Item Tag: US Army

GENUINE US MILITARY, US ARMY ISSUE / SURPLUS JRTC OPS GRP UNIT SHOULDER PATCH, SEW-ON TYPE VINTAGE SUBDUED NOMENCLATURE: SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA BRANCH: US ARMY INSIGNIA TYPE: SHOULDER, UNIT PATCH MOUNTING TYPE: SEW-ON UNIT: HQ JOINT READINESS TRAINING CENTER OPERATIONS GROUP ALPHA UNIT UNIT TYPE: TRAINING, AIRBORNE LOCATION of UNIT: FT FORT POLK LOUISIANA LA FORMER LOCATION: FORT FT CHAFFE ARKANSAS AR NSN: 8455-01-468-0303 or SIMILAR CONCEPTION SOURCE: ARMY INSTITUTE OF HERALDRY ORIGINAL DESIGN COLOR: OLIVE DRAB, BLACK FOR WEAR ON UNIFORM: BATTLE DRESS UNIFORM, BDU MATERIAL TYPE: EMBROIDERED AND SUBDUED CONDITION: NEW, NEW OLD STOCK CONDITION ABOUT US ARMY JOINT READINESS TRAINING CENTER: IN 1993, THE JOINT READINESS TRAINING CENTER MOVED FROM FORT CHAFFEE, ARKANSAS, TO FORT POLK, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE POST WAS CALLED ON TO PREPARE SOLDIERS FOR CONFLICT. EACH YEAR, JRTC TYPICALLY CONDUCTS SEVERAL ROTATIONS FOR UNITS ABOUT TO DEPLOY. DURING THE 1990S, FORT POLK-BASED SOLDIERS DEPLOYED TO HAITI, SOUTHWEST ASIA, SURINAME, PANAMA, BOSNIA, AND OTHER LOCATIONS. WEATHER SUPPORT FOR THE EXERCISE IS COMPLETED BY THE UNITS PARTICIPATING IN THE EXERCISE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 26TH OPERATIONAL WEATHER SQUADRON. DEFINITION OF SHOULDER INSIGNIA: AN INSIGNIA TO BE AFFIXED ON THE UPPER EXTREMITY OF THE SLEEVE TO INDICATE AN ORGANIZATION, THEATER OF OPERATION, FORCE ABOUT US ARMY SHOULDER INSIGNIA: A SHOULDER PATCH, TECHNICALLY CALLED SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA (or SSI), IS AN EMBROIDERED PATCH WORN ON SOME UNIFORMS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. IT IS USED BY MAJOR FORMATIONS OF THE US ARMY, USUALLY BRIGADE OR DIVISION LEVEL BUT OCCASIONALLY BATALLION, AS IS THE CASE WITH RANGE UNITS. EACH FORMATION OR UNIT, WHEN DESIGNATED, HAS A UNIQUE PATCH. THE US ARMY IS UNIQUE AMONG THE OTHER BRANCHES OF US ARMED FORCES IN THAT ALL SOLDIERS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR THE PATCH OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS AS PART OF THEIR MILITARY UNIFORMS. SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA RECEIVE THEIR NAME FROM THE FACT THAT THEY ARE MOST COMMONLY WORN ON THE UPPER LEFT SLEEVE OF THE ARMY DUTY or COMBAT UNIFORM. SSI ARE SOMETIMES PLACED ON OTHER LOCATIONS, LIKE ON THE SIDE OF A COMBAT HELMET COVER TO FURTHER IDENTIFY A SOLDIER’S UNIT AFFILIATION. SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA WORN ON THE UPPER RIGHT SLEEVE OF AN ARMY UNIFORM DENOTES FORMER WARTIME OR COMBAT SERVICE. SUBDUED SSI: THE SUBDUED VERSION OF THE SSI CREATED WAS FOR THE BATTLE DRESS UNIFORM (BDU) ISSUED TO SOLDIERS FROM THE LATE 1970’s THROUGH THE EARLY to MID 2000’s. SUBDUED INSIGNIA PATCHES ARE PRIMARILY OLIVE DRAB GREEN, DARK BROWN AND BLACK, TO MATCH THE WOODLAND CAMOUFLAGE BDU UNIFORM. THERE IS ALSO A SUBDUED VERSION CREATED FOR THE DESERT CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORM (DCU) AND IT IS PRIMARILY TAN AND “SPICE” BROWN, TO MATCH THE DCU UNIFORM’S DESIGN.