WASHINGTON
— On Nov. 18, 2019, Lt. Gen. Thomas C. Seamands, the Army G-1, approved a
change to the shoulder sleeve insignia worn by Retired Soldiers on their Army
service uniforms during retirement.
The new policy aligns the appearance of the
retired shoulder sleeve insignia with the U.S. Army Retired Identification
Badge and the U.S. Army Retired Lapel Button. When Soldiers retire, Army policy
permits them to wear uniforms only “while attending military funerals, memorial
services, weddings, inaugurals, and other occasions of ceremony [including]
attending parades on national or state holidays, or other patriotic parades or
ceremonies in which any active or reserve U.S. military unit is taking part.
Uniforms for these occasions are restricted to service and dress uniforms.” In
2020, the U.S. Army is replacing the blue Army Service Uniform with the new
Army Green Service Uniform. A key difference between the uniforms is the
shoulder sleeve insignia of the wearer’s unit of assignment that is sewn on the
wearer’s left shoulder of the Army Green Service Uniform, but is not worn on
the Army Service Uniform. Before Retired Soldiers may wear their service
uniforms, they must replace their last unit’s shoulder sleeve insignia with the
new 3-inch diameter retired shoulder sleeve insignia (pictured above).
These
new insignias will soon be available for purchase at military clothing sales
stores and other locations where military insignia are sold. Retired Soldiers
not on active duty may wear either the service uniform in which they retired or
the service uniform prescribed for current active duty Soldiers, but may not
mix the two uniforms. Retired Soldiers who wear the blue Army Service Uniform,
must wear the Retired Identification Badge, a two-inch badge that identifies
them as retired. Soldiers who wear the new Army Green Service Uniform and older
service uniforms that include a shoulder sleeve insignia should wear the new
retired shoulder sleeve insignia.
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