A great deal of military training revolves around breaking a raw recruit down and building him or her back up again. The person with the normal civilian experience and attitude must, in essence be destroyed and replaced with a tougher, more disciplined person with a warrior mentality and outlook. In other words you are completely replacing a person’s identity and psychologists often tell us that a person identifies him or herself with what he or she is not rather than what he or she is. This is why we often dress dissimilarly and sport individual identifying markers in order to express our differences as an individual or group to those who do not share our identity. Seen from this point of view one realizes the necessity of military patches.
A reality of any functional military, perfected by the Romans and later Napoleon is that it has to be divided into a number of independent units that can operate independently and/or work together. It is also important that these units have a specific identity that encourages loyalty to that group that supersedes one’s own individual interests. To put it in other words an individual must identify him or herself with the group or unit and thus will do what he or she can in the interests of the group. It is also a reality of any modern military that these groups are always being changed; units are disbanded and new ones formed as strategic and tactical needs dictate. It is for this reason that a source of custom military patches will always be required to create the suitable identifying markers for these new units that can also be mass produced in a short period of time. On top of these custom patches one will also need a ready source of embroidered military patches. These will be needed for the special occasions that are often practiced in the promotion of the morale of any military unit. Unfortunately these embroidered patches will also be required for the funerals that are often a reality of the profession.
Thus in conclusion, military patches are not just a form of window dressing but an integral part of any military unit for the promotion of pride and loyalty in and for said unit. If you are going to give these young people weapons and then tell them to go put their lives on the line, you’d better make them believe the risks they are taking are for something worth more than their lives. These patches, in a way are a symbol of this reason to die for the group and for the perceived greater good that requires the military action.
A reality of any functional military, perfected by the Romans and later Napoleon is that it has to be divided into a number of independent units that can operate independently and/or work together. It is also important that these units have a specific identity that encourages loyalty to that group that supersedes one’s own individual interests. To put it in other words an individual must identify him or herself with the group or unit and thus will do what he or she can in the interests of the group. It is also a reality of any modern military that these groups are always being changed; units are disbanded and new ones formed as strategic and tactical needs dictate. It is for this reason that a source of custom military patches will always be required to create the suitable identifying markers for these new units that can also be mass produced in a short period of time. On top of these custom patches one will also need a ready source of embroidered military patches. These will be needed for the special occasions that are often practiced in the promotion of the morale of any military unit. Unfortunately these embroidered patches will also be required for the funerals that are often a reality of the profession.
Thus in conclusion, military patches are not just a form of window dressing but an integral part of any military unit for the promotion of pride and loyalty in and for said unit. If you are going to give these young people weapons and then tell them to go put their lives on the line, you’d better make them believe the risks they are taking are for something worth more than their lives. These patches, in a way are a symbol of this reason to die for the group and for the perceived greater good that requires the military action.
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