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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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They look good to me.


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


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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At Last.


8 posted on 11/12/2018 4:55:44 AM PST by SandRat (A)
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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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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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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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The adoption of the beret by the whole Army was an insult to SF.

Weird thing is, I don’t think even 10% of SF really LIKE the beret....


22 posted on 11/12/2018 5:18:11 AM PST by gaijin
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If they’re so great, why didn’t they just keep them? Military uniforms shouldn’t have to be changed with fashion trends.


23 posted on 11/12/2018 5:18:40 AM PST by GMMC0987
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“A peacetime army changes its uniform.”

There are several dichotomies at work here.

The first is the argument between “militarism”, which is parade ground fashion, full of look pretties and shiny awards, with antiquated rifles you can toss about; and “militancy”, or extreme utilitarianism, where decor in minimal and subdued, and every part of the uniform is practical.

The second argument is for a uniform for regular soldiers and variations for elite soldiers. Elites must maintain high morale to be effective; but regular soldier commanders do not want to dampen the morale of their soldiers.

The third argument is the circumstances of wear: peacetime, conventional war, or unconventional war. One type of uniform does not work for all three.


29 posted on 11/12/2018 5:26:05 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Liberals have become moralistic, dogmatic, sententious, self-righteous, pinch-faced prudes.)
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Nice, I like it a lot.


30 posted on 11/12/2018 5:38:26 AM PST by iontheball
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Pinks and greens were still the ROTC uniform when I entered in 55. They changed to Greens about the next year I think but I switched to AFROTC cause I liked the uniform better and my brother was an Airman. I had no clue I would retire from the USAF after 22 years active.


32 posted on 11/12/2018 6:02:31 AM PST by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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Pinks and greens were still the ROTC uniform when I entered in 55. They changed to Greens about the next year I think but I switched to AFROTC cause I liked the uniform better and my brother was an Airman. I had no clue I would retire from the USAF after 22 years active.


33 posted on 11/12/2018 6:02:35 AM PST by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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As a WW2 aviation buff growing up, I always loved watching WW2 movies on TV and loved these uniforms. They were long gone by the 70s/80s when I was in my prime WW2 fascination. Something about the lighting used on sets made the jackets look brown, the pants look khaki. Loved the combo. Years later, when I realized the jackets were an olive drab and the pants were pink I was kinda shocked. Still love them but my imaginary uniform of the brown jacket with khaki pants still wins!


37 posted on 11/12/2018 7:04:29 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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From photos of my father, WWII USAAF corporal, in his dress uniform it was olive drab blouse (jacket) and matching trousers. The “Pinks and Greens” were the officer’s dress uniform. I’ve also seen that in the Osprey uniform series. Thus this adoption is of the old Army officer’s uniform for all ranks.


42 posted on 11/12/2018 9:08:22 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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From photos of my father, WWII USAAF corporal, in his dress uniform it was olive drab blouse (jacket) and matching trousers. The “Pinks and Greens” were the officer’s dress uniform. I’ve also seen that in the Osprey uniform series. Thus this adoption is of the old Army officer’s uniform for all ranks.


43 posted on 11/12/2018 9:08:23 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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