Watering holes near military bases would sometimes carry the insignia on their walls. Another, more intuitive source of patches: FOIA requests, which are applications filed with the US government ...

Garrison soldiers are switching shoulder patches to reflect the bases they serve on under a new order from the Army secretary.

This is only because it was believably developed in 1917 before the US entered WWI. Known as insignia specification number 241102-K, according to AirCorps Art, the emblem featured a navy blue ...