The current army policy has bent on the absurd velcro name tapes and pin on specialty badges but still insists on the velcro unit tabs and patches. Everytime you walk down a tight hallway, you trade patches with those you bump into.
The policy STRICTLY PROHIBITS sewing a multi-cam swath with unit patches sewn on in an effort to cover up the “pile” part of the “hook and pile” (apparently, “velcro” is a trademarked term).
That uniform was a disaster from jump. They looked like Hasbro kids pajamas and fit about the same way. Velcro just might be the loudest industrial solution to effectively closing a pocket ever invented. NOT helpful while on patrol.
the right way to do it would be to put chevrons back where they belong: on the sleeves of the NCO’s that earned them - big and bold. A-stan is a squad leader’s war. those chevron’s ought to be located where Soldiers can easily identify it.
And I realize the explanation that will undoubtedly appear: They shrunk so the enemy can’t easily identify them.
Thos fecal commandos deserve a little more credit than that. They figure out pretty quick who’s in charge.
The sooner the glow in the dark ACUs go the way of the black beret, the better off the army will be.
RLTW.