs with them.)
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SPC Travis Hopkinson
I had just looked and found all my stuff, I was in a guard unit in 06-07 and we were authorized at the time quite a few different patches, but it always surprised some older CSM that had the Tarrot leaf (24th infantry division) when they would see a older spc walk by with the tarro leaf on their right sleeve.
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