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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

After years of debate, the Marine Corps’ elite Special Operations force ... N.C. It also will authorize Marines to wear a patch with the logo out of uniform — but not in.