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Wore my summer whites for the first time in 8-10 years. The uniform was fine, and the shoes looked OK. Never occurred to me that the polish would have dried out. This is what they looked like after the drill weekend. Oh well. Guess I'll try cleaning them down to bare leather with saddle soap and then building up a new layer of polish. Anyone else have some colorful "uniform failure" stories to share?
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Not sure if this really counts, but in Infantry OSUT we were getting in formation at a shower point in just our towels and some people were moving to slowly.
There is our unit...minus stragglers...doing Mountain Climbers in towels and flip flops. Lets just say that probably would not go over every well in today's Army.
There is our unit...minus stragglers...doing Mountain Climbers in towels and flip flops. Lets just say that probably would not go over every well in today's Army.
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SPC Charles Brown
No MSG Brad Sand, I don't imagine it would. Although that would be something to stop traffic on the tank trails.
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MSG Brad Sands we had it happen almost exactly the same way during our first 72 haha
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I talked my way out of class one day while attending AIT at Ft. Huachuca back in 1990. Me and a few of my classmates wandered over to the "permanent party" side of post and I found myself in the clothing sales store. I saw a rack of brimmed felt caps (bus driver caps) and decided to try one on because I had always wanted one for my class A uniform. As I was admiring myself in the mirror, a LTC walked up to me, looked at me, shook his head and said "someday private, someday..." I was a little confused until I looked at the cap a little more closely. I had been standing in the MCSS, happily wearing a brimmed felt cap with "scrambled eggs" on the brim. These hats are generally reserved for the use of field grade officers, and had I known that at the time, I would have thought twice about trying it on. Postscript: the LTC called the schoolhouse and told on me, so I got in trouble later that day.
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CSM Charles Hayden
SFC Stephen Carden, Some of those LTCs can be real finks! A West Pointer, riffed by his classmates once gave me a bad time.
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TSgt Tommy Amparano
What a dick. No need for telling on you for trying one on in the store. Not like you were trying to pass yourself off or anything.
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There's a few that were EPIC. We had a dress white inspection at Port Hueneme. One officer forgot his gloves. So we had him take his socks off and put them on his hands. He escaped that one.
The best one was we had a blues inspection out on Treasure Island on a Sunday. The Regimental Commander forgot his tie and there were none to be had. Well, the Skipper came out wearing a tie. However the Ensign at the end of the line had a black sock stapled to his shirt. The Skipper complemented him on his outstanding uniform.
Another blues inspection at the hospital at Camp Pendleton always has a mash up of doctors who just never really got into the uniform thing. We had a senior shrink who came out in blues with a bow tie and wearing a women's beret because it looked European. Takes all types I guess.
The best one was we had a blues inspection out on Treasure Island on a Sunday. The Regimental Commander forgot his tie and there were none to be had. Well, the Skipper came out wearing a tie. However the Ensign at the end of the line had a black sock stapled to his shirt. The Skipper complemented him on his outstanding uniform.
Another blues inspection at the hospital at Camp Pendleton always has a mash up of doctors who just never really got into the uniform thing. We had a senior shrink who came out in blues with a bow tie and wearing a women's beret because it looked European. Takes all types I guess.
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