The "Red Patch" is a distinguishing device worn by United States Marines with the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) of 0481 (landing support specialists) and sometimes 3112 (traffic management specialists), and is worn only on the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform.
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Famous quotes containing the words red and/or patch:
“How red the rose that is the soldier’s wound,
The wounds of many soldiers, the wounds of all
The soldiers that have fallen, red in blood,
The soldier of time grown deathless in great size.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O that that earth which kept the world in awe
Should patch a wall t’expel the winter’s flaw!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)