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In the Military, there are three units, each with its own patch: Scouting
Legion, Military Police and Stationary Guard.  
[![Unit's
Patches](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U0MHom.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U0MHo.png)  
Left to Right: Scouting Legion, Military Police and Stationary Guard

So far in the anime (up to episode 12), from these three we've seen (if I
didn't miss any) only the Stationary Guard's patch.  
[![Stationary Guard
patch](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L70TVm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L70TV.jpg)

Most of the main characters (Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackerman, Armin Arlert, Jean
Kirschtein and others) are in the Scouting Legion. However, they seem to have
a different patch that exhibits two crossed swords. They've been wearing this
patch since (in episode 2) formation, and the people in charge of training
then were also wearing this patch.

[![Crossed Swords
patch](https://i.stack.imgur.com/emawmm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/emawm.jpg)
[![Crossed Swords patch, seen in
formation](https://i.stack.imgur.com/b712um.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/b712u.jpg)

Even characters, such as [Annie
Leonhardt](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Annie_Leonhardt), that
belong to the Military Police exhibit the Crossed Swords patch.  
[![Annie Leonhardt with the Crossed Swrods
patch](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PuFKUm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PuFKU.jpg)

What differs in the anime from the manga?  
Were both the patches and the character's military affiliations changed?


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Was the Scouting Legion's patch or the character's Military affiliation changed?


After watching episode 13, I realize I misunderstood some things.

> So far in the anime (up to episode 12), from these three we've seen (if I
> didn't miss any) only the Stationary Guard's patch.

This is most likely wrong, as we'd seen Levi before, and he belongs to the
Scouting Legion. See this image from episode 13:  
[![Levi and the Scouting Legion's
patch](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SclpQm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SclpQ.jpg)

In episode 13, we also see the Military Police's patch, although from a
distance:  
[![Guards standing, with the Military Police
patch](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7xPntm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7xPnt.jpg)  
The patch is visible on the arms of the guards standing by the cell

This means we've seen all three patches (Scouting Legion, Military Police and
Stationary Guard), plus the Crossed-Swords patch.

Now, my misunderstanding came from the fact that the characters I mentioned in
the question are listed in the [Shingeki no Kyojin
Wiki](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Shingeki_no_Kyojin_Wiki) as
affiliated either with the Scouting Legion ([Eren
Jaeger](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Eren_Yeager), [Mikasa
Ackerman](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Mikasa_Ackerman), [Armin
Arlert](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Armin_Arlelt) and [Jean
Kirschtein](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Jean_Kirschtein)) or the
Military Police ([Annie
Leonhardt](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Annie_Leonhardt)).  
However, episode 13 also shed some light on this matter, when Jean identified
[Marco Bodt](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Marco_Bodt) as "The 104th
Training Corps Leader of Squad 19, Marco Bodt."  
[![Marco Bodt's
corpse](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ASA4rm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ASA4r.jpg)

Also on episode 13, Levi tells Eren he'll accept his application to the
Scouting Legion:  
[![Levi telling Eren he'll accept him in the Scouting
Legion](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RE5U0m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RE5U0.jpg)  
**NOTE** : The Scouting Legion is dubbed/subbed as Recon Corps in the anime

This would mean that the characters mentioned in the question still belonged
to the Training Corps, and that the affiliation mentioned in their SnK Wiki
pages (which, in addition to the fact that I was under the impression they had
already "graduated" from the Training Corps, caused my misunderstanding) is,
presumably, from the manga, which is ahead in the plot.

**Basically,[as JonLin wrote in the comment below the
question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4196/was-the-scouting-
legions-patch-or-the-characters-military-affiliation-
changed#comment3437_4196), the Crossed-Swords patch belongs to the Training
Corps, and no affiliation seems to have been changed.**


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