>>What is it with Ft. Hood? These dead soldiers, and Hasan...?<<
It seems strange indeed.
Just went to Ft Hood several weeks ago to get new wife her defendant’s ID. I was in dismay. A high % of overweight soldiers. Uniforms stretched tight over their bodies. Disheveled looking. Many with un-pressed uniforms.
All this compared to when I served. Never...NEVER...would the Army tolerate what was witnessed.
To me, all this translates into lack of discipline. So sad.
“””All this compared to when I served. Never...NEVER...would the Army tolerate what was witnessed.
To me, all this translates into lack of discipline. So sad.””
Well, you wouldn’t want to hurt their feelings and stuff.
UOD leads to this.
Dear Deep,
I’ll not comment on the overweight soldiers but I will offer an explanation for the “un-pressed uniforms” if you are referring to the everyday camouflage uniforms, rather than the dress uniforms.
When the Army first issued the camouflage Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) in the 1980’s it came with instructions that it was NOT to be ironed or starched. The reason was that there were anti-IR properties included in the camouflage cloth and that ironing/starching would negate those properties. I was in the Army in Germany when the change from cotton sateen fatigues to BDU’s happened.
Those same anti-IR properties have continued to be included in all camouflage Army uniforms since then, thus the “do not iron or starch” instructions still stand, thus we’ve had “wash and wear” uniforms for the last 35 years.
V/r, G-F