However, when we got back we weren’t quite sure how to wear the patch of the 20th Engineer Brigade which is identified as an airborne unit. Below is the pertinent parts of the ALARACT message that spells it out.
P 061520Z FEB 06
SUBJ: ALARACT 030/2005 CORRECT COPY
SUBJECT: SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA (SSI) AND SHOULDER SLEEVE
INSIGNIA-FORMER WARTIME SERVICE (SSI-FWTS)
1. AR 670-1, 3 FEB 05, WEAR AND APPEARANCE OF ARMY UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA.
2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO REEMPHASIZE THE WEAR POLICY FOR BOTH THE SSI AND SSI-FWTS. COMMANDERS AND LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS WILL COMPLY WITH AR 670-1, PARAGRAPH 28-16, PARAGRAPH 28-17, AND APPENDIX
F. …TABS THAT ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF A SSI, SUCH AS AIRBORNE OR MOUNTAIN, ARE WORN DIRECTLY ABOVE THE SSI WITH NO SPACE BETWEEN THE INSIGNIA AND TAB.
E. SOLDIERS AUTHORIZED TO WEAR MORE THAN ONE SSI-FWTS MAY CHOOSE WHICH SSI-FWTS TO WEAR. SOLDIERS ALSO MAY ELECT NOT TO WEAR THE SSI-FWTS.
