Hello Kitty Military Patch
It was bound to happen. If you are in the military and are out patrolling putting your life on the line, you want to have the scariest uniform possible for the enemy to see. Something so damn scary that one look at it and the enemy hauls ass in the opposite direction as quickly as possible. There is only one thing in this world that can universally produce such a reaction, so it’s no surprise to see some soldiers in the military adopting the Hello Kitty military patch:
While the obvious reason that soldiers in combat are wearing Hello Kitty patches is to scare the hell out of the enemy, I also wouldn’t put it beyond the people of Sanrio to have begun to recruit their own army. It seems to me if there was a Hello Kitty gun pointed at you, that would be plenty of motivation to buy the evil feline’s stuff no matter what your views about her. It seems to me that it would be a very plausible Hello Kitty marketing strategy having lived in Hello Kitty Hell this long…
Either way, it pretty much shows that the world is coming to an end. When you have to resort to putting Hello Kitty on your uniform either as protection or as part of the new Sanrio military unit, that pretty much guarantees that things just aren’t right in the world.
Sent in by KB who actually admits to designing and creating this patch for himself with the writing on the bottom saying “CACTUS” in Pashtun (my wife read that and pronounced with satisfaction “he must be into the whole Hello Kitty x Tokidoki scene”) — Obviously soldiers are willing to go to extreme lengths, far beyond what any normal person would ever be willing to do, to keep themselves safe and having to admit that you wore a Hello Kitty military patch when in combat is far more punishment than I could ever imagine giving someone for sending me these photos…
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Posted: December 10th, 2008 under Hello Kitty Fashion, Hello Kitty Strange.
Comments: 37
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#1 Comment from Kitteh!!
Time: December 10, 2008, 6:51 am
Kewel!! Where can I get one of those!? 
NB. This post is not entirely joking!
#2 Comment from mhkitty06
Time: December 10, 2008, 8:19 am
hmmmm…. interesting????
(I use a question mark because I’m a bit confused by the whole thing…since when should we pair a cute little kitty with war???) Bad Kitty!!!
Oh, and helmet needs a bow.
#3 Comment from Kitteh!!
Time: December 10, 2008, 8:27 am
You might equally ask the same question about Betty Boop, most of the older (pre 1945) Disney Corp and Warner Bros characters…
#4 Comment from deidre
Time: December 10, 2008, 8:44 am
its ugly
#5 Comment from Catherine
Time: December 10, 2008, 9:31 am
It’s odd to see HK holding a machine gun.
But, if it helps with morale, I’m all for it!
Which is why they used Betty Boop and other characters that were popular during their time.
#6 Comment from Northern117
Time: December 10, 2008, 9:32 am
Go Canada! But is this really real, or just a photoshop scam? Could be real, as some of us Canadians do have a weird sense of humour.
#7 Comment from Kitteh!!
Time: December 10, 2008, 9:34 am
Catherine, I think you’re probably right there! Certainly the same argument about morale and esprit de corps applies to the use of “pin-up” type images on warplanes.
Also, wildly off-topic, I looked at the tooltip that appeared on my browser’s “back button” a few minutes ago, and it read “back to Hello Kitty Hell”
#8 Comment from Acton
Time: December 10, 2008, 9:37 am
I want one. Does anybody read Arabic.
I do not think it is Hello Kitty but Daniel Star; take a scissors to his head and he would look like a Marine.
I thought of using Karomi and Batz-Maru for military art.
#9 Comment from Acton
Time: December 10, 2008, 9:48 am
Before Mr HKH get any ideas I meant hair
#10 Comment from emily hello kitty’s truest fan
Time: December 10, 2008, 10:38 am
totally mega! i love it!
#11 Comment from I can’t remember the name that I use on here
Time: December 10, 2008, 12:08 pm
There is a canadian flag above the patch.
#12 Comment from andophiroxia
Time: December 10, 2008, 1:43 pm
That’s rad. I want one.
#13 Comment from Vlad
Time: December 10, 2008, 5:38 pm
I spy a Canadian flag above it.
#14 Comment from KB
Time: December 10, 2008, 7:25 pm
You are right. The helmet does need a bow. I will get that fixed ASAP and resubmit the pics. Thanks for the heads up!
KB
#15 Comment from sansicarus
Time: December 11, 2008, 7:18 am
It’s a perfect fit. War is bad, so is Hello Kitty. I’m a little disappointed though that the soldier’s fatigues are not a shade of pink.
#16 Comment from Kitteh!!
Time: December 11, 2008, 8:58 am
Pink fatiques could work, although they’d be more suitable for the North African desert than for the Arabian.
#17 Comment from moriyah
Time: December 11, 2008, 11:39 am
I’m confused.
There’s a Canadian flag above the patch in the first photo and then Islamic writing in the second?
I call shenanigans.
And it’s ugly.
#18 Comment from Acton
Time: December 11, 2008, 11:57 am
Wait a minute folks we been kitty rolled again.
KB you gave you self away besides the patch is in the wrong spot. and probably would not be allowed on a uniform.
#19 Comment from Catherine
Time: December 11, 2008, 2:04 pm
Isn’t it a crime to deface a military uniform? 
#20 Comment from Kitteh!!
Time: December 12, 2008, 3:53 am
@ Catherine. Not necessarily, particularly given that the guy wearing the patch is supposedly Canadian, and most British Commonwealth military allow non-standard unit patches on “daywear” uniforms, even if not on parade and mess kit.
#21 Comment from Catherine
Time: December 12, 2008, 7:47 am
@Kitteh
I love your brain!
#22 Comment from isabelle
Time: December 12, 2008, 10:49 pm
Thats cool. why is he wearing it though??????
#23 Comment from Heilo Kitler
Time: December 13, 2008, 7:11 pm
Not as nice as the one on my armband!
#24 Comment from jennster
Time: December 16, 2008, 1:01 pm
the patch is real. sarge saw em on canadian soldiers while in the gulf last year. he tried to trade his patch for one, but said the canadians won’t let those patches out of thier sight. they are extremely proud of them!
#25 Comment from Angel H.
Time: December 17, 2008, 6:05 pm
So the Star Trek pin I put on my dad’s flight bag wasn’t the corniest military gear ever?
Sweet!
#26 Comment from angy
Time: December 18, 2008, 11:55 am
aww even the soilders love her i am truely touched
#27 Comment from Nick J Boragina
Time: December 21, 2008, 2:50 pm
Ick! Not one of our boys! (embarrassed to be Canadian)
#28 Comment from silentbob
Time: December 22, 2008, 2:19 am
You poor bastard!!!!!
#29 Comment from Princess Mean Kitty
Time: December 23, 2008, 3:30 pm
I totaly love the patch! I would sport it on some pink camies any day. Hmm maybe I should pack some for hubby when he deploys!! His comrads would love him LOL!! (mean kitty sneaking in lol)!!
#30 Comment from Princess Mean Kitty
Time: December 23, 2008, 3:31 pm
Ps . So its the Canadians with the patch? hmm must get me a penpal LOL!
#31 Comment from c
Time: December 28, 2008, 4:09 pm
Didn’t the Thai police force make errant officers wear HK armbands for the embarrassment factor?
#32 Comment from killslowly
Time: January 4, 2009, 5:49 pm
For everybody thinking this is fake:
It is called a “Morale Patch” (you can google it). Soldiers get people to create patches with messages, ideas, and/or graphics they create or copy, sew some velcro on the back, and voila, you have a patch you can take off whenever you want.
The fact that there is Arabic Script on the patch is not to uncommon. We used to get patches with our names written in Arabic and other not so nice messages in Arabic.
I think it is funny, but I wonder the WTF level this guy must be experiencing.
Cheers
#33 Comment from Joey
Time: January 8, 2009, 6:28 pm
Good Stuff
A friend of mine loves hello kitty stuff, she found this a a week ago and now she has me working on it. I do patches and if everyone is interested please let me know..
.. Cheers!
#34 Comment from Sharon
Time: January 12, 2009, 2:01 pm
Mixed messages anybody?
#35 Comment from a
Time: January 17, 2009, 12:08 pm
aw poor iraqi civilians! first they get bombed & shot at by invading americans, then they’re subjected to hello kitty…
#36 Comment from Doc
Time: October 1, 2009, 2:14 pm
ACTON…It means “kafir” or in english, Infidel
#37 Comment from Havens
Time: November 25, 2009, 2:01 am
PLEASE MAKE THESE! And email me when they’re for sale. 
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