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I laugh, and still do, at the Guard guys I saw in Afghanistan who wore AD patches on the right in lieu of their Guard patch.
Some patches are the same.

I laugh, and still do, at the Guard guys I saw in Afghanistan who wore AD patches on the right in lieu of their Guard patch.
I laugh, and still do, at the Guard guys I saw in Afghanistan who wore AD patches on the right in lieu of their Guard patch. Everyone's proud to be Guard and "as good as AD" and all until it is time to wear a Guard patch.
Some units don't deploy in enough numbers or at a level that would allow them to wear their own patch. I wouldn't know what level that would be though. I'm aware of times where units deploy at a company level to augment another unit.
Also a little while back, there was a MILPER message that only allowed soldiers to retain/wear the lowest level patch authorized for the deployment, not every patch to every unit all the way up to Corps like I've seen some people.
According to the last time I read the regs, Company level deployments and above demand that you wear your deployed company's patch, regardless of who that company falls under during the deployment, and you are only authorized that ONE patch, per deployment.
The 48th Infantry Brigade of the Georgia National Guard is the first unit to make the change. A few hundred 48th Brigade troops attended a ceremony Friday officially tying them to the Fort Stewart-based 3rd Infantry Division. Now 3rd Infantry commanders will oversee training of the National Guard brigade's 4,200 troops.
The 3rd Infantry's commander, Maj. Gen. Jim Rainey, said the partnership will ensure the Guard brigade is prepared to deploy for war if needed.
Guard units no longer train for war, Powerpoint briefings take up drill weekends and most AT are a joke because we lack funding.A Fox article on the changes along with other states.
A Shrinking Army Aims To Keep Citizen-soldiers Combat Ready
3rd ID and the 48th...chocolate and peanut butter. I'm still laughing at the concept because I question if we learned from the 80's/90's "round up" brigades. Eh, time will tell and good luck to all involved. Considering the 48th deployed a few times in the GWOT, I find the "ready for war" aspect kind of funny.
Guard units no longer train for war, Powerpoint briefings take up drill weekends and most AT are a joke because we lack funding.
In a bizarre twist, I've just learned that active duty Soldiers that are assigned to Ft Polk are wearing the TX 36th patch now...
Looks like these Paratroopers are getting a lot of training.
Romainia
Poland (joint training with IDF)
Germany