Patches in action: Photos of SSI being worn by the troops.

[Rhscott]

On 10/2/2025 at 3:18 PM, seanmc1114 said:

2nd Infantry Division SSI worn by a South Korean soldier in 1975 at the change of command ceremony for the 1st Battalion 23rd Infantry. 

 

In the first photo, on the left is LTC Carmen J. Cavezza (assuming command) while in the center is LTC Howard W Clark (relinquishing command).

Sharp looking group

[Haze99]

September 17, 2025

20 Army Reserve soldiers assigned to Detachment 38, 335th Signal Command, were honored during a departure ceremony as they prepared for a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. During their deployment, Detachment 38 will provide IT support to the theater of operations and maintain the network, a critical role in ongoing military missions. 

Full color 335th SC SSI worn for ceremony. 

[Haze99]

Army Staff Sgt. Dakota Navrath reports to the board president. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Yeadon

30th Med Bde SSI

[JerseyDevil117]

This was a rare find, 50th armored division LRS NJ NG. This mightve been the first time an airborne tab was worn over an armored triangle patch since WW2. 

[seanmc1114]

Drill instructors of the U.S. Army School Of Music. They are wearing the Sustainment Center Of Excellence SSI even though the School Of Music has its own approved SSI. The DI in the first photo is wearing the DUI of the School Of Music.

[patches]

Wounded and captured, the Thunderbirds, captured at Anzio.

[seanmc1114]

Tab for the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force Land (LAND) worn with a 3rd Support Command SSI. The SSI was approved for the 3rd Logistical Command in 1952, redesignated for the 3rd Support Command in 1974 and again redesignated for the 3rd Sustainment Command in 2007.

 

The soldier is also wearing the pocket badge for NATO’s Allied Mobile Force (AMF) Allied Command Europe (ACE).

 

According to wikipedia, the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (AMF) was a small NATO quick reaction force, headquartered at Heidelberg, Germany, active from 1960 to 2002. It formed part of Allied Command Europe (ACE), headquartered at SHAPE at Casteau, Belgium. The land component of the force, consisting of a brigade-sized formation of about 5,000 personnel, was composed of units from 14 NATO states.

[seanmc1114]

Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient Stephen Edward Karopczyc wearing a RANGER tab and 25th Infantry Division SSI presumably before his deployment to Vietnam.

[seanmc1114]

3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment a/k/a 3rd Ranger Battalion - mid-1980s.

[seanmc1114]

Seventh Army SSI worn by an Ordnance Corps sergeant of the 1st Battalion 4th Infantry early 1990s in Germany.

[seanmc1114]

First Sergeant Joseph Dye of the 1st Infantry Division Long Range Surveillance Detachment in the 50's wearing the 1st ID SSI with RANGER and AIRBORNE tabs.

[seanmc1114]

Members of the Long Range Surveillance Detachment (Airborne), 110th Military Intelligence Battalion wearing RANGER and AIRBORNE tabs with their 10th Mountain Division SSI

 

[seanmc1114]

Member of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Bliss with his new Bride at an USO Club in El Paso, Texas - 1942

 

LIFE Magazine Archives - Eliot Elisofon Photographer

[seanmc1114]

First style Quartermaster Center and School

[seanmc1114]

Soldier on the right is a member of Company B 1st Battalion 50th Infantry (M). He is wearing the I Field Force Vietnam, Vietnam SSI while the unit is attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade - 1968. The soldier on the the soldier on the left wearing the Technical and Administrative Services (formerly Army Services Force) SSI is probably a member of the Department of Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO) team that took the photograph.

[patches]

On 10/30/2025 at 2:58 PM, seanmc1114 said:

First Sergeant Joseph Dye of the 1st Infantry Division Long Range Surveillance Detachment in the 50's wearing the 1st ID SSI with RANGER and AIRBORNE tabs.

These troops are of the 6th Ranger Company , sys assigned to 7th Army in Germany, but as e see it was evidently attached the the Big Red One and wore their shoulder patch.

 

https://arsof-history.org/articles/v10n1_6th_ranger_page_1.html

[seanmc1114]

Staff Sergeant Jon R. Cavaiani wearing the Sixth Army SSI with gold on black AIRBORNE tab and 1st Special Forces DUI's while being presented with the Medal Of Honor by President Ford in 1974. Fellow MOH recipient Chief Warrant Officer Two Louis R. Rocco is seen in the second picture wearing the Military Assistance Command Vietnam SSI with AIRBORNE tab as his combat patch during the same ceremony.

[seanmc1114]

Army Reserve Medical Command. Note he has thirteen service stripes. He served from 1972 to 2012. 

[seanmc1114]

One piece Recruiting Command with RANGER and SAPPER tabs.

[seanmc1114]

[seanmc1114]

Command team of the 2nd Battalion 19th Infantry, a basic training and advance individual training unit assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning, Georgia. But notice that the commanding officer is wearing the Maneuver Center Of Excellence SSI while the Command Sergeant Major is wearing the 198th Infantry Brigade SSI even though both photos were taken in front of the same flags apparently at the same time (wrinkles on the flags look the same).  

[easterneagle87]

From Panzer Archeology: A US soldier stands by a Jagdtiger that was knocked out in the woods of Offensen, Germany, by a Sherman tank of the 750th Battalion, working with the 104th Infantry Division, 1st U.S. Army. He appears to be comparing his .45 pistol with the 128 mm gun of the Jagdtiger

 

 

[Rhscott]

On 11/24/2025 at 8:45 AM, seanmc1114 said:

Army Reserve Medical Command. Note he has thirteen service stripes. He served from 1972 to 2012. 

What?? At least 39-40 years of service till 2012 and only a Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (1st award)?  No GWOT service of any kind?  I just dont understand how he avoided any mobilization (CONUS or OCONUS) in 40 years of service.

[Ranger-1972]

On 11/28/2025 at 8:05 PM, Rhscott said:

What?? At least 39-40 years of service till 2012 and only a Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (1st award)?  No GWOT service of any kind?  I just dont understand how he avoided any mobilization (CONUS or OCONUS) in 40 years of service.

With nearly 30 years of service under his belt by the time 9/11 happened, it could well be that he was in a senior enough position and was serving in a HQ element that was never mobilized. A lot of Reserve / NG units were called up ... but a lot were not.  https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/res-ng-callup.htm

[Haze99]

LTG Hodne wearing the new T2COM SSI