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House Votes to Eliminate Service Camo Patterns
Military.com ^
| Jun 06, 2013
| Matthew Cox and Michael Hoffman
Posted on 06/09/2013 1:38:43 PM PDT by null and void
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A single monolithic military is probably easier to utterly control than semi-independent Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy branches.
Sorta the PLA model.
To: null and void
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:42:10 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: null and void
I want to know my guys in my branch. It means that I know what that guy is capable of and what his talent may be. One less thing to think about.
To: null and void
Improve weapon systems and then you won’t need camouflage.
To: null and void
How wars has the PLA won? “Esprit de Corps’’ dude, check it out. I want the U.S military to be what it always has been, the best in the world. And you aren’t going to be that by being all the same. A Marine is a Marine, a Ranger is a Ranger, a SEAL is a SEAL, get it?
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:44:29 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
To: null and void
"Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Col. a former Marine and soldier, was one Congressman who voted against it. He said the amount of savings gained by moving to a joint combat uniform was relatively small compared to the morale gained within the services of having separate uniforms."
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:45:25 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I can't prove it, but they're true)
To: null and void
How about just going back to good old olive drab and khaki?
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:46:14 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: null and void
By this logic all the services should have the same dress uniform, too. Why stop at the utility/combat uniforms?
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:47:26 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:48:33 PM PDT
by
lodi90
To: null and void
We can’t seem to keep any uniform for more than a few years anymore.
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:48:55 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: jmacusa
Ah, my FRiend, the PLA has won every battle to control the internal Chinese population.
That’s a dictator’s first goal, maintain power. Expansion is a secondary consideration.
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:49:48 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: null and void
Why isn’t winning the war a priority ?
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:50:46 PM PDT
by
Absolutely Nobama
(The Doomsday Clock is at 11:59:00......tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.....)
To: null and void
Not funny.
There is no reason that Navy personnel should wear working clothing different than what Air Force personnel wear. The Army and Marine Corp can wear fatigues that are at least similar.
I was in the Navy 1980-1986. I had four sets of clothing: winter black, dungarees, summer whites, and dress uniforms. For the enlisted ranks below E-7, eliminating winter, summer, and dungarees and going with one set of blues makes sense.
The difference between the services can be accomplished with different covers and insignias.
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:52:50 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NATURAL BORN CITZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF CITIZEN PARENTS.)
To: null and void
Shooting your own un-armed countrymen isn’t a war. In 1944/45 we shed blood for China and the bloody Commies ended up taking over. The PLA couldn’t win an arm-farting contest. In Jan.1978 they invaded Vietnam and by the end of Feb.’78 they were running back out of it as fast as they could.
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:55:05 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
To: null and void
How much did the tsa just spend on uniforms?
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:55:16 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(The best is the enemy of the good!)
To: Timber Rattler
Cause everyone has to be a sniper. Nevermind that your shipmate can’t fight a fire or your buddy can’t clean his gun. Uniform changes are degrading to morale. I hated when the Navy went away from dungarees. How humilitaing that we now looked like a warehouse worker. Not that there is anything bad about warehouse workers, we just went through military training so we could look like everyone else with a low paid job.
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:55:36 PM PDT
by
pennyfarmer
(Your socialist beat our liberal AGAIN.)
To: Absolutely Nobama
Because as soon as we win the war there is no justification for all the domestic spying, TSA abuse and any of a hundred other daily insults we endure.
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:56:47 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: SatinDoll
How about airborne troops? You couldn’t expect them to wear what you swabbies wore, right?
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:57:05 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
To: jmacusa
In 1944/45 we shed blood for ChinaYeah. My dad had quite a few stories from his time there.
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:58:31 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: jmacusa
How wars has the PLA won? Esprit de Corps dude, check it out. I want the U.S military to be what it always has been, the best in the world. And you arent going to be that by being all the same. A Marine is a Marine, a Ranger is a Ranger, a SEAL is a SEAL, get it?
They have already taken the 1st steps toward neutering the services with co-ed units and calling Air Force bases "Joint Base....." Powerful forces are at work to destroy America's ability to defend itself.
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posted on
06/09/2013 1:58:52 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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