Eligibility for the patch “does not authorize pay entitlements such as hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, or combat zone tax exclusion,” the Army noted. United States Army soldiers who were ...

From cobras to gators, reptilian mascots and call signs appear on patches, aircraft and unit logos across every branch. Why?

FILE: A soldier receives his 3rd Infantry Division combat patch during a combat patch ceremony at Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2012. (Airman Patrice Clarke/U.S. Air Force) U.S.

FORT BELVOIR, Va. – History was made when soldiers with the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel officially received their new shoulder sleeve insignia during a patching ceremony April 9 at the Fort ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Soldiers from the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, received combat patches for their support to critical operations across the ...