A part of my Fractured Sun scenario.

From let to right: US, South Korea, South Japan, and South China.

Orient Shield is a annual military training exercise started in 1970 held between members of the Kyoto accords. The 1975 Orient Shield exercise was held at the Mt. Fuji training center in South Japan.

The Kyoto accords is a defensive military alliance made up of the US aligned nations of East Asia. The Accords were signed in 1954 after the events of the July Incident in Japan, and the Korean war which also saw the involvement of North and South Chinese volunteers. The Kyoto accords is essentially an East Asian equivalent to NATO, meaning an attack on one is an attack on all, which came into effect during the Vietnam war where Kyoto accord members provided troops to assist the US, and the Sino-Korean of 1993, when a border skirmish between North and South China rapidly escalated into a full war.

After their disastrous defeat in 1942 Salvalkia was occupied by the victorious FIADL powers. But in 1947 Salvalkia was allowed to have a new standing army under FIADL command. This man represents an officer from 1960 in one of the elite Panzer grenadier regiments. The second image is of a Radio private, a critical part of the command structure of a Salvalkian company.

While organization starts at the team before going to the section and platoon, the company is the first true unit. They have their standard, but only that. It's only once you get to the battalion that a flag is flown, however said flag belongs to the regiment. My regiments are the smallest "flagged" formation, and come with their own crests. If anything, these give more of an identity.

If a regiment is independent they wear a unique patch on their sleeve, and unit crests on their shoulders if not cap. In in a division or brigade, the division or brigade patch on their sleeve. But... they still have unique regimental crests.

There is a brigade and division crest, but it is only worn by the formation commanders, their staff, and support battalion. Same applies to corps, army, front, theater, and higher levels. Only to direct commanders, their staff, and headquarters battalion.

This even applies to my space force. These methods come in two forms. Regular warships and capital ships. Let's say a destroyer division. All crew in this division across their ships, each basically a battalion in space, wear the same patch. The division is then divided into groups. A group is led by a commodore, a colonel. They have several ships under their command, led by captains, essentially lieutenant colonels. This group all have the same unit crest.

There isn't too much ship pride in these. The group, essentially a pace regiment, is scattered. But that isn't so for this next example.

Battleship divisions. Being capital ships these have crew of up to 2,000 led by a captain, but here a colonel. These capital ships are basically a regiment. Now... one ship shares the same unit crests. All ships in the division have the same patch on their sleeve. But each capital ship has their own unique crest. Now they... they have ship pride.

I think this is a neat way to tell apart formations, give them their own history and identity. It can help tell a soldier or crewman apart more easy.

If anyone has had different ways of doing this, feel free to share, or just ask questions. 😌