I am no expert, but see a gentleman wearing an acu uni with a 1st Cav patch on his left shoulder, and a 10th Mountain patch on his right shoulder.
Something is not quite right here?

Like you, I'm no expert, but I believe that would mean he had a combat deployment with the 10th Mountain but is currently with the 1st Cav. I know this is acceptable in ACUs and assume it is in Bs as well, but I don't know.

That is one place where I am wrong for sure, he is in acus.

Going off the info you've provided it is correct. Currently serving in the 1st Cav and previous deployment with 10 MTN. Nothing wrong with that. The best of us deploy with 10th MTN.

So how long can someone wear the patch of an outfit they deployed with, but aren't assigned to, after that deployment?

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So how long can someone wear the patch of an outfit they deployed with, but aren't assigned to, after that deployment?

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Forever

So always look on the left shoulder to determine what outfit a guy is currently with?

Correct. Left sleeve is current unit or SSI (shoulder sleeve insignia) and right side is SSI - FWTS (shoulder sleeve insignia - former wartime service) or what is commonly known as the "combat patch".

This only pertains to the Army BTW. Other branches don't seem to wear unit or affiliation patches from what I've seen

.....which is why it is a curiosity to this AF retiree. Thanks.

JABQ04 said:

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This only pertains to the Army BTW. Other branches don't seem to wear unit or affiliation patches from what I've seen

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For the Navy,

Though authorized for commands on the NWUs and coveralls, I've only been at one command that had command patches.

For Khakis, your name tag might have a command logo on it. Command dependent.

For E1-E6, their jumpers do have a UIM on the sleeve, a thin patch with the command name, or some odd short hand variant of it.

Flight suits have their squadron patch on them.

The army's so weird

Question: are you a "veteran" if you get sent home from boot camp for flat feet? Just saw something on Facebook and was curious.

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bigtruckguy3500 said:

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Question: are you a "veteran" if you get sent home from boot camp for flat feet? Just saw something on Facebook and was curious.

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I went through six weeks of PLC, and decided not to return for the next summer's camp and eventual commissioning. Does that make me a veteran?

In case you wondered, I say "not even close". Seems like you ought to, at minimum, finish boot camp or get commissioned.

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Question: are you a "veteran" if you get sent home from boot camp for flat feet? Just saw something on Facebook and was curious.

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In terms of VA categorization, no. For the past ~45 years there has been what is called an "Entry Level Separation" for those who wash out before they have been on active duty 180 days. They get no VA benefits and no characterization of service (e.g. honorable, general, BCD, DD) and should no be referring to themselves as Veterans. Even someone who gets hurt at bootcamp seriously enough to be medically retired will be on active duty longer than 180 days just for the time it takes to process the medical separation.

That's what I figured. I've known this guy for a while. At one point he posted pictures of him sleeping with an "M16 they let him take home from boot camp." Interestingly the flash suppressor was under the pillow, so I couldn't confirm my suspicion that it was an airsoft gun.

"Take M-16 home", that's complete BS. That would never happen. During my Boot Camp days, those that 'washed out' didn't even keep their uniforms/equipment. It was taken up.

This was a while ago. Can't remember all the details, but I have my doubts he actually went to boot camp. He provided this big back story that basically was along the lines of "you can go to jail or you can join the military because you're super smart and we need people like you." Then he stopped communicating with anyone for some time, and showed back up having lost some weight and saying he got sent home because of flat feet. I got my feet checked at MEPS, so I don't know.

The real question is why you bought even 0.00001% of his bullcrap.

Do they really send prople home for that? My feet are about as flat as a piece of paper and it didnt cause any problems

I've seen plenty of sailors have really flat feet and need arch supports, and I was checked at MEPS. So who knows. His story originally started while I was still in high school, and even then I had my doubts. But, I dunno, I let people have their moments if they're not harming anyone.

Wow, Stolen Valor?

Deployment patch under the flag and current unit patch on the left shoulder.

You must not "Army"!

STOLEN VALOR