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Here's the US Army's shoulder patch for the war against ISIS
Business Insider ^ | 9/24/15 | Jeremy Bender

Posted on 09/24/2015 8:17:29 PM PDT by Nachum

The US Army has debuted a new shoulder patch that soldiers in Iraq can wear to represent their role in the ongoing fight against ISIS, USA Today reports.

The patch features crossed scimitars, three stars, and a palm wreath. According to USA Today, the three stars denote the US land, air, and sea forces involved in the fight against ISIS.

The palm wreath is meant to symbolize honor, while the crossed swords evoke the twin goals of the ongoing operations: the defeat of ISIS and the restoration of stability in the region.

Currently, there are over 3,000 US Army personnel deployed in Iraq. These soldiers have not been deployed in combat roles; instead, they provide training to the Iraqi Security Forces and help coordinate air strikes against ISIS positions.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; armyofhasan; blog; blogpimp; isis; patch; shoulder
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To: Nachum

“Unit insignia is important because it fosters esprit de corps,” said Army Col. Steve Warren, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve.  ”The CJTF-OIR headquarters is made up of men and women from all services, many nations and many different units in the Army. This insignia will be worn by all of the Army members of the CJTF and may be authorized for wear by other services and nations according to their regulations.”

...from the USA Today article linked in this thread.

There is something insidious here....the unit insignia is being replaced with a campaign ribbon, in the form of a patch....and all of the sudden US soldiers are wearing the same faux insignia as soldiers from other nations. Reminds me of UN troops...more loyal to the mission than to a unit or nation.


61 posted on 09/24/2015 9:33:55 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: Nachum

You sure this wasn’t written by Duffleblog?


62 posted on 09/24/2015 9:33:57 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Nachum

I wouldn’t wear it


63 posted on 09/24/2015 9:34:35 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nachum

Contact U.S. Army here:

http://www.army.mil/contact/


64 posted on 09/24/2015 9:36:57 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776

link doesn’t work


65 posted on 09/24/2015 9:41:04 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: chris37
The patch reminds me of what people say about pornography - " Pornography, I can't tell you what it is specifically but I know it when I see it"

That freaking patch has ISLAM written all over it. God help us. Islam is a Satan worshipping death cult.

66 posted on 09/24/2015 9:44:14 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: P-Marlowe

I sure as hell do. This is ridiculous.


67 posted on 09/24/2015 9:48:00 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: Nachum

An ostrich with its head in the sand would be far more accurate. :)


68 posted on 09/24/2015 9:49:10 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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To: Nachum
Why not a real man's patch?


69 posted on 09/24/2015 9:52:13 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: Nachum

So they finally admit our TCN Army status.

(TCN means third country national—these are the menial laborers in the Middle East.)


70 posted on 09/24/2015 9:52:50 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (If Washington was judged with the same standard as Sodom, it would not exist.)
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To: atc23

Yes, agreed.

The necessary elements are there. Color, shapes, patterns, objects, style.

It is what it appears to be IMO.


71 posted on 09/24/2015 9:53:28 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: himno hero

I think the bitter black man is the fiery, angry image front and center and the real culprits are behind the curtain...


72 posted on 09/24/2015 9:55:59 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Nachum
seriously?! wtf


73 posted on 09/24/2015 10:18:08 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Nachum

They just keep dishonoring and attempting to humiliate our troops.


74 posted on 09/24/2015 10:46:32 PM PDT by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: Nachum
Not to put too fine a point on it, but those 'swords' look way too much like scimitars.
Who designed that abomination? Valerie Jarrett?

Ot perhaps Saddam Hussein, who designed the ghastly monument (now gone) at the entrance to Baghdad?

75 posted on 09/24/2015 10:49:41 PM PDT by publius911 (Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
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To: Nachum

WTF?!?


76 posted on 09/24/2015 10:54:51 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Lexinom

not a doubt. The degree of complicity is huge,

GWB was aware of this pos as were the clitoonistas, lert alone judges and democrats!

The magnitude and scale is unfathonable. Foreign money too!


77 posted on 09/24/2015 11:09:19 PM PDT by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: huldah1776

I can’t get it to not work.


78 posted on 09/24/2015 11:39:29 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I can’t imagine how bewildered and demoralized our troops must be with the way they are being “mis-lead” by their Commander in Chief and his perfumed princes.

RE: “I feel so sorry for our men and women who are doing the fighting because they are being betrayed by our Marxist/closet Moslem Traitor in Chief.”


79 posted on 09/24/2015 11:47:43 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: chris37
Rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, you have the green crescent in palm leaves, and the star across on the right.

Yep. Positively fecal.

80 posted on 09/24/2015 11:56:54 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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