The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, ...

Soldiers who deployed in 14 countries between October 2023 and June 2025 are eligible to wear the patches on their uniform ...

Eligibility for the patch "does not authorize pay entitlements such as hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, or combat zone ...

For the initial OCP uniform rollout, Air Force major commands, centers and wings will see patches first, "with groups and squadrons a possibility in the future," according to the Air Force release.

Today, airmen who had begun wearing the OCP are authorized to wear the desert sand T-shirt, green socks, and subdued black and green cloth U.S. flag patches, as well as the older boots.

The Army’s new software repository is giving cyber leaders insight into which units are downloading patches, the lead software official at the Army’s Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) said.

Goldfein said the Air Force initially chose to wear patches in a manner similar to its “sister services,” primarily the Army, which also wears the OCP uniform, and whose soldiers wear their ...

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