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It's Official: Army Adopts Version of Pinks and Greens Uniform on Veterans Day
Military.com ^ | 11/11/2018 | Matthew Cox

Posted on 11/12/2018 4:34:56 AM PST by cll

After more than a year of discussion, the U.S. Army announced Sunday that it has adopted a version of the World War II pinks and greens uniform as the service's new everyday dress uniform.

By 2028, the "Army Greens" will become the "everyday business-wear uniform for all soldiers," according to a Veterans Day Army news release.

"This is the uniform worn by America's 'Greatest Generation' in World War II," the release states.

Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel Dailey unveiled the first prototypes of the two-tone uniform in October 2017 at the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting.

In November of that same year, Dailey said the final version of the uniform would be a historically accurate representation of the uniform Gen. George C. Marshall wore as the chief of staff of the Army during WWII. It will feature a belted jacket, khaki shirt and brown leather shoes for men.

Female soldiers will have the option to wear versions with a skirt or pants, and will also have additional shoe options, today's release states.

The adoption of the Army Greens is the second major dress uniform change in less than a decade. The service retired its dress green uniform after 61 years of service in 2014, and replaced it with a version of the Army dress blue uniform, which became the Army Service Uniform.

The ASU will "return to being a formal dress uniform" for soldiers, the release states.

(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: army; armygreens; pinksandgreens; secdefmattis; trumpdod; usarmy; veteransday
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Now this is the only uniform I'll ever own as an Army Retiree. The Blues were too formal for everyday garrison wear and without the jacket, troopers looked like mall cops. Good show. I hope they throw a beret-burning party!
1 posted on 11/12/2018 4:34:56 AM PST by cll
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I’m with you. I honestly like them. But so much of it looks like “dress up day.” Did you see some of the models walking around in the “distressed” caps? I know, they looked good on MacArthur, but....


2 posted on 11/12/2018 4:38:37 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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Now if they can only come back with the summer khaki’s.


3 posted on 11/12/2018 4:41:18 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

And the jungle fatigues!


4 posted on 11/12/2018 4:42:27 AM PST by cll (Serviam!)
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They look good to me.


5 posted on 11/12/2018 4:47:28 AM PST by Doofer
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To: cll

Great move. The Dress Blues were fine for formal occasions, but not for everyday use.

The Ike Jacket was gotten rid of because there were too many fat Colonels that looked rediculous in them.

My Dad wore them and looked great in them! They were gone before I enlisted in ‘64.


6 posted on 11/12/2018 4:51:36 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Disarming Liberals...Real Common Sense Gun Control!)
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Great move. The Dress Blues were fine for formal occasions, but not for everyday use.

The Ike Jacket was gotten rid of because there were too many fat Colonels that looked rediculous in them.

My Dad wore them and looked great in them! They were gone before I enlisted in ‘64.


7 posted on 11/12/2018 4:51:37 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Disarming Liberals...Real Common Sense Gun Control!)
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To: cll

At Last.


8 posted on 11/12/2018 4:55:44 AM PST by SandRat (A)
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To: cll

The Firefighters union like all unions is all in for the Rats.


9 posted on 11/12/2018 4:56:23 AM PST by gibsonguy
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Oops wrong thread sorry.


10 posted on 11/12/2018 4:57:31 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: cll

11 posted on 11/12/2018 4:58:00 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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While I love the new uniforms I’m not looking forward to the change due to the cost to me as a Soldier.

Marlow White Company is going to make bank though.

12 posted on 11/12/2018 4:58:30 AM PST by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: Petrosius

Get rid of the UOD in public.


13 posted on 11/12/2018 4:58:52 AM PST by steve8714
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To: Redleg Duke

Got many pics of my old man (WWII Airborne) and his brothers (Pacific vets, Marine and Army) wearing those uniforms.

One pic, my old man standing “at ease” in front of the Arc d’ Triumph, captioned “Looking down the Champs”...

Conquering hero... with French women in the background giving him “the eye”... Heheh... Kilroy was, indeed, “there”...


14 posted on 11/12/2018 4:59:01 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: cll

Judging from the photos, the trousers appear to be the wrong color: gray rather than “pink.”


15 posted on 11/12/2018 5:02:42 AM PST by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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The jacket looks to be identical to the Marine Service Uniform A.

Logical sequence of events. First the Army wants everyone to look like Special Forces so they go with berets. Now the Army wants to look like Marines so they just steal the whole uniform.

:)


16 posted on 11/12/2018 5:07:33 AM PST by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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Loved both of these, 1505’s were just good-looking and the Jungle Khaki’s were bad-ass.


17 posted on 11/12/2018 5:09:36 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (An enemy invader does not become a citizen just because he breached the ramparts!)
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A lieutenant colonel I know was complaining about the number of uniforms they're required to have and keep in working order. The Army constantly tinkering with the uniform styles exhasterbates the situation. He said just the formal dress uniform, which he might wear once a year, was about $1000 for the whole outfit.

This is from a Marine officer who was saying the same thing on another site who had:


18 posted on 11/12/2018 5:14:56 AM PST by HarleyD
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I believe the pinkish hue in the 40s was due to the dry cleaning/starch press chemicals in use at the time, which altered the original color after so many cleanings.


19 posted on 11/12/2018 5:15:39 AM PST by cll (Serviam!)
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To: HarleyD

$$$$$

Contractors

Rinse.

Repeat.


20 posted on 11/12/2018 5:17:19 AM PST by TADSLOS (I hate Russian Dolls. They are so full of themselves.)
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