Posted on 05/15/2017 5:15:15 AM PDT by cll
What's old is new again as Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey pushes ahead on bringing back a vintage uniform.
The Army's top enlisted soldier is heading to the next uniform board meeting, armed with the results of an exclusive Army Times survey, to make the case for bringing back an iconic, World War II era uniform for everyday business wear, he told Army Times in an interview this week.
"That was the uniform of the 'Greatest Generation.' There was a lot of prestige and honor associated with that. The American public identified with that uniform," he said. "We think that is more appropriate than trying to create something new."
The board — made up of leadership from across the Army, as well as a couple junior enlisted soldiers — is set to meet later this month, Dailey said.
Their recommendations will go to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and acting Army Secretary Bob Speer for final approval, which would involve a change to the clothing bag, and therefore an update to the clothing allowance.
(Excerpt) Read more at armytimes.com ...
I read that the pink referred to the color the khaki pants turned when overexposed to some sort of dry cleaning solution they used back in the day.
The black beret looks particularly stupid when worn with the blues. The blues look even more stupid when worn as the everyday service uniform with all the gold stripes.
Although I had “scrambled eggs” on my hat when I was in, I never understood why since all the WWII and earlier hats didn’t have them other than “Field Marshal” MacArthur. I guess the Army/Air Force wanted to look as snazzy as naval officers.
Kilts?
Amen my brother in arms. I often think the Army focusing on education instead of offensive and defensive strategies. Diversity classes instead of tactical maneuvers or common sense EnE.
When my Dad served they were called dress blues. The everday wear
was the green. Today my Dad refers to the blue uniform as the over dressed blues.
Something fabulous.
Like NFL teams that are struggling... Change the uniforms. Seriously, I always liked the Pinks & Greens. Classic look.
Like NFL teams that are struggling... Change the uniforms. Seriously, I always liked the Pinks & Greens. Classic look.
“The lighter color pants. Had a slight “pink” look when worn with the darker jacket.”
Gonna be a lot of disappointed trans-whatevers when they discover it’s not a true pink-pink.
The US military since ‘45 only plays for ties. It’s what happens when you’re the hegemon. Look at how many times Britain had its butt handed to them in places like Sudan & Natal. Usually the got back a year or 2 later but it did show they were stretched thin.
Thanks, you guys. I will have nightmares tonight dreaming about ironing my husband’s USMC uniforms. Had never ironed much when I got married, and had to learn very quickly! And it was before permanent press.
It's the damned pussified generation of snowflake wannabe social justice warriors that are in positions of leadership.
Get rid of those assholes, let the warriors be warriors without the silly ass social justice crap, and maybe some of the Esprit de Corps and high morale will return.
This army makes me sick.
Worrying about a freaking uniform change when 2/3ds of the damned force are fat ass blobs of chewed gun and the remaining 1/3d is so damned scared of fighting that they spend their time plotting against one another, in pursuit of that damned star.
Piss on the uniform; the one they wear works just fine...make the damned army the United States Army again...and get Coco Chanel and Abercrombie and Fitch out of the damned fox holes, along with the faggots, the translesbowhatevers and the COWARDS.
Put that chubby-cheeked little faggot, Bradley Manning out on a Dishonorable Discharge instead of granting him Commissary and Medical Privileges (or just go ahead and execute his ass), pull that piece of jihadi doo-doo Nasan out of Leavenworth, tip him out of his electric wheelchair and execute HIS ass...own up to your responsibilities to your injured warriors.
Give some authority back to your NCO's and quit worrying more about how plush a GO's quarters can be than how much a new weapons system costs.
My dad had a pair of “pinks” pants from his time in the China-Burma-India Campaign but I never saw him wear them. We discovered the pants folded in the bottom of a clothes chest after he passed.
I’ve always like the idea of Officers and enlisted wearing different uniforms.
Same problem here. I think there's too much moisture in the basement closet........
The Obama uniforms make them look like doormen or bus conductors.
I remember that. Six sets of fatigues a week during basic training...
I’ve tried to forget some of those years, but I can’t forget ironing my ex’s fatigues for hours in our little Alaska apartment. Oy!
... all heavily starched.
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