Posted on Aug 11, 2016
Any feedback on the Army's sleeves up policy? It looks like the new uniform makes it uncomfortable and SMs are electing to keep them down?
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Looking for first reports on the policy. I personally found that the sleeves cut my circulation off and made rolling them uncomfortable.
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The 1ID(Fort Riley) has made it mandatory for Soldiers to roll them in a garrison environment, and down while conducting motor pool operations, missions, or field training.
I have found that the higher it is rolled, the tighter it is and does cut off any airflow, however if rolled so as to be just above the elbow, I have no complaints. Airflow is nice, and no circulation cutoff. I personally like my forearms to be exposed rather than have my sweat pool up in my sleeves.
I have found that the higher it is rolled, the tighter it is and does cut off any airflow, however if rolled so as to be just above the elbow, I have no complaints. Airflow is nice, and no circulation cutoff. I personally like my forearms to be exposed rather than have my sweat pool up in my sleeves.
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MSG (Join to see)
elbows, works great if your a big boy weightlifer well deal with it i did usmc 85-87
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MSG (Join to see) - exactly, it depends on the persons arm thickness really. The regulation says above the elbow and no more than 3 inches above so Soldiers with smaller biceps can have the higher roll, but if you wear a big patch like fort hood, and even the big red one, it covers the patch and I think it looks bad. But rolled so as to be just above the elbow is within regs, shows the patch and all its pride, and doesn't cut off blood flow of air flow. The Corps definitely looks the best in all uniforms, especially the sleeve roll.
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You mean blood flow, air doesn't flow through your arteries..otherwise you'd have an air embolism that would kill you. Just saying and looking out for you.
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SPC (Join to see) - no I mean air flow. Like air flowing through your sleeves and into your top to cool you down, but thanks for the comment bud. You're the real MVP
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In my state the command authority for sleeve rolling is being retained at the TAG level. I doubt we'll be seeing rolled sleeves any time soon. Frankly I think it kind of defeats the purpose of empowering commanders to make decisions on uniform posture.
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My youngest son is in the Guard and I was trying to show him how we used to do it with the BDU'S and it just doesn't work with the new uniforms. The old BDU'S had way more room in the sleeves.
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