Sure. There’s no way any American soldier is allowed to wear such a patch on the uniform.
I love the patch, but I would not have worn it on my uniform, nor would any of my superiors have tolerated it being on my uniform.
They would not have tolerated any unauthorized patch, regardless.
There’s also the way we wear patches now and how they attach to the uniform. IIRC, you can’t just add a patch these days. They are velcro now, right?
I do note that the German soldier appears to have it on a radio.
I agree. The photo could be shopped or the guy could have put on the patch for a second for a photo op. I also bet a few are on uniforms of small units away from main bases.
I love the patch, but I would not have worn it on my uniform, nor would any of my superiors have tolerated it being on my uniform.
They would not have tolerated any unauthorized patch, regardless.
But what’s really funny is that this same superiors won’t allow nighttime raids, allows afghans to be armed around our troops, has such messed up ROE that air and artillery support aren’t timely and let’s f#ggots kiss each other in front of your kids when you get back from deployment.
Plate carriers, gear pouches, and other nylon gear are covered with velcro to attach patches. I've seen about a billion pics of guys in theater with all kinds of morale patches on their gear. Whether they were breaking some regulation or not, I wouldn't know.