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USMC Wannabe Blues (Army: Greens out, Blues in)
Strategy Page ^ | 8/22/08

Posted on 08/24/2008 4:26:16 PM PDT by Dawnsblood

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1 posted on 08/24/2008 4:26:24 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
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To: Dawnsblood

This thread is useless without pics.


2 posted on 08/24/2008 4:30:40 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Dawnsblood
Expect a Corsi column detailing how this is a secret move to allow easier integration with the UN Blue Helmet brigades.
3 posted on 08/24/2008 4:31:21 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Dawnsblood
I Wouldn't Give A Bean
To Be A Fancy Pants Marine
I'd Rather Be A
Dog Face Soldier Like I Am

I Wouldn't Trade My Old OD's.....Oh, wait...
 
4 posted on 08/24/2008 4:34:38 PM PDT by txroadkill (Liberals believe that the only oppressed people in Cuba are the terrorist in GitMo)
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To: Dawnsblood

Army Dress Blues

5 posted on 08/24/2008 4:36:31 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: Dawnsblood

What ever became of teh Air Force plan to emulate the USMC dress uniform with a Black and Silver color combo?


6 posted on 08/24/2008 4:36:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: AmericaUnited; 1rudeboy

Heck, its the same uniform that Army has been wearing since the civil war. Dark blue jacket, light blue slacks, gold strip down the leg. If you go to my profile there is a picture of me wearing it back in 2000 at the FR Presidential Inaugural Ball.

All the Army has done is eliminate the green uniform. It has always had the blue uniform. It also has a white uniform too, but it is hardly every used.


7 posted on 08/24/2008 4:36:43 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (A vote for third party is a vote for nObama)
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To: Dawnsblood
That Slick Willie move requiring the Army to wear black berets ... what was that about??
8 posted on 08/24/2008 4:36:51 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: jazusamo

Pleh. Looks too much like the Air Force.


9 posted on 08/24/2008 4:37:57 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Dawnsblood
Umm...

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10 posted on 08/24/2008 4:39:37 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A History and Science Minute.- "Climate change" has been going on for millions of years!)
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To: big'ol_freeper
If you go to my profile there is a picture of me wearing it back in 2000 at the FR Presidential Inaugural Ball.

I'll vouch for that, I met you an li'l there.

But I gotta admit I'm an OD Green kinda guy.

11 posted on 08/24/2008 4:39:47 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (Obama (Marxist), Manchuria)
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To: txroadkill

Hey....it’s okay.

Not everybody has what it takes to be one of us.

The Army is okay, though. :-)


12 posted on 08/24/2008 4:39:49 PM PDT by Howie66 (To the RAT Party: How can I question your patriotism? You have none, so what's your point?)
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To: jazusamo
Meanwhile over at the Air Force...
13 posted on 08/24/2008 4:40:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Dawnsblood

Blue is the most traditional dress uniform of the Army and goes back to before the Civil War. Blue vs Grey!! Also there is a touching song song called “Army Blue” which has been a standard at West Point for many generations. I have great respect for the Marines uniform, and this is not a personal response. It is simply a point of information.


14 posted on 08/24/2008 4:40:39 PM PDT by Barnyard
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I vote for these uniforms in spandex.


15 posted on 08/24/2008 4:41:57 PM PDT by rabidralph (Watch out for the Obamakazis.)
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To: BenLurkin
Guess it wasn't Black and Silver.....but it should be!
16 posted on 08/24/2008 4:42:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: martin_fierro
I think since he believed he was the 2nd coming of JFK, and JFK was the one who ordered the Green Berets to wear the green beret, ol' Slick wanted to do something like that too.

Just my opinion...
17 posted on 08/24/2008 4:43:10 PM PDT by FortWorthPatriot (No better friend, no worse enemy)
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To: rabidralph

It would look like the NFL...at least from the waist down...


18 posted on 08/24/2008 4:43:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Dawnsblood
The Class A uniform is not actually worn that much, with most troops wearing BDUs (Battle Dress Uniform, with the camouflage pattern) or the Class A uniform without the jacket, when at work. The BDUs come in several different shades, none of them featuring much green. So after a century, the green is gone. The army is also eliminating the all white tropical dress uniform, which was rarely used.

Blather. Army BDU's have been obsolete since 2005 replaced by the FOLIAGE GREEN pixelated Advanced Combat Uniform.

The USMC has two different pixelated utility uniforms, a desert and a woodland, but the ACU only comes in one color. Green.

And the Class A uniform "without the jacket" (and tie) is the Class B uniform.

I have not seen the official directive on the new Class A, but it has been in the works for a very long time.

19 posted on 08/24/2008 4:43:29 PM PDT by xsrdx (Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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To: txroadkill

Tell that to the tens of thousands of Marines here in San Diego and my relatives who are in the 1st Marine Div., the ones who first rolled into Bagdad

Or my Dad who was with the 1st Marines at the Frozen Chosin and Inchon Landing in the Korean War under Gen Chesty Puller.


20 posted on 08/24/2008 4:43:37 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Don't Blame Me - I Supported Duncan Hunter)
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