[Story from April 2015] Soldiers Being FORCED to Remove Combat Patches From Uniforms

Army Times and Colorado Gazette via The Federalist Papers ^ | March 2 , 2016 | Robert Gehl

[castlebrew]

To quote the latest buzz phrases: Not in my squad. Not in our Army.

I’d wager his first platoon sergeant and a few squad leaders had to suffer his no-time-in-grade shiny butter-bar butt ordering them around. Still hasn’t learned to listen to his NCOs. Where’s the Division & Brigade CSMs on this?

LTC, EN, USA (Ret.); 1980-2012

[theBuckwheat]

The “unified army culture.” should be that every soldier should be successful in combat, instead of removing the very symbols of success, which by definition new recruits have not yet earned.

[Gamecock]

I retired just in time.