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So from time to time I see these soldiers wearing cook whites with patterns ironed into them. Whether it's lines or squares it doesn't matter but it's a matter of personal pride to me and people really caring about how they look at work. So if any of you have any easy tips for me I would love it !!!
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92G: Food Service Specialist
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Why...Just why? Clean and serviceable + good chow should be the focus. Or is it all about the reality t.v era? Bottom line follow the 670-1. SMH
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SGT Ronnie Warford
I don't see anything on TV about pressing a uniform? You have to set the standard and take pride in what you do. ALOT of food service personnel don't care because they hate their job but you show these soldiers that even with a solid white uniform. You can still be creative and express yourself and still be in regs
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SPC Matthew Bell
SGT Ronnie Warford - I disagree about being creative and expressing yourself. I feel that a highly starched and pressed set of cook whites says something about the cook and from my experience the starch helped reduce the tendency for stains to stick. Also, the goal of the Army is uniformity. When you have people adding creative and expressive designs into their cook whites you start to lose uniformity. A cook should spend more time being creative with their meal presentations rather than their uniform.
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AR 670-1 says cook whites should be clean and pressed there is nothing that says you cant have fun with the uniform plus if you do a good job sometimes just sometimes you can get the day off if you show how much you care about you uniform and taking pride in your profession. AR670-1 also states that you should not press and starch your ACU's but I see a lot of soldiers doing that most of the higher ranking it also states to not take them to a dry cleaners but again whenever I go into my local dry cleaners store Isee an awful lot of ACU's in there again it a lot of the higher rank people P.PS This is coming from a cook at god 'ol Fort Polk where there aint a damn thing to do but work on your ironing skills and drink (LOL)
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
SGT (Join to see) - I think we're pretty much in agreement.... not sure why the downvote. Strangest one I've gotten! And I get more than a few!
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SGT Ronnie Warford, I can only suggest that you grab a big can of spray starch and start simple. Make a simple line crease for your first experiment. Then, take your time, an afternoon should do it, and try different patterns (without starch) until you find something that you like. It's not like you can't iron it out again. Soon you will have your own design, and something to express your own personal pride in your uniform.
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I would see guys with crosses, spider webs, etc., and I would generally do a double line design across the shoulders. All you do fold your shirt wherever you want the line to go and only iron the section where you want the design (in the case of the spider web, the guy told me it took him the better part of an hour to make all of the little connecting lines between the main line of the "spokes."). I think too many lines, while looking cool, can also look juvenile; that being said, a good clean pressed shirt and slacks do show one's pride in themselves and shows respect to those with whom they work.
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SGM Joseph Harris
First things first! Has AR 670-1 changed? As a matter of fact, buy the looks of your photo I see AR 600-9 "may" have changed as well. Wow I guess that's what they call "the new Y2K soldiers..."
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