Is moral really why the uniforms are being changed? Honestly, I don't know, that's way I ask.
I have to admit that what I gave was much more an expression of opinion than a position developed by careful analysis. My service was the Navy, and service there as an officer. Our uniform is not that much different from Navy officers worldwide, and has remained relatively unchanged throughout this and the last century. I think the best uniform is the Marine service dress blue. My son is a Marine and can recite from memory the connection of every part of the uniform to Marine Corps heritage. I served in the amphibious Navy, so never went more than four months in my 3.5 years without serving with Marines. So now you know just how unabashedly prejudiced I am.