Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/SSI (Combat Patch) Qualifications

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Do members of the Navy, Air Force, and Marines qualify for Army combat patches, if they served and deployed with one of those 3 branches prior to joining the Army?  If so, is there a website where we this information can be retrieved?  Or who would they contact on an installation for qualifications?  Thanks  Joe

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You would have had to get orders from the Army unit awarding the patch to a non-Army unit. I dont think there's a website or anything that shows these as they're usually just memorandums drawn up and handed out. The installation IG may be able to shed some light on the issue, but its a long shot.

Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard

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