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

[easterneagle87]

[Rhscott]

51 minutes ago, easterneagle87 said:

Generals are good about creating more general officer commands. Rare any go away, they just usually get renamed.

[seanmc1114]

Here is the new SSI approved for the U.S. Army Recruiting Command by the Institute Of Heraldry on 7 August 2025. The old Recruiting Command SSI has been redesignated for the new U.S. Army Recruiting Division which now falls under the Recruiting Command. Makes sense, huh? 

[Rhscott]

On 12/13/2025 at 10:26 AM, seanmc1114 said:

Here is the new SSI approved for the U.S. Army Recruiting Command by the Institute Of Heraldry on 7 August 2025. The old Recruiting Command SSI has been redesignated for the new U.S. Army Recruiting Division which now falls under the Recruiting Command. Makes sense, huh? 

This is the Deputy commander; the commander is a LTG.  Recruiting Div itself has its own General Officer commander and CSM.  The top just gets bigger.

[Ranger-1972]

17 hours ago, Rhscott said:

This is the Deputy commander; the commander is a LTG.  Recruiting Div itself has its own General Officer commander and CSM.  The top just gets bigger.

 

The earlier version US Army Recruiting Command was a 2-star command, with a 1-star deputy for those recruiting brigades east of the Mississippi and another 1-star deputy for those recruiting brigades west of the Mississippi.  In addition, there was a separate US Army Cadet Command, and initial entry training fell under what was then TRADOC. Each of those organizations had their own generals in commander / deputy commander positions (US Army Cadet Command, for example, had a 2-star CG and a 1-star DCG; TRADOC's DCG for Initial Military Training / CG for the Center for Initial Military Training was also a 2-star).

 

The current USAREC’s realignment consolidates all phases of becoming an enlisted Soldier, warrant officer, or commissioned officer under a single command. USAREC now oversees the entire process, from initial marketing and recruitment through initial entry training, transforming civilian applicants into qualified U.S. Army warriors. In addition to the Center for Initial Military Training, USAREC oversees the U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, U.S. Army Reserve 80th Training Command, U.S. Army Recruiting Division, U.S. Army Cadet Command, and the Army Enterprise Marketing Office.

 

USAREC now falls under the new US Army Transformation and Training Command:

 

- United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC)

• United States Army Recruiting Division
• Army Enterprise Marketing Office
• United States Army Cadet Command
  • Senior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (college and university)
  • Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (high school)
• Center for Initial Military Training
  • United States Army Basic Training
  • United States Army Drill Sergeant Academy
  • Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F)
• 80th Division (United States)
• United States Army Training Command

Seems there are now fewer general officers, not more.

 

 

[Rhscott]

17 hours ago, Ranger-1972 said:

 

The earlier version US Army Recruiting Command was a 2-star command, with a 1-star deputy for those recruiting brigades east of the Mississippi and another 1-star deputy for those recruiting brigades west of the Mississippi.  In addition, there was a separate US Army Cadet Command, and initial entry training fell under what was then TRADOC. Each of those organizations had their own generals in commander / deputy commander positions (US Army Cadet Command, for example, had a 2-star CG and a 1-star DCG; TRADOC's DCG for Initial Military Training / CG for the Center for Initial Military Training was also a 2-star).

 

The current USAREC’s realignment consolidates all phases of becoming an enlisted Soldier, warrant officer, or commissioned officer under a single command. USAREC now oversees the entire process, from initial marketing and recruitment through initial entry training, transforming civilian applicants into qualified U.S. Army warriors. In addition to the Center for Initial Military Training, USAREC oversees the U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson, U.S. Army Reserve 80th Training Command, U.S. Army Recruiting Division, U.S. Army Cadet Command, and the Army Enterprise Marketing Office.

 

USAREC now falls under the new US Army Transformation and Training Command:

 

- United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC)

• United States Army Recruiting Division
• Army Enterprise Marketing Office
• United States Army Cadet Command
  • Senior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (college and university)
  • Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (high school)
• Center for Initial Military Training
  • United States Army Basic Training
  • United States Army Drill Sergeant Academy
  • Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F)
• 80th Division (United States)
• United States Army Training Command

Seems there are now fewer general officers, not more.

 

 

If so, then good.

[JrBfloNY]

My favorite patch.

[easterneagle87]

Recent ceremony of 172 newly-graduated Special Forces Soldiers proudly donned their #greenberets for the first time during a graduation and Regimental First Formation at the Crown Arena in Fayetteville. These two are former Devil Dogs. First with 1st MAR DIV (sorry for the blurry shot, was trying to stop the video in the right spot) and next with the 2nd MAR DIV.

 

 

[easterneagle87]

WW1 US Ambulance Service SSI on Pvt. Nicholas A. Sehut. The read is a little long, but interesting. 

 

WWI RPPC of Private Nicholas A. Schulz, the First Kenoshan to Receive the Croix de Guerre - U.S.A.A.S. Section 544

 

"Kenosha is proud of her first Croix de Guerre. She is prouder of the young hero whose brave deeds were worthy of such recognition. She had something more to add to her glories and the name of Nicholas Schutz will be remembered long after this war has ceased."

 

This is a great RPPC (Real Photo Post Card) of Private Nicholas Anthony Schutz, Section 544, United States Army Ambulance Service, the first soldier of Kenosha, Wisconsin to be awarded the Croix de Guerre. He first received the decoration on June 9th, 1918 and was cited again in July, 1918. His citation reads:

"The General Puyperoux, commanding officer of the 3rd Colonial Infantry Division, gives the following citation to the order of the division:

Pvt. Nicholas A. Sehutz, No. 8434

During the fire at a poste de secours, caused by the enemy's shell-fire, has greatly co-operated with courage and sang-froid, to save the sanitary material and furniture of the inhabitants.

Le General Puyperoux,

Commandant La Srd D. I. C.,

General Puyperoux."

 

He was awarded the Croix de Guerre a second time in July 1918 for crossing the firing line in an effort to rescue wounded men during the Champagne-Marne Offensive.

"The story behind the Croix de Guerre which recently reached the North Side home is one of the most interesting war experiences which has happened to any Kenoshan.

Early in the war Nicholas Schutz volunteered and entered the in Ambulance Corps outfit with which he has been serving almost two years in France. His chance to win glory eame beac in July of 1919 in the opening of the tick drive which finally closed the war.

 

The Germans in their manner of carrying on war had fired on a hospital set up behind the lines in France. Schutz was in the Ambulance Corps men who were assigned to the rescue work and he dared danger to carry the soldiers from the hospital in spite of the fire from the enemy guns. Several days later he was notified by the French government that his bravery had been recognized and that a cross would be awarded to him in the near future. Private Schutz was also cited for bravery at another time for crossing the firing line in an effort to rescue the wounded after one of the battles in July on the western front."

 

A front page newspaper article published on July 3rd, 1918 reads:

"The citation explains the entire situation. Nick evidently plunged into a burning aid station which had been fired by the shells of the boche and without thought of self danger, displayed that indomitable courage and sang-froid (a good French expression for downright Yankee cool-headedness) that is characteristic of our young Americans and saved the furniture and sanitary materials from the fames. The fact that he was cited for courage and coolness verifies the suggestion that he was in immediate peril.

Schutz was decorated on June 9th by General Puyperoux, commander of third division of the Colonial Infantry.

 

Kenosha's hero enlisted in the Ambulance Corps on June 2nd, 1917. He was trained in Allentown, Pa., und sailed for France the following January. Since then he has seen active service on the French front in the Sanitation Service Unit 544 and while in that division had the opportunity of giving the service that was deserving of honors. As a result he has a souvenir that will mean much in the family history. It will inean in the years to come that one member of that family was recognized for valor in the great world war, that he was recognized by a country to whom we owe our greatest debt. Schutz has helped Kenosha pay her part of the debt to the countrymen of Lafayette.

Kenosha is proud of her first Croix de Guerre. She is prouder of the young hero whose brave deeds were worthy of such recognition. She had something more to add to her glories and the name of Nicholas Schutz will be remembered long after this war has ceased.

 

It is interesting to know that that the first Kenoshan to win the Croix do Guerre is the grandson of a woman who was born and raised in Germany. And the fact that he has been decorated is proof in itself that in France as in this country there is no prejudice where there is loyalty."

 

Nicholas was born in Kenosha on March 30th, 1896. He was abnormally tall for the era, standing at 6' 1/2". He left for France on January 9th, 1918. He served with the French Army and returned on May 23rd, 1919. He joined the U.S. Postal Service shortly upon returning on July 9th, 1919. His father and brother were convicted of illegal transportation of liquor during Prohibition. Nicholas retired from the USPS after 34 years in 1953. He spent his life in Kenosha, passing away on December 4th, 1980 at the age of 84.

 

The source of the photo is FM Mil Collectors DoND

[atb]

On 12/23/2025 at 10:35 PM, easterneagle87 said:

Recent ceremony of 172 newly-graduated Special Forces Soldiers proudly donned their #greenberets for the first time during a graduation and Regimental First Formation at the Crown Arena in Fayetteville. These two are former Devil Dogs. First with 1st MAR DIV (sorry for the blurry shot, was trying to stop the video in the right spot) and next with the 2nd MAR DIV.

 

 

More than likely not former Marines, but Soldiers whose units were attached to USMC organizations in Iraq. The US Army Institute of Heraldry website shows which USMC SSI are permitted to be worn by authorized Soldiers as "combat patches." While it's been done, former Marines are not supposed to wear the old USMC SSI. 

[mysteriousoozlefinch]

Photos from 1/172nd Cavalry's 2022 turn in Kosovo.

 

86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) with the KFOR RC-East shoulder patch/flag.

 

KFOR Liaison-Monitoring Team patch on the right shoulder.

 

KFOR RC-East Non-Kinetic Battalion patch on the right shoulder.

[seanmc1114]

Armored Forces SSI with AIRBORNE tab, worn by a member of the 151st Airborne Tank Company.

 

PVT Albert Beauchene was KIA during the Battle of the Bulge on January 4, 1945 in Belgium, he was 31 years old….

Albert Joseph Beauchene was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada on March 25, 1913 to Napoleon & Athalie Beauchene, he had at least nine siblings. At some point their parents immigrated to Washington state with the children.

He enlisted in the Army and was serving in the 50th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division, when he was Killed in Action during the Battle of the Bulge on January 4, 1945 in Belgium.

PVT Albert Beauchene is buried at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium - Plot E Row 13 Grave 60. 

[easterneagle87]

Vinyl record store that had a couple boxes of nick nacks. I got a couple of patches and this photo of a returning WW1 doughboy PVT with 3rd Army SSI and wound chevron.  

 

[atb]

Wound Chevron? I see the Third Army SSI, an Honorable Discharge Chevron, and a Service Chevron, but can't see if there is a rank, or Wound Chevron is on his right arm.

[easterneagle87]

5 hours ago, atb said:

Wound Chevron? I see the Third Army SSI, an Honorable Discharge Chevron, and a Service Chevron, but can't see if there is a rank, or Wound Chevron is on his right arm.

 

My bad, Honorable Discharge Chevron , lower left sleeve. Appreciate the clarification. Is it possible his name is ?? Kensal?

[atb]

2 hours ago, easterneagle87 said:

 

My bad, Honorable Discharge Chevron , lower left sleeve. Appreciate the clarification. Is it possible his name is ?? Kensal?

Kensal is what read, too.  A place, maybe, rather than a name.

[mysteriousoozlefinch]

Kensal's a small town in North Dakota.

[easterneagle87]

4 hours ago, mysteriousoozlefinch said:

Kensal's a small town in North Dakota.

 

I do believe, not that it identified, the last line reads ... In Kensal. Too bad there is not a name on the back of the photo. 

[patches]

On 9/12/2014 at 11:20 AM, patches said:

The Big Red One arrives in Stuttgart from Riley for Reforger II October 1970, love that Grosse Bier krug, can't make out the brand of beer it is though, maybe I'll PM Lars or one of the other guys from Germany to see if they recognizes the brand

 

 

Here's one more from this Airport, Stuttgart, though it might be Stuttgart Army Airfield, as the Air Force does not have an Air base in Stuttgart with Big Red One GIs getting gifts REFORGER 1970

[seanmc1114]

General Mark Clark wearing the SSI of the Fifth Army in Algeria while inspecting the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division sometime after the 504th's arrival in North Africa in May 1943 and before its combat debut in Sicily in July 1943. 

[seanmc1114]

Major General Robert H. Wienecke, commanding general of the 2nd Infantry Division, from the unit's 1959 yearbook.

[mysteriousoozlefinch]

Small size, Staff Sgt. Patrick Abrams and Spc. Joshua V. Huestis from C/2/108th Infantry removing mortar rounds cached in a riverbank near Samara in 2004.  Both wearing the 27th Infantry Brigade patch.

 

[patches]

24th Div Early May 1951 a trio of Os, the Skipper and two of his Platoon Leaders no doubt, no ids on men or sub unit unfortunately.

[patches]

The old Rainbow Division strikes up the band.

[patches]

194th Armored Brigade (Sep) Fort Knox Kentucky 1973.