VolunteerArmoury Posted April 27, 2014 Share #1301 Posted April 27, 2014 She is in a unit on airborne status. She is also airborne, but that does not neccesarily mean you wear the maroon beret. A soldier has to be in an airborne designated unit, too. We can be in an Airborne unit & not been jump qualified. I was with XVIIIth Abn Corps & was a leg. I was with them in Iraq so never wore a beret for them. When medevaced I was to wear my most recent SSI prior to being medevaced which actually was odd since everyone at Corps wore USF-I (formerly MNF-I) then went OND ended they had me swap to the actual command of USF-I & directed the organizational beret. Before I got one all broken soldiers were to wear PCs so I still didn't have to. Even the SF guys had to quit wearing their beret which was interesting. Some obliged some did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted April 30, 2014 Share #1302 Posted April 30, 2014 Maroon Beret = Airborne Unit Headgear Green Beret = Individual Award Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 2, 2014 Share #1303 Posted May 2, 2014 Nice Cold War shot of the Transportation Center & School SSI worn on a fatigue uniform by a Captain at Fort Eustis, VA circa 1965. Notice he is wearing pin-on rank and collar insignia. Also note on his Ridgeway cap he wears jump wings below his rank insignia, the opposite of how I have typically seen it worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 2, 2014 Share #1304 Posted May 2, 2014 Col. George S. Patton, son of the famous general, wearing a subdued and possible theater made 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment SSI in Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted May 2, 2014 Share #1305 Posted May 2, 2014 Nice pic of G.S. Patton, Jr.I'm loving that CAR-15.Look's bad rump like the old man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted May 3, 2014 Share #1306 Posted May 3, 2014 Just found this,thought it was pretty cool to see a "PX" type piece on a flight jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 3, 2014 Share #1307 Posted May 3, 2014 Nice pic of G.S. Patton, Jr.I'm loving that CAR-15.Look's bad rump like the old man. Bad Rump? or did you mean Bad A.S.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted May 3, 2014 Share #1308 Posted May 3, 2014 Bad Rump? or did you mean Bad A.S.S. That's too funny.I missed that.I thought I put in the A**.Did the site change it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 8, 2014 Share #1309 Posted May 8, 2014 We've seen the 3rd Armored Division before, but I just love the look of all of the insignia on this khaki uniform. Also note that the bottom of the SSI appears to be coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 8, 2014 Share #1310 Posted May 8, 2014 Need help with this one. Special Operations? Special Forces? Theater command? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 8, 2014 Share #1311 Posted May 8, 2014 Engineer Command Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted May 8, 2014 Share #1312 Posted May 8, 2014 Hopefully this picture will come out. These are members of the 1st Bn, 30th FA on Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands in 1943. They are wearing Task Force KISKA pathes on there right sleeves. Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC Posted May 9, 2014 Share #1313 Posted May 9, 2014 Need help with this one. Special Operations? Special Forces? Theater command? Strategic CMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 9, 2014 Share #1314 Posted May 9, 2014 Need help with this one. Special Operations? Special Forces? Theater command? Thanks for the info, SFC. I do recall looking at that one on the Institute Of Heraldry website, http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=11275&CategoryId=6641&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services, but interestingly, it does not show a SSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 9, 2014 Share #1315 Posted May 9, 2014 Three views of the full color 7th Division combat patch (Korean War) worn by Lt Col Hal Moore at the Battle of LZ X-Ray, he does mention wearing an HBT shirt (M1947) during the operation in the book. In this we see the tack button stud of the HBT shirt. A frontal view, it's curious that he removes the Cav patch (note the ghosting, though the ghosting could be the 2nd Div patch he wore prior to sewing on the Cav patch which are nearly the same size, or a combination of both Indianhead and Horse Blacket patches) but kept on his 7th Div combat patch on, one would of thought he would of removed both, anyway good views here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted May 10, 2014 Share #1316 Posted May 10, 2014 Strategic CMD Thanks for the info, SFC. I do recall looking at that one on the Institute Of Heraldry website, http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=11275&CategoryId=6641&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services, but interestingly, it does not show a SSI. Here is the SSI being worn by outgoing C.G. of U.S. Army Element, Strategic Command, upon his retirement last June (link here): and here is the D.I. as worn by the "Senior Enlisted Leader" of USSTRATCOM (link here): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 11, 2014 Share #1317 Posted May 11, 2014 Two recent photos of full color 3rd Infantry Division patches being worn on filed uniforms. Also notice a couple of the tankers in the second picture are also wearing the 3rd ID SSI as a combat patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted May 11, 2014 Share #1318 Posted May 11, 2014 I believe that full color SSI may be worn on work and combat uniforms while in a garrison situation at a commander's discretion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 12, 2014 Share #1319 Posted May 12, 2014 I believe that full color SSI may be worn on work and combat uniforms while in a garrison situation at a commander's discretion. That's a fabulous idea, must be extremely popular, kinda like in days of yore when we would wear our Class As or Khakis for paydays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 13, 2014 Share #1320 Posted May 13, 2014 Major General Sidney Berry, commander of the 101st Airborne Division from 1973-1974, wearing a full color 101st SSI underneath a subdued Ranger tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share #1321 Posted May 13, 2014 I believe that full color SSI may be worn on work and combat uniforms while in a garrison situation at a commander's discretion. For us patch collectors, we had better hope that garrison patches become mandatory at home bases. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootsandbooks Posted May 14, 2014 Share #1322 Posted May 14, 2014 Studio Photo: Family Member - WWI - 360th Infantry, 90th Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 14, 2014 Share #1323 Posted May 14, 2014 For us patch collectors, we had better hope that garrison patches become mandatory at home bases. -Ski I was just in one of the military supply stores just outside Fort Benning on Saturday and they still carried a full line of full color, BDU subdued, desert subdued and ACU SSI as well as ranks and skill badges. And the prices were not that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 18, 2014 Share #1324 Posted May 18, 2014 A WWII period GI of the Greenland Base Command date unknown, must be nice and cozy inside as he it in shirt and tie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 22, 2014 Share #1325 Posted May 22, 2014 70s/early 80s version of the 1st Battalion (Ranger) 75th Infantry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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