Spank saw it correctly. That was on his right shoulder, so it's a Combat patch, not his unit patch which would go on his left shoulder.
The guy was likely in the 10th Mtn during combat, but now he's in the NG, and authorized to wear the 10th on his right.
This is not proof of 10th in DC.
They're historically a specialized elite light infantry force, like airborne. I'd assume momentum and tradition means their standards slip slower than others, like at Bragg. Theres a weird grouping of 82nd, 173rd, 101st, and 10th that saw me always rotating in or out with one of those units in Iraq. I was 82nd.
A brigade of 10th Mountain is also stationed in Fort Polk, Louisiana. It was 4th BDE when I was stationed there, I think they reflagged to 3rd BDE a while back though
If units of 10th MTN were moved to a central location in the U.S., my bet is that it’d be those guys. Polk sees lots of heavy rail traffic from all over the the country at all times of the year, so the movement of equipment would probably not draw too much attention
Edit: I forgot, units at Ft. Polk (not including JRTC) are/were considered integral in power projection for the Army, usually in terms of constant deployments to the sandbox. Also, lots of experience in natural disaster relief à la helping with hurricane damage in Louisiana
Armyfag here.
Spank saw it correctly. That was on his right shoulder, so it's a Combat patch, not his unit patch which would go on his left shoulder.
The guy was likely in the 10th Mtn during combat, but now he's in the NG, and authorized to wear the 10th on his right. This is not proof of 10th in DC.
Noob here, why is the 10th mountain considered high quality?
They were mentioned in a drop.
They're historically a specialized elite light infantry force, like airborne. I'd assume momentum and tradition means their standards slip slower than others, like at Bragg. Theres a weird grouping of 82nd, 173rd, 101st, and 10th that saw me always rotating in or out with one of those units in Iraq. I was 82nd.
Well GTF to DC then.
But seriously let us know if y’all get moved out there.
maybe not tell the internet stuff like that
Do you even OpSec grunt?
Also, its on under the flag so no matter how its edited, it's his right shoulder
Maybe "central locations" is not just referring to D.C. alone?
A brigade of 10th Mountain is also stationed in Fort Polk, Louisiana. It was 4th BDE when I was stationed there, I think they reflagged to 3rd BDE a while back though If units of 10th MTN were moved to a central location in the U.S., my bet is that it’d be those guys. Polk sees lots of heavy rail traffic from all over the the country at all times of the year, so the movement of equipment would probably not draw too much attention
Edit: I forgot, units at Ft. Polk (not including JRTC) are/were considered integral in power projection for the Army, usually in terms of constant deployments to the sandbox. Also, lots of experience in natural disaster relief à la helping with hurricane damage in Louisiana
Hooah!...or some shit
Noob here, why is the 10th mountain considered high quality?