Place Patch my ass

Well as I predicted the patch ceremony was one of the weirdest things I have every seen. I should have taken pictures but I was in amazement trying to take it all in. 5 piece band, like 15 chairs (filled by 3 people from the unit), a big unit formation, speaker, podium, formal programs…etc. All for putting a patch on your right sleeve. I am just reminded once again why they should never let doctors be commanders of units. In most units you simple buy the patch and put it on as I said in the other post. The Command given by our pomp and circumstance boss was, “Place Patch.” There is no command to do this. It was funnier than hell to hear him say it. He gave a speech and everything. What he did not see was…”HE WAS TALKING TO US!!” there were no others there. All the others were probably thinking, “you want us to come to what type of ceremony? Yeah, right!” The band was there and you could see them laughing at how crazy this was. From what I hear, the unit I am assigned to had a patching ceremony previously when they switched units affiliations (left shoulder patch). They practiced for 3 hours to have him say, “Remove Patch” and then “Attach Patch” I honestly believe I would have cried laughing so hard at this guy. Give me strength to not open my mouth like I usually do.