A combat patch they were promised has never arrived.

He waved his weapon at my shoulder and said, "You have a combat patch.

These combat patches are usually only given to soldiers who serve the corps or army headquarters directly, and not one of the subordinate units.

Neither had combat patches on their uniforms, and I splashed by without saluting or shaking hands.

These "combat patches" will not be worn on the new Army Service Uniform.

But rather than harm our plastic mood of amity, I asked, "Where'd you get that combat patch?"

This shoulder sleeve insignia recognizes "former wartime service" and is frequently called a "combat patch".

He wears a combat patch on his right sleeve, signifying his tour in Vietnam 30 years ago.

Only a small combat patch on the right shoulder sets apart the uniforms of those who served and those who waited.

"You have a combat patch.

Unit patches are worn on the left shoulder, while combat patches are worn on the right.

It is in the shape of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force combat patch.

Operation Iris Gold (Combat patch authorized)

Between the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars, combat patches disappeared from military uniforms of all but the most senior officers at West Point.

Upon completion of that tour they were authorized to wear the 8th ID shoulder sleeve insignia as a combat patch on the right shoulder of their uniform.

After March 27, 2007 the policy was changed to allow units of company level and higher to wear the SSI of their regular headquarters as a combat patch.

While serving with the 101st, it was also acceptable to wear a non-subdued patch as a combat patch, a distinction shared with the 1st and 5th Infantry divisions.

Above the patch on my right, my combat patch, was the black-and-gold scroll of F Company, 58th Infantry, LRPS.

Although all US Army army groups, field armies, and corps have SSI, they do not award combat patches of these to all soldiers serving under them.

After General Batiste finished the combat patch ceremony, Col. Randal A. Dragon, the brigade commander, unveiled 13 plaques dedicated to his fallen men.

At the end of that deployment the unit was authorized to wear the 442nd's shoulder sleeve insignia as a combat patch, the first time this had occurred since World War II.

Soldiers of the 13th "Shavnabada" Light Infantry Battalion wear the "combat patches" of the American unit they served under, the Third Infantry Division.

In the United States Army, members receive what is known as a combat patch to wear on their uniforms (ACU's) and Dress Uniforms (Class A's).

In the 1981 film Stripes, Warren Oates as Sergeant First Class Hulka wears the 1st Cavalry Division's unit insignia as his combat patch.

In the 2003 film Hulk, Sam Elliott as General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross wears the 1st Cavalry Division's unit insignia as his combat patch.