(Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on the U.S. Army Aviation Museum's patch collection.) FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Army shoulder sleeve insignias tell a story about the Soldiers ...

Unit patches for the new Operational Camouflage Uniform will be limited ... Oriana Pawlyk can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at @Oriana0214.

either current unit or combat patches, but according to Bob Mitchell, curator at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum, if people want to see some stranger insignias that tell different stories ...