Full color merrowed edge shoulder patches and rank patches were indeed believe it or not used on fatique items after the became avaiable in around the late summer of 1968, one could see sometimes a combination of flat edge and merrowed edge insignia being worn on the same shirt, even on some of your 101 and 82nd Abn Div patches IN Vietnam, ie flat edge patch but with a merrowed edge Airborne tab or visa versa. Full color shoulder patches and EM sleeve ranks to include officers ranks and branch of service continued to be worn outside of Vietnam well into 1970, they were worn first in late 1966 with only the name tape subdued, then sometime in 1967 both the name and U.S.ARMY subdued tapes, with either full color qualification and skill badges or towards late 1967 subdued ones, however both types of Q badges and S badges color and subdued were seen in lateish 1967 though 1969. That he wears the 11th Inf Bde as a combat patch is most uncommon, as the 11th Inf Bde was no longer a seperate organization when Mitchell was in it, and was under the direct command of the Americal, making the Americal Division as far I know the correct combat patch.īy 1969 we were no longer wearing gold chevrons.in '67 we switched to black/od cloth chevrons, and then to black pin-on rank in 68.I can't recall seeing merrowed edge chevrons during that I understand, but that was only in South Vietnam, and the subdued sleeve ranks first appeared a little earlier say in mid 1966 in the RVN. Typical of this period his tapes and CIB are Subdued, his 1st Armored Division we can not see, but I betting it's full color, it's just the combat patch that he has choosen to wear I,m thinking that is subdued. ( obviously, will leave out stuff on My Lai as it is way beyond the scope of this topic ).Īs we see, Mitchell is wearing the 11th Brigade as a combat patch, and in subdued form, he is wearing full color ranks which due to the thickness of the border on the one we can see is most likely merrowed edge. Mitchell formally of C co 1st Battalion 20th Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division was implicated in the My Lai Massacre. Staff Sergeant David Mitchell, 5th Battalion 6th Infantry ( Mech ) 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood Texas, taken sometime in 1969, possibly the fall. Soldiers who served with the 1st Marine Division from 19 March 2003 to 21 April 2003 during combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom are authorized to wear the 1st Marine Division shoulder sleeve insignia as their SSI-FWTS. Soldiers must have been deployed in the CENTCOM area of operations, or participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom while deployed in Turkey, Israel, and Aegis cruisers. (14) Operation Iraqi Freedom: from 19 March 2003 to a date to be determined, for soldiers assigned to units participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Army, are not authorized to wear the SSI–FWTS on their right shoulder. Therefore, personnel who served in one of the designated areas during one of the specified periods, but who were not members of the U.S. The Department of the Navy, the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and the Air Force do not authorize wear of SSI. However, your former Marine is authorized to wear his USMC Combat Action Ribbon on his Army Service Uniform to designate his former wartime service in the USMC for which he should be justifiably proud. Since then additional USMC shoulder sleeve insignia has been authorized for wear as a SSI-FWTS on the Army uniform, but only for members who were in the U.S. Below are two extracts from AR 670-1 from Feb. People may not like it, or may disagree, but that's the regulation. For example, the 1st Marine Division SSI. Army that were attached to, or OPCON to the USMC in Iraq are authorized to wear the SSI of that formation on their right shoulder. Army that transfer in from another service are not authorized to wear an SSI from their former service as a SSI-FWTS (combat patch). I have a uniform downstairs with a US Anti-Aircraft Command Western Defense Command patch as his combat patch, really odd.Īctually, per AR 670-1 members of the U.S. Also had a corpsman transfer over but not sure what he chose to wear. One of our SGT's transferred from the Corps and wore his combat patch on his sleeve in ACU.
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