Last year the AF ceased the wear of the popular Duty Identifier Patches on the left sleeve of the OCP uniform. Many in the force were demoralized as these identifiers instilled pride in the various AF careerfields. The patches have the added value of identifying who does what.
Today, morale was raised as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Wolfe took to social media to announce the reinstated patches. Below is the memorandum of implementation along with the list of approved patches.
DIRT and EJECT were my favorites from the list. I am sure someone will do a doubletake when they see some of the approved tags on uniforms for the first time.
The Air Force is more patch happy than a troop of girl scouts. These are the stupidest things to come out of an Air Force uniform board since the McPeak days. It’s like everyone is walking around with the vanity plates from their vehicles.
I was looking for the fighter pilot one, but I guess that they don’t need one since they’ll just tell you.
Ba-dum-tish
Thanks, I’ll be here all week. Tip your waitress.
Personally, I ‘m still trying to figure out why most of the USAF, or USN needs a camouflage uniform at all. Will you be camouflaged against the runway, or the ocean while on a ship?
Because it’s less expensive than maintaining multiple uniforms.