"OCONUS" refers to Outside of CONUS, that is, outside of the Continental United States. The U.S. Army's major OCONUS locations were West Germany and South Korea, and each location is the subject of its own article on this website. There were three other OCONUS locations where the Army had maneuver units during the 1960s through 1980s: Hawaii, Alaska, and the Panama Canal Zone. It appears that very few of these units wore qualification patches.

             Hawaii was the home of the 25^th Infantry Division. After it returned from Vietnam in 1970-71, it had only a single Armor branch unit: the 3^rd Sqdn, 4^th Cavalry. The 3-4 Cav was an air cavalry unit with a single armored cavalry troop. It does not appear this unit issued any gunnery patches. However, there were at least two subdued qualification patches that were worn within the 25^th ID: an Expert TOW Anti-Tank Missile patch, and an Expert Redeye ADA Missile patch. I do not know when these patches were worn. However, Redeye was replaced by Stinger in the early 1980s. Neither patch is in the ASMIC Qualification Patch Catalog.

             During the 1960s and early 1970s, the Army had two separate infantry brigades in Alaska, the 171^st and 172^nd. Each initially had a tank company, which was later replaced by an armored cavalry troop. The 171^st Infantry Bde was inactivated in late 1972. At some point the 172^nd Infantry Brigade's armored cavalry troop was converted to an air cavalry troop. In 1985-86 the 172^nd Infantry Bde was expanded into the 6^th Light Infantry Div, which had a light reconnaissance squadron. No gunnery patches have surfaced from any of these Alaska-based units.

             Finally, the 193^rd Infantry Brigade was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone from 1962 to 1994. The 193^rd did not have any Armor branch units, and it does not appear that any of the units of the 193^rd ever wore a gunnery patch.