Posted on 12/07/2007 1:47:58 PM PST by Bear_Slayer
I joined the MT National Guard last month.
I was supposed to drill tomorrow, but they changed it for me to tonight.
I just got my uniforms 10 minutes ago.
The patches were rubber-banded together. I'm not sure which patch goes where.
I have two for my last name and 1 that says "US Army"
I also have a circular, which looks something like a sunburst over a mountain top. I'm not sure though and as far as I can tell it could be up-side down.
I don't want to look like a dork!
Can anyone help me?
Have you tried a web search on “Montana National Guard” to see if you can get images of men wearing the uniforms, showing the patch placements?
Google AR 670-1, it’s available online.
I think you should just wear your uniform as-is and report to your company First Sergeant for advice. I’m sure he’ll square you away.
Thanks!
I’m going to sleep soundly knowing that the safety on our country rests in the hands of crack troops like yourself.
I guess it won’t work to tell you the patches go on your underwear then.
(Good luck, congratulations, and thank you for your service from a grateful American and former resident of Bozeman).
LOL, you gotta start somewhere.
LOL
Do you have the ACU or BDU uniform?
Having said all that I'd be very surprised if anybody gave you any real grief if you show up without the patches sewn on and explain the situation.
Good luck in the Guard.
I don’t know the technical differences.
So, how bad could it be?
I was standing inport OOD watch one day when a new officer reported aboard straight from OCS. It was summer and he was in his whites. I had to ask him if he had slept through the class on uniform regs because he had his shoulder boards on upside down. It happens all over.
Thank you for serving!
ACU= light green and tan digital camo pattern
BDU= olive green, black, brown, known as woodland camo pattern
ACU has velcro patches, while BDU must be sewn on.
Oh, and let me also say thank you for your service.
I have the ACU uniform. THe newer style with the grainer type camo print.
:) It is often the seemingly nondescript sentence in a paragraph that makes me smile or laugh. Nice touch.
God bless you for serving (and please make sure you only slay the bad bears, not the good ones ;-)
God Bless you all for your service.
Name goes on right side, U.S. ARMY goes on the left side, rank goes on square in middle, unit patch goes on the left sleeve pocket centered on the lower velcro area, and the U.S. flag goes on the right sleeve centered on the upper velcro area.
An NCO will be happy to correct you if you get it wrong.
Lucky you otherwise you’d be stitching them on as we type!
As noted US ARMY above, goes over left pocket, name tape goes over right pocket. Did they give you a US Flag? If so, that goes on left sleeve pocket flap. Your unit patch will go on right sleeve pocket. Not on the pocket flap, but the main pocket itself.
http://www.armyg1.army.mil/hr/uniform/default.asp
That site contains an interactive diagram showing you the proper wear of the ACU.
Congratulations on joining the ARNG. I recently came back into the USAR after a 15 year break in service. The ACU and beret were totally new to me also.
Do well, and thanks for your service.
I did not get the US flag or a unit patch.
I received the MT Guard patch. My name patch and the US Army patch.
Only on Free Reopublic.
That’s Republic. And remember that, private.
Got that photo from this page: link
I can always trust that I'll get a good answer from these people.
Correction! Typing from work and not doing the visual too well! The US Flag on right pocket flap, unit patch on left main pocket.
Funny thing is this site say “Right Upper Body” then shows the left sleeve and chest.
It is the ‘right’ side when you are looking at it, but not when you are wearing it.
“I came into the ARNG after an 18 year break from the USN.”
Small world isn’t it? I was enlisted USN 1972-1976 & USNR 1976-1978. Then commissioned service in the ARNG & USAR 1982 to 1993. I was reappointed to my last commissioned rank in the USAR this year - I want that 20 year letter and to finish serving.
When I went from being ex-Navy to ARNG it was quite a difference; especially when I had to go to a regular army school for six months of specialty training.
I still have trouble calling the “head” a “latrine.” Also, I still catch myself saying “belay that” when I want to change a directive I’ve given instead of “as you were.”
Thank you for joining up. Good luck and thank you for this wonderful moment of levity.
“Funny thing is this site say “Right Upper Body” then shows the left sleeve and chest.”
It’s from G-1, what do you expect? :-)
Good find — thanks.
Thank You for your service.
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but haven’t you been to Basic Training already?
“Please don’t take this the wrong way, but haven’t you been to Basic Training already?”
Give him a break. :-) He is prior service in another branch - USN. I’ve been in his shoes.
I’m going to sleep soundly knowing that the safety on our country rests in the hands of crack troops like yourself.
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What a nasty, snide thing to say. I salute this gentleman for serving his country. None of us was born knowing everything, and this process sounds very confusing. At least he had the good sense to ask for help.
I hope that showing up on your first day with the National Guard with oddly placed patches is the worst thing that ever happens to you as a Guardsman. :o)
If you got a post laundry place, take them there.. they might charge you a couple bucks, but they always did my patches right on the spot..
Well, I don’t know how the National Guard works (I’m Active Duty), but as I understand it, if you want to join the Army and you’re from another branch, you have to attend the 4-week Warrior Transition Course first. I would imagine that would apply for prior service - maybe. I think if you leave the Army for more than five years, you have to re-do Basic Training. Which is understandable - but that would suck.
I cannot offer you any answers, but please accept my heartfelt gratitude for your service. God bless you.
If you got a post laundry place, take them there.. they might charge you a couple bucks, but they always did my patches right on the spot..
just kidding.
“What a nasty, snide thing to say. I salute this gentleman for serving his country. None of us was born knowing everything, and this process sounds very confusing. At least he had the good sense to ask for help.”
Very well said! I salute him also and again thank him for coming to the aid of his country (quite literally).
Oh BTW, Bearslayer - Don’t let anyone put you down for being in the ARNG. The reserve component is serving just as much as the active component is. Our blood is just as red. Actually, it is getting hard to distinguish the active from the reserves.
they’re velcro now?
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