The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, ...

Eligibility for the patch "does not authorize pay entitlements such as hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, or combat zone ...

George and Army G-1 Lt. Gen. Brian Eifler are to be commended for both the unprecedented administrative speed and pragmatic ...

The patches often (not always) make fun of a depressing, boring, or otherwise specific part of the job. These patches have been around since the military began to wear patches.

Soldiers who deployed in 14 countries between October 2023 and June 2025 are eligible to wear the patches on their uniform ...

As part of the new addition in the Field Artillery Museum there is a panel of the shoulder sleeve insignias of all of the armies, the corps's, and the divisions. Subsequent smaller panels show ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army has authorized the wearing of the combat patch -- officially known as the "shoulder sleeve insignia for former wartime service" -- for Soldiers who have been deployed ...

Soldiers who deployed to 14 countries in Africa and the Middle East between October 2023 and June 2025 are now authorized to wear combat patches, according to a policy released last week.

HELEN “PATCHES” MUSGROVE, 69, a Vietnam War correspondent and registered nurse who ran a shelter for Chinese refugees, died Tuesday of pneumonia after suffering a stroke. Musgrove worked as a ...

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, the Army again needs to find itself after our nation’s longest and most fraught war in Afghanistan.