The NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan Combat Service ID Badge, or CSIB, is the metallic, pin-on badge equivalent of the colored Shoulder Sleeve Insignia-Military Operations in Hostile Conditions (SSI-MOHC). But while the SSI-MOHC is worn only on the coat of the Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU(, the CSIB is authorized for wear on right side of the coat of the Army Service Uniform (and its Dress variant) and the Evening and Evening Mess Uniforms.
Introduced at roughly the same time as the blue Army Service Uniform in the mid-2000s, the CSIB has been given a couple of exemptions from standard uniform rules. First, it is allowed to be worn on Evening and Evening Mess Uniforms even though it does not come in the miniature size required for those ensembles. Second, the CSIB is ranked fifth in precedence of Identification badges, and wearers are allowed to move other ID badges prescribed for wear on the right side over to the left side so that the CSIB may be more prominently displayed.
The design of the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan is essentially identical to the organization’s unit patch, technically known as a Shoulder Sleeve Insignia-Military Operations in Hostile Conditions insignia (SSI-MOHC). Click the link for the SSI below to read about the symbolism and a brief history of the organization it represents.
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U.S. Army NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan Patch (SSI)