Requesting Help in Identifying Patch: Maneuver Center of Excellence

[Beaucoup VC]

Trying to identify this guy's unit. This is the best image I could pull from the original. I'm sorry it's blurry. Even with a semi-helpful caption which accompanied this photo, I can't find any info. Possibly a US Army armored division?

 

 

Pic was taken April 15-16, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan after a Taliban assault

 

 

 

 

 

[Johnny Signor]

Too blurry to be able to see any real detail, if you can repost a clearer image we may be able to help .......

[BILL THE PATCH]

It says MP above, anyway that can help. Who knows what MP units were there

 

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[468abnarm]

Believe that is type 2 for the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning

[468abnarm]

Should have posted these with the original reply - sorry

 

 

[tredhed2]

I believe that's "Excellence". Have never seen it spelled that way before!

[468abnarm]

I believe that's "Excellence". Have never seen it spelled that way before!

Your right - Forgive me, I'm just a dumb Kansas "flat lander"

[468abnarm]

Revised Graphic - sorry about that!

 

 

[Patchcollector]

Would this patch have been worn while in Afghanistan?

[firefighter]

Looks like it is worn at Ft Benning.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Benning

[rd12]

Would this patch have been worn while in Afghanistan?

 

Possibly. For example, if an MP Company from Ft. Benning was sent to Afghanistan they could have worn their duty station patch. Normally though I would think you would wear the SSI of whatever command you were attached to. MP units have rotated through on a piecemeal basis to help train Afghan police among other things.

 

Where did the picture come from? Any footnotes?

 

[Beaucoup VC]

Believe that is type 2 for the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning

 

 

I believe that's "Excellence". Have never seen it spelled that way before!

 

Thank you, guys! I really appreciate it.

 

 

Possibly. For example, if an MP Company from Ft. Benning was sent to Afghanistan they could have worn their duty station patch. Normally though I would think you would wear the SSI of whatever command you were attached to. MP units have rotated through on a piecemeal basis to help train Afghan police among other things.

 

Where did the picture come from? Any footnotes?

 

 

Sure thing. I found it:

 

CAUTION, NWS. Image shows intact, slain enemy combatant body. Sorry if this violates any rules. Posted for reference and educational reasons only.

 

http://javiermanzano.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/ARCHIVE-I-Afghanistan/G0000TKguOgbLdWM/I0000UdV.6wW8K58/C0000Pa6aHYct_zQ

[vzemke]

The Army does a lot of weird things with shoulder patches these days. Another possibility, other than an entire MP unit from Fort Benning, is that the soldier shown in this photo is stationed at the Maneuver Center of Excellence but currently filling what is referred to as a WIAS tasking (Worldwide Individual Augmentation System). That is basically when the Army takes individual Soldiers from units that are not deploying and sends them to fill positions in overseas (usually combat zone, but not always) organizations. For the last several years a large number of WIAS taskings have been to Security Force Assistance Teams. It is very possible the guy in the photo is a member of such an organization. Sometimes these troops wear the patch of the unit they are with, sometimes they wear the patch of the unit they came from (which they are often still technically assigned to). I have a friend who deployed on a WIAS tasking from the Sustainment Center of Excellence, and that was the patch he wore on his multi-cams for the first part of his deployment.

[Patchcollector]

 

 

 

Thank you, guys! I really appreciate it.

 

 

Sure thing. I found it:

 

CAUTION, NWS. Image shows intact, slain enemy combatant body. Sorry if this violates any rules. Posted for reference and educational reasons only.

 

http://javiermanzano.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/ARCHIVE-I-Afghanistan/G0000TKguOgbLdWM/I0000UdV.6wW8K58/C0000Pa6aHYct_zQ

 

Great!Thanks for the link!