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 ...

In 2018, Cruz said, one of his buddies in the 5th Special Forces Group asked him to modify a chest rig — a tactical vest used for holding equipment — and to add a couple of patches to it.

Col. Troy Danderson, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden in Germany, swaps out a patch on a soldier's uniform at Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden on Feb. 19, 2025.