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Post by bazza46 » Sun May 14, 2017 7:43 pm

Interesting. But what do they mean by 'Pinks and greens' ?
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Post by David » Mon May 15, 2017 2:22 am

Pink trousers and green jackets, as the WW2 officer's uniform was.

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Post by W. Winget » Mon May 15, 2017 5:11 am

The trousers had a pink tint to the tan color, the green was dark brown/green. Shouldn't be too hard to ramp up production, all the specs were established and still available, the uniform is sold to Texas A&M as their uniform, and many state troopers had/have/use these from uniform suppliers.

Should be an easy thing to switch too with the exception of the transgender version modifications and fitment of females, as they did not have unisex uniforms or pregnant soldiers back then. :oops:
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Post by JD136 » Mon May 15, 2017 6:23 am

Here we go again with another fashion trend/statement. The army had a good looking uniform
in the khaki. Bring it back!!
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Post by Destructo6 » Mon May 15, 2017 10:22 am

The US Army has been doing a ridiculous uniform shuffle for a bunch of years now. My head spins trying to remember all of the variations that have been adopted and discarded.

Each time, they have to outfit about 500k soldiers: how much does that cost? How could that money have been better spent on, say, training or weapon acquisitions?

The Navy did a smart thing by ditching the ugly, uncomfortable, and not particularly useful dungarees in favor of a BDU-like uniform, but instead of simply adopting an existing design and pattern, they had to adopt one in a grey/blue camouflage pattern that doesn't work in any natural environment. They should have pulled the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor off the Marine Corps' MARPAT uniform and used that.
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Post by rondo » Mon May 15, 2017 3:00 pm

This is not new; this change has been considered for many years. i'm against it if its a mandatory change. the reason is the constant changes and peepee poor quality of the ACU with velcro is nothing less than a national embarrassment. the dress greens alone had 3 changes. the last 2 changes were in shade only and virtually indistinguishable!! BUT they were mandatory and everyone had to change over to them. The only way to tell them apart was by the NSN on the tag!
on the battle dress; to change the color of the boots to match a new uniform is in itself ridiculous if not criminal.
The only reason for all this nonsense is to pad the pockets of somebody who is making these uniforms.
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Post by Fortyeight2A » Mon May 15, 2017 6:52 pm

Destructo6 wrote:The Navy did a smart thing by ditching the ugly, uncomfortable, and not particularly useful dungarees...
The Navy did that once in '72, a while before I joined. Half the sailors I served with bought their own dungarees because of the nostalgia/tradition factor. I wore the newly-issued working uniform, which was made of an indestructible fabric--sewn together with thread that dissolved away in a year. Then in '75, they changed the dress uniform to a double-breasted suitcoat type, with an Army-Air Force-Marine type hat, all of which I had to purchase myself. Nobody I knew liked that uniform. I don't know when they changed back to the dress blue jumper and dixie-cup hat as it's been 40 years since I got out. I understand they still use the foul-weather jacket from those days, though. That's one of the best items of clothing ever made.
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Post by Destructo6 » Tue May 16, 2017 6:37 am

The Navy did that once in '72, a while before I joined. Half the sailors I served with bought their own dungarees because of the nostalgia/tradition factor.
That makes sense as bell bottoms were popular in civilian clothes in that era, but in the 1990s, not so much. Dungarees were a slovenly-looking uniform that was intended only for physical labor type work, but didn't work well to achieve that goal. The US Navy went back to dungarees and traditional looking uniforms in 1980.

Looks like some of my gripes about the Navy's uniforms have been addressed. The current working uniform is indeed based on the USMC MarPat in style and color. The awful Working White (milkman/Good Humor Man) uniform and the Working Blue (Johnny Cash) uniforms have been replaced with a single tan shirt over dark pants uniform (clone of USMC Charlies?). The plain ugly Service Dress White is due to be replaced with a different dress white that include black piping, similar to the white piping of the Service Dress Blue (CrackerJack). Almost makes me want to re-enlist.

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Post by W. Winget » Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:35 am

Looks good but needs that mid drift belt on the blouse to bring it in.
Of course then they will go back to Sam Browns and sabers....
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Post by twinflyer17 » Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:55 am

These look awesome. There's something about the older style that makes them seem so classy.
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Post by 17thAirborne » Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:31 am

I do like the uniforms, but how much money has been squandered in the last 15 years on friggin uniform changes?
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Post by GUNNUT in Iowa » Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:10 pm

Farrell Fox wrote:
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The Army's prototype uniforms are here and already some have been issued.


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They could not decide on either Service Hat or Beret so they went with a "Seret"?

Brown shoes???!!!! Really, brown shoes?




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At least they abandoned that stupid "belt tip needs to be within 1 inch of the buckle" thing. Now there is room for "expansion" without having to buy a new belt.


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Re: U.S. Army to Consider Returning to the WW2 Era Uniform

Post by David » Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:56 pm

Black shoes wouldn't look right with these uniforms. And sandals or flip flops would be unsuitable for any post but those on Hawaii :lol:


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