The patches, according to the Marine Corps, were used to differentiate support personnel on the beaches from grunts moving inland on assaults. "This confusion was so apparent, by accounts ...

A World War I Marine Corps uniform with American Indian head unit shoulder patch. (Shawn Snow/Staff) For years in Afghanistan and Iraq, Marine special operators were hounded for sporting the ...

N.C. US Marine Corps photo. Most Marines know LSBs as the “Red Patch” for the red fabric squares affixed to members’ camouflage trouser legs and service covers. The small patch denotes those ...

I am here with two friends and some of my patches are older than my friends so I am kind of proud of that” Chris Gellene, a Tyson's resident laughed. Gellene is running his 31st Marine Corps ...

Those units remain active across the Marine Corps. The Marines' reconnaissance ... MARSOC's Raiders will continue to sport the vintage skull patch, albeit in an unauthorized capacity.

Marine Corps special operations officers and critical skills operators now have their own pin to wear that acknowledges their intensive training and commemorates Marine special forces history.