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ARMY SECURITY AGENCY Patche - Pick One (1) Patch in any Style

$ 2.62

Availability: 56 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: New

    Description

    ASA
    Army Security Agency
    SHOULDER PATCH (Pick a COLOR)
    Original
    4 COLOR
    , 
Black on
    Green Subdued,
    the NEW
    ACU
    with
    "Stick On" (hooks and loops) Backing
    (the only authorized ASA Patch for current wear)
    (You MUST  specify at time of purchase or you will get the Original 4 Color LFCF Patch)
    The Original ASA Shoulder Patch referred to as the "LFCF" (you have to have the need to know)
    aka "Old Crow and White Lightning"
    and at Ft. Devens ... "Massachusettes Power and Light"
    (among other things ...)
    Brought to you by, and helping fund, 
ASA LIVES! the Army Security Agency - 
the official Locator Website for finding old AGENCY friends!
    MIX and MATCH, each, make as many choices times .
    Just let me know on the pay pal payment notes.
    (Left to Right 1.
    Color
    2.
    Subdued
    3.
    ACU
    You get one (1) patch ONLY  - your pick
    ASALIVES.COM (or asalives.net ... or asalives.org it's actual "home")
    check out the New ASA ANTHEM! at:
    asalives.org/asa-keep-the-faith/
    Shipped WORLD WIDE!
    The story of the colorization is below.
    About the ASA Patch
Approved 15 Jun 1962.
    Description:
    Teal blue 
within a 1/8 inch yellow border, a shield 2 inches wide and 3 inches in depth,
and issuant from the viewer's upper left the leg of an eagle in black with yellow talons grasping two crossed white lightning flashes issuant from upper right points to base.
    Symbolism:
    The flashes across the blue field suggest world-wide electrical communications. The eagle's claw grasping the flashes alludes to the Agency's general mission, that of insuring the smooth functioning of the Army's communication facilities.
    The big question I have: who took one look at the new patch and uttered the infamous phrase: "
    LFCF
    "??
    And the famous ASA Ballad relates the story of the colors. Hear the ballad performed on my website.
    Drunken Soldiers, Always High
    Dropouts from old Sigma Phi
    Men who bullshit all the way,
    These are the men from the ASA
    Plastic cans upon our ears,
    We've been cleared and
    we're not Queers
    One Hundred Men will test today,
    But only three make the ASA
    Trained to go from bar to bar,
    That's the life thats best by far
    Men who drink will seldom fight,
    And the ASA drinks through
    the night
    On a Mid, a Trick Chief waits,
    Four of his men are coming late
    Men who drink among the best
    Another drink, their last request
    A teal blue scarf 'round
    my son's neck
    Makes my son a nervous wreck
    One hundred men re-upped today,
    But not a one from the ASA
    Black is for the night we fear,
    Blue the water we don't go near.
    WHITE IS FOR THE FLAG WE FLY,
    Yellow is the reason why.
    Red is for the blood we've shed.
    As you see, there is no red!
    One hundred men reupped today.
    Not a one for the A-S-A!
    Perfect for your ASA Display Case 
or wear it to your next ASA Reunion.
    Army Security Agency
    ASA .... All The Way
    ASA LIVES!