The yellow leg stripe is a nice touch (Plains Indians used to call the infantry "yellowlegs" because of their yellow-striped pants) and I wonder if the artillery guys will get red?
Still, this is going to look a lot like the Air Force blues to the uninitiated.
My screen is too small, but I assume the leg stripe is an officer designation for “please shoot me first.”
If I’m not mistaken, the gray shirt won the favor of most soldiers surveyed, but Gen. Casey changed it to white.
Actually, the Cavalry had the yellow stripe on the pants and I believe the Infantry was white. Of course, the Field Artillery were the “Redlegs”.
I find it very attractive with the blue jacket, and it does have historical resonance. Its very similar in effect to the uniforms of the 19th-early 20th centuries.
They would look snappier with closed collars in the true 19th century style.
The berets are a poor match with the uniform I think, as are the womens hats. A stiff Kepi would be better, or a Stetson-type campaign hat, though that is much less practical.
With that yellow stripe the trousers look like they were purloined from the Alaska State Troopers.
Only if they want to pretend they are United States Marines.
Artillery IIRC didn’t have the red stripe on the dress blues.
At least I’ve never seen the red stripe on the blues the officers wore on occasion in the artillery units I was in. (HHB 1/17FA, HHB DIVARTY 1AD, HHB 1/101FA, and HHB 1/102FA)
As far as officers, for field and company grade officers they have bands on the jacket sleeves, the band on the service cap, and on the shoulder straps that are colored in the first-named color of the officer’s basic branch.