The Army Uniform Explained | (ACU/OCP)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- Even though it's simple when you know it, if you don't know what is what on the Army Combat Uniform then you may have no clue what is going on. This is second video in a 4 part series where I will explain what you need to know about the Army uniforms and what the "things" on them mean.
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Just want to say big shoutout to all you in the notification squad! Also..... 100,000!!!!!!!! We did it!!! This is so crazy😀
Hey Matt I want to become a soldier but I haven't decided between being a marine or becoming a SEAL which one do you think is best?
Ive been watching your channel for a few months now. I am currently counting down my days to start BCT @ Fort Jackson. Just wanted to say thank you for your service & for everything I've learned from watching your channel. Keep up the amazing work.
Matt Ward congrats on 100k i always wondered about this but the marines camo is probably still the best(compared to both).Can you get a sniper contract?and do you have to be a ranger to be a sniper?
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Wow sir, I remember when you had less than 20k subs and it does't seem that long ago. Huwa!
As a decorated Army Combat vet of the Vietnam War after rotating back to the world (sneaking back in), I threw my fully dressed uniform in the garbage later on. What the hell no welcome home for our troops then and almost ashamed to wear it walking down the street.
Hello I have a question you regret having thrown away your uniform?
@@Andrew_Tate-G that was over 50 years and any and all connections I had with the military being drafted at age 18 and in the Infantry I like to forget the entire time and back home at 20 but at least the military is paying me for 100% disability today but no I don't miss it. Every single item on my uniform is now in a display case medals, ribbons, patches and such hanging on my wall with my discharge, a certificate for being in combat and that's enough for me. I do wear a ball cap with a CIB, rank pin and unit pin and large word Vietnam most of the time but that's about it for military garb for me
@drofmah3836 ah ok thx for the info, I love military uniforms combat or dress uniforms and I just want to know how hard it was for u a vet with no welcime at home. Im from Germany and im saying respect that u served at Vietnam🫡
@drofmah3836 I still have a question of what unit were u and what medalls did u earn?
I was literally just thinking this last night and here you are making the video! Rock on!
Very interesting for someone like myself who has never served. Thank you for your service. I remember as kid seeing my father's Army Basic Training graduation photos and he had Navy Dolphins on his Army uniform. He had inlisted in the Navy and was on a sub prior to inlisting in the Army.
Just swore in and on the way home from meps, will be watching ur videos a lot more now 😂
How's it going so far?
@TROLLIOSIS #1 yeah bro I’m chillin rn just got laterally promoted to cpl
@php just do what ur told and make sure you get ur DLC 1 done ASAP
@@jayjochey1396 kool bro whats ur mos
Its worth noting that the SF patch is like the ranger or sapper tab in the respect that once earned you can wear it with any patch Regardless of component.
Good point that I didn't cover
you mean the patch or the tab?
@@trottheblackdog its a both. If you're in SF assigned to SF you wear that. However if you switch units or go to the reserve which has no SF units. You still wear the Special Forces Tab. I meant tab initially but the sworded airborne patch can be worn by anyone in that unit
Another badge awarded for combat action, specifically for field medics is the CFMB (Combat Field Medic badge.) Looks like the CAB but with a litter and caduceus symbol in the center, and wreath around it. The medic badge in your video is the EFMB - expert field medic badge, which is a qualification badge that is earned by passing a test, much like the EIB - expert infantryman's badge.
Nice video as always again. The difference between the infantry and non infantry combat badges were interesting!
Congratulations on reaching 100,00 subs Matt. I love your channel and please keep up the great work
Thank you!
Congrats on the 100k. Glad to be part of the notification squad
You've got a stacked uniform. I appreciate your service. I'm not joining back up. Good luck out there, sir.
I leave for bt the 17th I can’t wait. My mos is going to be 13b! Been watching all your videos man you’ve helped a lot.
To explain a bit better: If someone has an Airborne tab that is apart of their unit patch, then that means that that unit is Airborne qualified. However, you specifically are not apart of that unit, you are just assigned to that unit. For instance, someone wearing an MP Brigade unit patch on their left shoulder. Doesn't mean that they are a Military Policeman, they could, but generally does not mean they are what the patch is,
The Boss BOSS
Excellent explanation!!!🙏👍😷
Thank you for this. My son is in. the Air Force, and is coming to visit. I retired many years ago, and so I boguht a new uniform to wear to meet him. Instead of the new Pinks and Greens I bought the Multicam, but was worried I would place something wrong. So now I get to tease him properly, and make him salute me. :)
These videos are super helpful thanks 😎👍
Thanks for the in depth badge/patch info. It's very informative and I hope to see more. Isn't the cib patch something very important cause i see in movies and tv and John Wayne wearing their green fatigues and on their blouse usually the only 2 subdued patches they wear is the CIB and or the parachute patches. I was at the pool with my little daughter some years past and their was a vacationing soldier with his kids next to us and he had a tattoo of the CIB over his heart so that's what I was wondering. So thanks for explaining this.
Nice to see my unit patch on the wall behind you!
Yes Sir, Matt you should do ASU, and also talk about when you can and cannot wear your ASU.
Matt you are the best.
We call the ones without the airborne wings on the chest “legs”. Airborne don’t have legs they have landing gear ;)
YOOOOO my waiver got approved and I enlist on February 7th, didn’t pick a job yet because the choices weren’t great. I’m waiting till Monday, I wouldn’t have known to do that without watching your videos. Thank you for everything you do for the future soldiers. And God Bless you
What was your waiver for? I just got mine approved as well.
nate Jefferson ADHD
Did they restrict you for only reserves? My buddy got the same waiver approved but he only was able to do reserves.
nate Jefferson that’s odd, I wasn’t told that. I’m going to be pissed if that’s the case
nate Jefferson I’ve been off medication for like 5 years
I've been a long time viewer of this channel. Even before I joined. Helped me make the decision to join as well. Pretty cool to realize from this video that we both are a part of USACAPOC! The world of CA is a small one as they say, sir! Did you change over to CA? I remembered you saying you were an IT Specialist as an enlisted soldier.
Trying to recreate a 75th ranger kit for airsoft and this helped. Thanks 😊
100k! Congrats Matt. Shipping August 6th 11x
I ship July 8th with the same MOS
Nice video and thanks for the info
Wait, the Drill sgt's motto is NOT "You're a soup sandwich private!"
That doesnt sound right boi
congrats on 100k
Yep, I had the same Problem. 16th MP Bde, Airborn Ft Bragg, but not jump qualified, the BDU cap gave it away too.
this is gr8! thankYou...
Interesting video, I thought that it was going to be an explanation of how to recognize rank of fellow soldiers, seems like that is the most important thing to look for first.
I was waiting for the explanation of where the rank is positioned. I have never liked that the rank was moved to the chest area. It was much better when it was worn on the collar along with the branch insignia on the other collar. I don’t think there is any place for the branch insignia on the current uniform. Why?
I often wonder how educational these videos are for our enemies abroad
The Air Assault Badge looks badass.
Guys will go out, buy an uniform, and wear it all jacked up when videos like this exist..
awesome, easiert to pick out
Matt, thank you for your service. Very informative video, but where I think it could've been improved a great deal is if you had an actual ACU/OCP uniform shirt with all the patches and badges on it. Showing pictures of a patch and then pointing on your black t-shirt where each would go (if you had the uniform on) is kind of insufficient. Military rules on patch/badge placement are often exacting and so it would've been more illuminating to have seen these things on an actual uniform.
Thanks for all the videos they are very helpful
IAm eligible to wear 5 different combat patches: 18th Airborne Corps - Dominican Republic, MACV, USARV, 1ST Sig Bde, 25th Inf Div - Vietnam. Took basic twice due to 4 year break in service. Showed up at second wearing basic Airborne wings. Cadre jumped on me until I produced the DD 214.
does anyone know what the tiny velcro thing is thats right above the big velcro patches on your arms? when you lift it up theres a tiny black square, what is this for?
Thank you😺
Hi love the content. Going back in the army and I have to redo basic training and have a CIB. My question is can or should I wear my combat patch and CIB while I'm in basic training?
Nice love your vids
Thanks!
@@MattWard89 could you do a vid about the national guard?
Question. So in the background, I see a patch with a sword facing downwards with 2 chevrons through the middle. What is it for, I have some surplus gear and I'm trying to figure out what this patch I have is from
Great video, Matt! I have a weird question: I'm looking for a patch that I saw in one of your videos on the sleeve of a soldier's uniform (I think it was your channel, could be wrong tho). The patch depicted a "video camera rifle". Basically a video camera with a pistol grip, stock etc. Do you by any chance know where I can find the patch or do you recall the image / video where it was used? (I don't mean the regular combat photographer patch).
I went to base jumping school at 35-its all good!
What does a combats patch look like?
You are so helpful as I never understood these patches
Thanks so much!!!!!
For sew on OCP skill badge. For 1 skill badge, what is the space between the skill badge and the US ARMY Tape?? None or 1/8 or 1/4 inch?? Can't fine it in the new AR 670
Hey! That's the PSYOP patch too! Civil Affair nerds...
So you get to keep the patches that you earn in the military. So you could have as many as you can if you join a bunch of groups
Nice vid
Fun fact man that master diver badge was navy. The army master diver badge has a single trident on top.
if i were to enlist do i still have the option of getting the older uniform like the UCP?
My soldier is in AIT right now, would it be okay to post a picture of him from basic training on my social media like Instagram? Not sure if that goes against OPSEC and I’m trying to be super careful. It doesn’t seem too bad but I don’t want to get him in trouble lol
Another cool thing about the combat action badge is that a lot of people pfffft and dont bother. Or used to at least...
Where is the link for the badges
Get it right troop, pretty decent job!!!🙏👍😷
Can I ask you what a Z - 26 patch on the left shoulder means, please?
How is the number of the brigade identified on a uniform or is it not? Also which patches and or badges are mandatory identifying features that must be displayed in combat?
To get the CAB you have to receive fire and engage the enemy. My dad got shot at in Afghanistan and called in an airstrike, but he didn't get a CAB
That action would have qualified him for a CAB.....
Do soldiers wear insignia on left if their combat patch is from same unit?
In combat, first time being deployed, would you have the same unit patch on both sleeves?
Many soldiers consider bad luck to wear your current-earned combat patch while still deployed to that combat deployment. In all honesty it is considered to be in bad taste.
Hi, There is a badge that I’m curious about.. can you help me ?
2:12 whats the meaning of that "follow me" patch? Why is it green and sometimes blue?
Im trying to to get into 91echo them boys get badges.?
I learnt the uniform is divided into two halves . Left side for the SERVICE (it's takes all patches and insignias given by the service) and the right side is for PERSONAL (It take all patches and insignias acquired personally by marksmanship and course and other trainings) please how true is that.
Lastly why the flag should be on the right. Thank you
What is the purpose of the poorly sewn crotch seam which always seems to blow out with minimal effort?
How often can you get deployed
Can someone explain why the wear the US flag on the right sleeve incorrectly? Modern US soldiers were the flag backwards?
What Army feg changef it?
WW2 Korean and Vietnam era soldiers knew how to wear Old Glory correctly.
Why and who changed it?
I have an ARCNT, 3ID, and 29SIB combat patch, I rock the Captain America with my CIB lol... oh yeah the CAB is a bayonet and a grenade...
Dude Matt I just looked up you MOS and it says you are the guys who tell people what to do? Like Overlord in Modern warfare 2? Are they going to call you OVER-WARD? Lol
I have a question about reclassing because I’m at my first duty station but I’m transferring to special forces and they said it’s a reclass so will I have to do basic training again all over?
Drew Jackson No. You'll just do your three weeks of airborne school
Currently working on dropping 20 Lbs to be able to enlist .
Question can new enlisted private’s wear the acus?
matt mcgill newly enlisted as in going through basic and ait? Of course, that’s the uniform.
Can you Explain the pins ?
Bueno yo solo quiero saber si existe algun permiso del ejercito americano , para usar el uniforme MULTICAM, me imagino que existe una patente, porque varios ejercitos de sud america lo utilizan cada ejercito deberia tener uno propio
Hey Matt you said you were going to be an officer is it true that officers have to do Ranger school? I remember hearing that on a podcast with Matt best
"Have too" no. But if you are in certain MOS' as an officer it really looks bad if you don't have your tab.
Matt Ward oh ok cool thanks.. great videos btw and thank you for your service
Yoooo my questions is why are some more ocps a lot more brown than others 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️like there browns are more highlighted than most other uniforms
Hey I know im late to the party.. Can anyone help with a question? Im a prior Navy guy whos going into the Army. I went to Afghan (boots on ground) while in the navy and recived some of these patchs like you described in the video. Can I wear them now? It was on loan to a army MP brigade at the time and wearing a army ACU's.
I don’t know if this is valid or not anymore
Make a video on hazing
A long time ago, and maybe even in a galaxy far far away. I thought I saw a division in Iraq wearing what might be best as none standard jackets.
Is that possible? They all wore like WWII bomber jackets with patches and a 8 ball patch on their back? Wouldn't that be against regulations?
I got screwed over on my CAB I got bombed in taji and al asad my unit wrote it up 5 times and they kept shooting it down, OIR/OSS 2019-2020
I actually liked the army acu digital camo uniform. But ocp is actually alof better looking.
Great vídeo keep doing videos i love your videos a Lot, can you make a video talking, if someone one to join the military without college +Matt Ward
I learned one thing with the whole chest badge!! The one every one gets is the CAB for those situations. And the readup on how an infantry man earns his combat badge is to relieve the enemy threat with any means necessary...... Also the American flag that is on the soldiers shoulder points in a certain direction for a reason we always push forward and never retreat!!
Hey Matt just wached your video about the Army uniform explained. I just wondered why you did not mention the Combat Medical Badge but brought up the CAB and CIB. I know CMB means you have balls of steel and all while true pogs get CAB but come on..lol
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So the CAB is just a CIB/CMB for non infantry/combat medic
Do the my issue OCP or ACU gear to incoming reservists this year?
You’re gonna get OCPs we don’t use ACUs anymore
What ocp stands for?
There called jump wings brother
BDU, DCU, ACU, OCP.....I really wonder why they keep changing the battle dress.
In the woods the Woodland BDU pattern is STILL the best. The absolute worst was the ACU (Army's Crappiest Uniform).
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Anybody else not seeing the link for the schools?
My bad, I fixed that 👍
Did you just go into the PX and buy a bunch of different unit patches? You did not answer last time I asked.
Do you get paid more with Army patches?
No EOD recognition ;~;
Hi Matt! :3
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Yayyyy you replied :3 I can go to basic happy now
Floyd Mayweather 😂😂
There's also the instructor patch you can receive sir ✊🏽👌🏽
Thank you now I know what my partners means
If you are 15 and wearing a acu unaform is that ilegle
naruto edits not if you don’t say your an American soldier as long as you maintain you were not a soldier your good
Hey Matt :)
Lol Heyy Charles!
You left out the EOD badge.