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New Army Service Uniform
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| 8/25/2008
| C, Todd Lopez
Posted on 09/08/2008 12:09:05 PM PDT by cll
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To: cll
To: cll
Gee, looks just like the Air Force uniform!
62
posted on
09/08/2008 12:35:41 PM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead (3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87))
To: cll
Yes, I would like fries and a coke with my burger...
63
posted on
09/08/2008 12:35:47 PM PDT
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
To: buwaya
I understand the significance of blue — Civil War esp, but the apex of the US military’s worldwide respect was (remains) WWII.
The WWII/Korea uniforms look like the “Army” to me — perhaps because of movies (and they didn’t change all THAT much circa 1986-96 — my time).
If they had to go different, maybe WWII style in kahki.
64
posted on
09/08/2008 12:36:41 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Wish it was Palin/McCain)
To: Mr. Silverback
With that yellow stripe the trousers look like they were purloined from the Alaska State Troopers.
65
posted on
09/08/2008 12:38:30 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: MeanWestTexan
Nothing beats the uniforms pictured in your post. It’s sharp, tailored and professional. What a change! Hope there’s a good reason, as leaving this behind is sad. Maybe it’s too expensive to have our men and women dress than way today.
To: Mr. Silverback
The yellow leg stripe is a nice touch (Plains Indians used to call the infantry "yellowlegs" because of their yellow-striped pants) and I wonder if the artillery guys will get red? Only if they want to pretend they are United States Marines.
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posted on
09/08/2008 12:39:52 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: cll
UUUUUUGHH! Spare me! There was nothing wrong with the WW II Dark Green/?Brown belted coat with tan pants. Ike Jacket? Still got one!
68
posted on
09/08/2008 12:41:11 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(OBAMA, = Jimmah's big chance to get out of last place.)
To: cll
No disrespect meant to the men and women who will wear this uniform....but, the pic, with no jacket, looks like a guy who mans a missile silo in the 1950’s in a really cheap sci-fi movie! (oh wait, maybe I did see it in any one of SciFi’s recent “filmed in the former Soviet Union for $3.00” movies!
69
posted on
09/08/2008 12:42:00 PM PDT
by
blu
(Last one out of Michigan, please turn off the lights.)
To: cll
They should go back to these uniforms....
70
posted on
09/08/2008 12:43:21 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(FIRST defeat Imam Mahdi Obama. - THEN resist McCain. -- A good plan.)
To: cll
Oh for the days of the brown shoe army, with the O D’s,the Ike Jacket, Pinks and Greens, and Campaign Hats.
71
posted on
09/08/2008 12:46:02 PM PDT
by
late bloomer
( Neglegere homo pone aulaeum. semi-retired warlord)
To: cll
UUUUUUGHH! Spare me! There was nothing wrong with the WW II Dark Greenish Brown? belted coat with tan pants. Ike Jacket? I still got one, it lasted this long!
72
posted on
09/08/2008 12:46:26 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(OBAMA, = Jimmah's big chance to get out of last place.)
To: PhatHead
Horrible. When we switched from the khaki shirt to that puke-green one in the 80s that was bad enough, but blue? With a white shirt? That looks like some cheap security guard uniform. The Navy and Air Force can have blue. Army has not been blue since the Civil War, and we really should keep it that way.
Couldn't agree more
73
posted on
09/08/2008 12:46:48 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: cll
at least now it will match the blue helmets of the UN
To: rivercat
a Stetson Easily the coolest Army uniform accessory. Especially in the club with a flightsuit.
75
posted on
09/08/2008 12:55:13 PM PDT
by
xone
To: late bloomer
Oh for the days of the brown shoe army, with the O Ds,the Ike Jacket, Pinks and Greens, and Campaign Hats. My dad told me in the fifties, the reason the Pinks and Greens
were done away with is that only the officers wore them. It was a move to democratize the Army.
76
posted on
09/08/2008 1:00:17 PM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their ROCK, And the Most High God their Redeemer.)
To: XeniaSt
77
posted on
09/08/2008 1:00:17 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Sarah Palin...Unleashing the Fury of the Castrated Left!")
To: cll
OK, I admit a certain amount of, let's say, incredulity when it comes to things Army. That being said, I think that this choice is - inane beyond belief. Blue uniforms for those in the Sea service (USN) or Air (USAF) make sense. Blue for ground troops?
OMG! The Damn Yakees are comin' back!
78
posted on
09/08/2008 1:04:30 PM PDT
by
GunnyB
(Once a Marine, Always a Marine)
To: cll
It’s got to part of an ongoing project called “What Can We Get the Dumb Soldiers To Put Up With”.
“Let’s see if we can get them to wear a hat that’s hot in the summer, cold in the winter, won’t keep the sun or rain out of their eyes, takes two hands to put on, and that 85% of them will look like rodeo clowns in!”
“Who’da thought they’d actually wear that? I know, let’s try a pajama suit covered with velcro in a wierd color that doesn’t blend in with anything except one rare bush at Ft Irwin. We can sell the velcro as a convenience and cost saver, even though patches constantly fall off and cost several times what the old patches cost, and they’ll be reminded of how much we care for their convenience when they have to transfer all the patches each time they put on a clean one. And as a bonus, we’ll make them wear pin-on badges that you can’t wear with a seat belt.”
“Oh my God, they put up with that. There’s nothing left except to dress them up like wanna-be third-class shopping mall security guards, and we’ll especially pick on the elite guys by making them blouse neon-blue pants with big gold stripes into their boots. They already proved they’ll put up with anything.”
“the Army, as a whole, is like a guy that just keeps punching himself in the b**** over and over for no reason. (anonymous)
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posted on
09/08/2008 1:17:46 PM PDT
by
AbnSarge
To: buwaya
The berets are a poor match with the uniform I think, as are the womens hats. A stiff Kepi would be better, or a Stetson-type campaign hat, though that is much less practical.I think a Mississippi Marine Brigade/Ram Fleet "dragoon" style hat would work, too.
Mr. niteowl77
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