Posted on 03/05/2016 1:22:30 PM PST by george76
Soldiers are livid after being told to remove their combat patches in an attempt to be “welcoming” to new recruits.
It’s an insane move that goes against the unofficial combat patch creed: “You earn it. You keep it. You wear it.” But that’s apparently the policy now for Fort Carson’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
Soldiers are told to strip their uniforms bare to the bone, only showing the name, rank, American Flag, U.S. Army tape and the 4th Infantry Division insignia, the Army Times is reporting.
According to officials, the move is designed to promote a “unified army culture.”
Brigade Commander Col. David Hodne issued the requirement. He told the Colorado Gazette it’s not about making new recruits feel jealous.
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Hodne’s unit, which has seen a radical reorganization over the past year from tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles to eight-wheeled Strykers, is loaded with brand-new privates whose uniforms are bare of insignia. Instead of standing out, the new guys look like everyone else in training.
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U.S. Army Iraq war veteran Drew Norman:
“This was obviously started by officers without combat time. This isn’t about making the new guys feel welcome, it’s about making the new officers feel superior.
The fact that we have 22 year old college kids ordering 18 year multiple combat tour veterans and lecturing them on war tells you all you need to know about how broken our commissioning system is.”
U.S. Army Afghan war veteran Stephen Carroll:
“I think it’s an absolutely horrid idea. Simply because some of them don’t fall into the group of those who have gone down range doesn’t mean that everyone else should hide what they’ve done. It’s the military, not a group of middle school students.”
U.S. veteran Michael Mumford, who used more colorful language:
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Well, then. They should also take off their rank so that the lower enlisted doesn’t feel bad... /s
I received my commission in May 1991, after Desert Storm had wrapped up, and when I took over my platoon at Ft. Riley a few months later, I was the only one in the platoon not wearing a combat patch. The way I looked at it, I had a wealth of experience to draw upon and learn from. It forced me to prove myself to my troops and in the end, it made me a better soldier and a better officer.
Next, they’ll be told to remove the American flag!
Ping
Rank? That seems awfully hierarchical , meritocratic and discriminatory. All the precious little millennial snowflakes will feel sad. Maybe just pick one rank like corporal for everyone to have.
“I think it’s an absolutely horrid idea
There is something really wrong with this statement. Who in the US says "horrid"? (OK maybe a gay person). Still, something smells.
We are a heartbeat away from some douchebag General authorizing a “Participation Award” for all of the poor little lambs in the Brigade!
We have TRULY become a military run by pussies and faggots!~!
Sheer stupidity. The Air Force did this about seven years ago, no more MAJCOM or unit insignia. But hey, we got to wear Friday “morale” t-shirts (blue for HQ) - just spiffy, don’cha know.
Did I mention sheer stupidity?
Colonel, USAFR (ret - and none too soon)
This sounds like something Samantha Powers would dream up.
One of his fake ‘Czars’ who has never been in the military, and never wished to be. They don’t get it. Naturally, Obama listens to them vs the actual military.
Of course it did. It also revealed quickly who you could go to for real world advice.
Can’t have that...
Replace the American flag with the UN flag?
First they give Ranger Berets to everyone.
Then they make everyone share a foxhole with a homosexual
then with a girl,
then with a tranny.
Why don’t they just issue white surrender flags and a basket full of poseys for them to hand out to the enemies of the nation?
Can’t have some military members doing better than others? Just like present-day public education? Makes fools of everybody. But isn’t that the goal of this administration?
This commander is an idiot
I’m am soooooo tired of this CRAP!!!!!
Sickening. 0bunghole and commiepukes want to turn the US military into a bunch of queer, eunuched, feminazi, peacenik, self esteem lowest common denominator affirmative action pukes.
I can’t stand it.
It is far better to remove whomever came up with this asinine idea including the schmucks in Congress who haven’t put a stop to it. November can’t get here soon enough!!!
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