Customizing Gear

How do you customize your gear? Whether it be patches, writing, pictures, anything, how do you do it?

I have a few patches on my gear. I have the good ol' Pork Eating Crusader Patch, the MLD patch, the 9/11 We Will Never Forget patch, and the Gunner Patch. On my Vietnam Era Steel, I have various phrases written on it, including "Though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I shall have no fear, 'cuz the gunships are on my side", "He who is not with me is against me", "Ezekiel 25:17", "Bomb Hanoi", "Don't Tread On Me", and I have "The Doors" as well as "HOSS" stenciled on as well. I have the name "HOSS" on all my gear except my boots and uniform so my gear can be identified easily.

I have three patches stacked vertical on my plate carrier. Top is an OD American flag, middle is an infidel patch, and bottom is a dragon head with cool little red eyes. There's also German flag patches on both sleeves of my jacket. I really want to replace the American flag with a German one since it just doesn't go with well wearing Flecktarn.

I have numerous Russian words written on my helmet cover, team patch, and rank pins. That's all

I wear it all on my body, so it won't get lost haha

lonesniper24 wrote:

I wear it all on my body, so it won't get lost haha

Wiseass, haha. I often take some of my gear off in between games so I won't tire as easily. Keep in mind, my average airsofting day is 9 to 11 hours long.

Team patch, subdued U.S. flag, rank pins. No fashion or flair for me.

I don't have any badges or pins or anything. Just camo/clothes and gear.

Sorry, couldnt help it, I do have the "sniper" pin on my patrol cap, other then that nothing comes off my body. Like under armor the way it set up, it keeps me warm in the morning, as it warms up i poor water on my base shirt which is the under armor, by time the water advaporates it's cooling down again so i need the extra heat.

No patches or pins for me, except my blood type and eventually a team patch.
I think the more you try to be like a marine or a soldier it's a sign of disrespect.
We are out there trying to be something were not, going through the motions with no risks, so I add my own flare to it.

hey my pin is cool i forget why i bought it though...any ways creeds right its disrespect to replicate any military brach, it's ok to a certin extent but after that it's to far

Creed769 wrote:

I think the more you try to be like a marine or a soldier it's a sign of disrespect.
We are out there trying to be something were not, going through the motions with no risks

Couldn't have said it better myself.

my plate carrier carries everything i need in the field and more, also I have a german flag patch on my admin pouch, a tournament team delta patch (our teams way of showing who's on core team), a KWA patch on my hydro carrier, a EOD patch on my ammo pouch, and a OP Foreshadow IFOK squad patch on my gun bag, and a wolf patch on my foward mag pouches AND a staff sgt (my team rank) on my DCU's and my woodland BDU's sleeve and soon putting velcro panels on my left sleeve of my DCU's and woodland BDU's to put my team patch on it (i like patches)

Sounds cool, sniper!

@Creed
I agree with you completely, though I do think some forms are okay, like reenacting and tributes and such.

I have decided that I'm going to go against Marine Corps guidelines and write "Manifest Destiny - Applying to Iraq Since 2003" on my helmet cover once I get it