seanmc1114 Posted November 20, 2016 Share #2426 Posted November 20, 2016 7th Infantry Division 1980 - 1982 timeframe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted November 20, 2016 Share #2427 Posted November 20, 2016 full color cavalry patch. us-army-staff-sgt-derrik-browne-and-sgt-jason-andrade-from-1st-cavalry-EJK7E2.jpg I think it is a trick of the light that makes it look yellow. The one worn by the other soldier looks different. I'm pretty sure that it is a multicam color (I don't know the official Army color) version of the 1st CAV SSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 20, 2016 Share #2428 Posted November 20, 2016 I think it is a trick of the light that makes it look yellow. The one worn by the other soldier looks different. I'm pretty sure that it is a multicam color (I don't know the official Army color) version of the 1st CAV SSI. I seeing Yellow atb, can't account why full color one's would be worn in combat. But here's several photos of today Cav's Multi Cam patches in action, and they're more akin to the old OD types we used to wear back in the day, note too the Aussie Soldier in one photo, wearing not only a Cav combat patch but a ADU Cav badge on his Bush Hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 20, 2016 Share #2429 Posted November 20, 2016 And one more for the hell of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATCHRAT Posted November 20, 2016 Share #2430 Posted November 20, 2016 Not an SSI but still a good reference pic. California Military Academy (CMA) being worn on the pocket. Worn by a well known actor who was a member of the CANG from 1967 -1973. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATCHRAT Posted November 21, 2016 Share #2431 Posted November 21, 2016 I think it is a trick of the light that makes it look yellow. The one worn by the other soldier looks different. I'm pretty sure that it is a multicam color (I don't know the official Army color) version of the 1st CAV SSI. The" Multi cam" subdued patch official colors are Bagby Green, Black and Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted November 21, 2016 Share #2432 Posted November 21, 2016 I think it is a trick of the light that makes it look yellow. The one worn by the other soldier looks different. I'm pretty sure that it is a multicam color (I don't know the official Army color) version of the 1st CAV SSI. Yup, just look at the color of the shooter's boot, and the wrap on the stock of the rifle in the foreground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will m. Posted November 21, 2016 Share #2433 Posted November 21, 2016 Anyone notice his weapon.......can't keep a good "system" down. full color cavalry patch. us-army-staff-sgt-derrik-browne-and-sgt-jason-andrade-from-1st-cavalry-EJK7E2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 21, 2016 Share #2434 Posted November 21, 2016 Yup, just look at the color of the shooter's boot, and the wrap on the stock of the rifle in the foreground. That's quite a trick of light, I did try and find images of 1st Cav Div GIs with full color Cav patches n Multi Cams, but seen nothing, so I guess so, light distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted November 25, 2016 Share #2435 Posted November 25, 2016 The XVIII Airborne Corps SSI is not particularly rare but notice the soldier is wearing two U.S. collar discs and no nameplate and the posing of the photo makes it look like he is a basic trainee who wouldn't normally wear a SSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted December 2, 2016 Share #2436 Posted December 2, 2016 The old Engineer Amphibian Units SSI is now the SSI of the 1st Engineer Brigade http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=3324&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 2, 2016 Share #2437 Posted December 2, 2016 The old Engineer Amphibian Units SSI is now the SSI of the 1st Engineer Brigade http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=3324&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 4, 2016 Share #2438 Posted December 4, 2016 A new man sews on a Victory Division patch to one of his fatique shirts in West Germany sometime in late 1967. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 6, 2016 Share #2439 Posted December 6, 2016 VII Corps on Lighting Joe, the occasion is Teddy Roosevelt Jr memorial service in Normandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 6, 2016 Share #2440 Posted December 6, 2016 Click and Click again on image for enlarged view And another 1960s Recruiting Command patch sighting, this, an article from the November 1965 issue of Army information Digest. Once we see no Army tab worn, why! Perhaps these NCO like the one in the earlier post are from the HQ of the command??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted December 8, 2016 Share #2441 Posted December 8, 2016 Soldiers of the 326th Engineer Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division at Khe Sahn, probably around 1970 or 1971. Note the soldier on the left is wearing a field jacket with a 101st SSI, a couple of the others are wearing knit shirts and one is wearing a rain jacket as it could get very wet and cold in northern South Vietnam. It looks like they are sitting around a fire to keep warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 9, 2016 Share #2442 Posted December 9, 2016 The XI Corps in Japan, the Corps commander Charles Hall with his Aide, maybe Chief of Staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 9, 2016 Share #2443 Posted December 9, 2016 A Korean War era 123rd FA Bn, 44th Inf Div guy, probably Cadre, the 44th Inf Div post WW2 was allotted to the Illinois National Guard (in the 20s-30s early 40s, it was of the New York and New Jersey NG) and became a Training Division when it was federalized, like all NG Divisions federalized, the majority it's original people sent of as replacements Army wide, mostly to Japan and then on to Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 11, 2016 Share #2444 Posted December 11, 2016 Korean War Paratrooper, and Ranger qualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 11, 2016 Share #2445 Posted December 11, 2016 Soldiers of the 326th Engineer Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division at Khe Sahn, probably around 1970 or 1971. Note the soldier on the left is wearing a field jacket with a 101st SSI, a couple of the others are wearing knit shirts and one is wearing a rain jacket as it could get very wet and cold in northern South Vietnam. It looks like they are sitting around a fire to keep warm. This will be from February 1971, Lam Son 719, in support, elmts of the 101st Abn Div (AMBL) and 1st Bde 5th Inf Bde (M) reoccupies the old Khe Sahn base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 17, 2016 Share #2446 Posted December 17, 2016 That Iran Mission patch, a nice theater made number in cushioned bullion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogan Posted December 19, 2016 Share #2447 Posted December 19, 2016 98 pages already! This has become a vast thread. Allmost to the point where is a bit to much to function as a reference thing. For example I belief there must be some examples of double patches some where and they might have been posted by me. I think I remember a small explanation followed about the reason and function of doulble SSI patches. Something like moving from one division to the other, could someone enlighten me (again) up on that fenomenon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovmilinsig Posted December 19, 2016 Share #2448 Posted December 19, 2016 Great photos guys ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 19, 2016 Share #2449 Posted December 19, 2016 98 pages already! This has become a vast thread. Allmost to the point where is a bit to much to function as a reference thing. For example I belief there must be some examples of double patches some where and they might have been posted by me. I think I remember a small explanation followed about the reason and function of doulble SSI patches. Something like moving from one division to the other, could someone enlighten me (again) up on that fenomenon? Double patches, if you mean the same units shoulder patch is on on both shoulders, then this means the soldier served in combat with a certain division, and later finds himself in the same unit again down the line. Two examples of quite a few that have been posted around in various forums by other members and myself. In peacetime Master Sergeant Wallace E.Stump,Acting First Sergeant Co B 2nd Battle Group 9th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Benning Georgia 1959. Here Stump served in either WWII or the Korean Conflict in the 2nd Infantry Division, in 1959 he's once again assigned to his old unit, and decids to wear this patch as his combat patch. In wartime A GI of the 1st Cavalry Division, in this example we see the one on the left with a 1st Cav Div combat patch on, he is currently serving in the Cav, so he must of served a earlier tour in the Cav and returned to Vietnam where he once again is serving n the Cav. This photo I believe is from late 1967 or maybe early 1968, then this GI would have served in the Cav 1965-66 on that first tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogan Posted December 19, 2016 Share #2450 Posted December 19, 2016 Sorry Patches, for not making myself clear. I wasn't aware of the possibility to have the same SSI twise om a uniform. So what I did mean is two different patches during WW2 of two different armored divisions for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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