I worked with various military members for 35 years from all services and I can tell you most of them never see any action. The most they experience is eye strain and shoulder aches from sitting at a computer all day. Believe it or not, I actually saw an official patch called Power Point Ranger.
“Official Patch” is a bit Of a misnomer. I have plenty on my old kit that are humorous and were created within units but are not “official.”
I’ve seen one on a uniform.
Here are two patches for units I served with. Unofficial, but often on shoulders in a combat zone. Sardonic humor to stay sane in an insane environment…
Yes. Being authorized for wear isn’t the same as an “official” patch. Pilots in particular wear some crazy patches on their flight suits. as a Public Affairs Officer I had to do rep mgmt clean-up on numerous occasions due to wear of unofficial parches. “PPT Warrior” is mundane a mild example. :)
Ugh. Thumbs, character limits, & no spell check are killin’ me here. :)
I feel your pain. Wish I could go back and edit my typos and poor grammar.
The day I had to respond to a media query about some grunts wearing patches with lightning “SS” patches was no fun at all. On the uniform. Not at all official.
Hopefully a stop was put to that behavior.
Ah, man. I said patches patches. *sigh*
Yes. Accountability was achieved.
Yeah I put stupid shit on my uniform too, didn't make it official.
