Here's why garrison soldiers across the Army are swapping their shoulder patches

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Here's why garrison soldiers across the Army are swapping their shoulder patches

The soldiers who run the daily garrison details of nearly every Army base are swapping shoulder patches this week. In a series of “patching ceremonies,” garrison headquarters units at a wide range of Army bases are swapping out their Army Materiel Command shoulder patches for those of their largest on-base unit. Soldiers are making the patch swaps at giant bases like Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Bliss, Texas, and at relatively small garr…