Obsolete Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the United States Army

Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are cloth patches worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms since World War I to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. Insignia is issued to commands, field armies, corps, divisions and brigades. Some other formations also have SSI's and rarely - a regiment may have one. They are created and assigned by the US Army Institute of Heraldry. When a unit is deactivated, so usually is the SSI, but it can be reassigned. Also an SSI can be deactivated and the unit will then usually wear the insignia of its next highest command (usually a division or a command). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Coastal Artillery Districts (1920s)

Source: ^[4]

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  1st Coastal Artillery District
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  2nd Coastal Artillery District
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  3rd Coastal Artillery District
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  4th Coastal Artillery District
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  9th Coastal Artillery District

Commands

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  1st Information Operations Command (Land) 2002–2025
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  1st Personnel Command 1978–2008
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  1st Signal Command 1967–1969
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  1st Special Operations Command 1982–1990
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  5th Signal Command 1974–2017
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  5th Transportation Command (Terminal) 1966–1971
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  6th Signal Command 1974-1977 1990–1992
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  8th Personnel Command 1987–2005
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  124th Transportation Command 1966–1972
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  Asymmetric Warfare Group 2006–2021
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  US Army Airborne Command 1942–1944
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  US Army Engineer Command, Europe 1966–1974
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  US Army Engineer Command, Vietnam 1966–1967
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  US Army Financial Management Command 2017–2019
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  Combined Arms Support Command 1990–2005

Departments

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  Panama Canal Department 1917–1947
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  Persian Gulf Command 1942–1945
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  Philippine Department 1911–1942

Other

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  1st Special Service Force
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  US Army Alaska 1994–2022
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  European Civil Affairs Division 1944–1945
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  Tank Destroyer Forces

Missile Commands (1957-1978)

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  1st Missile Command
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  2nd Missile Command
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  3rd Missile Command
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  4th Missile Command

Service Commands (1942-1945)

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  I Service Command
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  II Service Command
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  III Service Command
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  IV Service Command
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  V Service Command
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  VI Service Command
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  VII Service Command
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  VIII Service Command
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  IX Service Command
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  Northwest Service Command

See also

• Field Army insignia of the United States Army
• Field Corps insignia of the United States Army
• Division insignia of the United States Army
• Brigade insignia of the United States Army
• Miscellaneous SSI of the United States Army

References

1. "Distinctive Unit Insignia, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia US Army". US Army Institute of Heraldry. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
2. "Shoulder Patch Insignia of the Unites Staes Armed Forces". The Internet Archive. 1941.
3. "Life Magazine: Shoulder Insignia". History Hub. August 6, 1945.
4. Smith, Bolling. "Coast Artillery Organization A Brief Overview" (PDF). Coastal Artillery Corps Organization.