468abnarm Posted May 11, 2015 Share #451 Posted May 11, 2015 Interesting flash/SSI combination. This JFKSWCS COL wears the USARAK SSI. Does anyone have info on this - would it be TDY or Command level SOF element or something? USARAK_ABN_2010_2.jpg Now that is different. Will be very interested to follow this and see what we learn. Thanks for posting. My first guess would be that he is TDY to the Center, but who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 16, 2015 Share #452 Posted May 16, 2015 Latest additions. AIRBORNE PLATOON, 59TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 193RD INFANTRY BRIGADE, early 1990's Info obtained from a fellow forum member who served in Panama at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 16, 2015 Share #453 Posted May 16, 2015 618TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 20TH ENGINEER BRIGADE After the unit was transferred from the 82ND ABN DIV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 16, 2015 Share #454 Posted May 16, 2015 1ST BATTALION, 7TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, 108TH ADA BDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 17, 2015 Share #455 Posted May 17, 2015 Another "forgotten one" the short lived 167TH SPT BN (ABN) (2005-2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
468abnarm Posted May 17, 2015 Share #456 Posted May 17, 2015 1ST BATTALION, 7TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, 108TH ADA BDE 0007ADA_1_FODM&SSICM.jpg As best as I can find no Airborne elements existed within the 108th ADA Bde. It is said Airborne Tab authorized simply because unit was assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps (not sure about that, but who knows). Don't think any AA elements either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 17, 2015 Share #457 Posted May 17, 2015 As best as I can find no Airborne elements existed within the 108th ADA Bde. It is said Airborne Tab authorized simply because unit was assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps (not sure about that, but who knows). Don't think any AA elements either. Agree...but the maroon beret was worn with this flash. Here's a few pictures I - 108TH ADA BDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 17, 2015 Share #458 Posted May 17, 2015 ; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 17, 2015 Share #459 Posted May 17, 2015 He does not wear an oval though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 17, 2015 Share #460 Posted May 17, 2015 Here's a beret from the 1/7TH ADA that was for sale online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 17, 2015 Share #461 Posted May 17, 2015 It must have been short-lived. Here's a more recent picture with black berets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 17, 2015 Share #462 Posted May 17, 2015 Bad picture taken in Bastogne, December 2004 - 2/44TH ADA wearing maroon berets, 101ST SSI, XVIII ABN CORPS flash. Although I remember seeing some guys with the 2/44 ADA ovals, they are not on this particular picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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468abnarm Posted May 17, 2015 Share #464 Posted May 17, 2015 Here are a couple of other "lesser known" separate Airborne units. As with all Separate Airborne units the Tab is not authorized but is more often seen than not, especially on the duty uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzemke Posted May 17, 2015 Share #465 Posted May 17, 2015 Another "forgotten one" the short lived 167TH SPT BN (ABN) (2005-2006) 0167SPT_FODM&SSICM_2005.jpg Ah yes, a blast from the past. Here is my beret from my time with that Battalion. I remember being asked by friends in other battalions why my flash was "pink" (the "crimson" border is supposed to represent Ordnance, by the way). It was reflagged as the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (ABN) in about late summer 2006, shortly before the unit deployed to Iraq. I could never figure out why the Army decided to bring back the 67th Ordnance Bn (always a non-divisional unit), rename it the 167th Support Bn, and assign it to an airborne brigade in Alaska. As for the name, the full title should have been "Brigade Support Battalion" or "BSB" based on the modular unit structure and doctrine being instituted at that time, but IIRC that was a big pet-peeve of the Battalion Commander and we always dropped the "Brigade" part, until the next guy came in and we had to update everything to include "Brigade". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 18, 2015 Share #466 Posted May 18, 2015 Ah yes, a blast from the past. Here is my beret from my time with that Battalion. I remember being asked by friends in other battalions why my flash was "pink" (the "crimson" border is supposed to represent Ordnance, by the way). It was reflagged as the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (ABN) in about late summer 2006, shortly before the unit deployed to Iraq. I could never figure out why the Army decided to bring back the 67th Ordnance Bn (always a non-divisional unit), rename it the 167th Support Bn, and assign it to an airborne brigade in Alaska. As for the name, the full title should have been "Brigade Support Battalion" or "BSB" based on the modular unit structure and doctrine being instituted at that time, but IIRC that was a big pet-peeve of the Battalion Commander and we always dropped the "Brigade" part, until the next guy came in and we had to update everything to include "Brigade". Very nice! I used the designation found on TIOH - http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=5004&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services They seen to have forgotten the Brigade term as well I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 18, 2015 Share #467 Posted May 18, 2015 Here are a couple of other "lesser known" separate Airborne units. As with all Separate Airborne units the Tab is not authorized but is more often seen than not, especially on the duty uniforms. >Thank you! I was not aware that the Depot guys wore the regular QM school F&O before that new one. One learns something new every day indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzemke Posted May 18, 2015 Share #468 Posted May 18, 2015 Very nice! I used the designation found on TIOH - http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=5004&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services They seen to have forgotten the Brigade term as well I guess. That's standard. It's very common these days for units to have a title on authorization documents that is not completely lined up with the terms used in current published doctrine. Many authorization documents still simply say "Support Battalion", but all the doctrine (and 99% of the operating force) use the phrase "Brigade Support Battalion". Similar issues exist with many of the other alphabete soup unit titles created under modularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted May 28, 2015 Share #469 Posted May 28, 2015 0044ADA2__FODM&SSISM_2004.jpg I knew I had a better picture somewhere...also taken in Bastogne in 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigma9r Posted May 31, 2015 Share #470 Posted May 31, 2015 sigma9r, here is a scan of a think sheet for the 6th SOSC. hope it helps This is great! Is it from a book or did you create this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
468abnarm Posted May 31, 2015 Share #471 Posted May 31, 2015 This is great! Is it from a book or did you create this? I made the "drawing" using art programs and clip art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigma9r Posted May 31, 2015 Share #472 Posted May 31, 2015 I made the "drawing" using art programs and clip art Thanks. The two pages you posted helped me a bunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
468abnarm Posted July 1, 2015 Share #473 Posted July 1, 2015 New F & O posted at IOH today - 527th QM DET Ft Hood Texas. Immediate parent unit unverified at this time but may be 504th BfSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 1, 2015 Share #474 Posted July 1, 2015 New F & O posted at IOH today - 527th QM DET Ft Hood Texas. Immediate parent unit unverified at this time but may be 504th BfSB Riggers??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
468abnarm Posted July 1, 2015 Share #475 Posted July 1, 2015 Riggers??? Yes. They were attached to Co C 2 / 38 Cav, 504th BfSB. However 2 / 38 cased it's colors on 4 June of this year so it is "assumed" that they went to HHC of 504th BfSB but not conformation on it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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