https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/and-the-army-doesn-t-keeps-sewing-along <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sewing is a dying skill in our culture yet it is a critical skill to have outside the United States. <br /><br />According to the official Army webpage: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/">http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/</a> , the Quartermaster school is no longer teaching young Soldiers this skill.<br /><br />Do you believe that this skill should be still taught or is no longer needed? Why should it still be taught?<br /><br />Invite others to respond by typing @name <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/">Clothing repair taught for final time at Quartermaster School</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The Quartermaster School&#39;s shower, laundry, and clothing repair course recently taught the last lessons of a craft that has been around for thousands of years.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:08:48 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/and-the-army-doesn-t-keeps-sewing-along <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sewing is a dying skill in our culture yet it is a critical skill to have outside the United States. <br /><br />According to the official Army webpage: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/">http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/</a> , the Quartermaster school is no longer teaching young Soldiers this skill.<br /><br />Do you believe that this skill should be still taught or is no longer needed? Why should it still be taught?<br /><br />Invite others to respond by typing @name <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/">Clothing repair taught for final time at Quartermaster School</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The Quartermaster School&#39;s shower, laundry, and clothing repair course recently taught the last lessons of a craft that has been around for thousands of years.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> SSG Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:08:48 -0400 2015-04-14T09:08:48-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/and-the-army-doesn-t-keeps-sewing-along?n=590916&urlhash=590916 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What exactly did they sew? Riggers ( and AF AFE) have chutes so I get that part. TSgt Joshua Copeland Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:18:24 -0400 2015-04-14T09:18:24-04:00 2015-04-14T09:08:48-04:00