Posted on Jul 26, 2017
As a civilian who owns military issued pants (both Army and USMC), would I be able to wear them with boots or is it unauthorized?
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As a civilian - never enlisted before - I have a pair of OCP Army Issued and MCCUU Desert Digital, if I buy combat boots, would I be able to wear the pants only with it tucked in, or is it considered stolen valor still as me being a civilian or no?
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The only thing I've ever wore that I can get called on is my OCP Pants, desert boots and desert tan t-shirt, however since ACU is now outdated, ACU might be more acceptable to wear
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yes its only stolen valor if your wearing patches form a specific unit or something but it gets grey and depends on what your using them for like for airsoft you can wear the patches as long as your not saying your actually a part of that unit
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You can wear whatever you want. Stolen Valor is trying to take credit for rank, etc for some type of public service etc.
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No problem, lots of people do. Just don't try to pass yourself off as being part of the military (past or present).
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Thank you guys' for your responses' now I know pretty much what's what now, I feel the same with you guys, if I want to wear the jacket, ill earn it, I've been talking to a local recruiter her in Council Bluffs, Iowa about Army enlistment possibly, he's a really cool guy and I haven't seen anything that has disqualified me yet, so I have a feeling I have a chance possibly to enlist. I've been planning Full-Time Army though, my ex girlfriend is in the Army National Guard, she's a bit of a psycho, shes actually so crazy i had to go to her recruiter just to get her off my back, but i'd rather be overseas or on deployment 24/7 instead of annual trainings with my ex girlfriend, me and a few of my buddies classify her as a "Military Whore" since her buddies claims she has slept with so many men and had sex with so many bases, but theres no proof to back her up in the military, she claims she has uniforms, knows the Army Soldiers Creed, etc but anyone can memorize that, but if i enlist, it will be Full-Time Army as my ex claims shes national guard, and as before, i ain't doing annual trainings' with my ex.
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Corey Anderson
The Navy was my first and original choice, but my buddy wants me to go Army with him since he's Full-Time Army
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CMDCM Gene Treants
Corey Anderson - a friend of mine and I went into the Navy on the Buddy Plan. We arrived at boot camp together and were there for the first few days and then it was time to form up Companies. He was the Last in his Company and I was the first in mine. He got Christmas Leave and I didn't
we saw each other again at Et School 16 weeks later - but that was about it - not very often.
NEVER let someone else make your life decisions for you- not even your WIFE!
we saw each other again at Et School 16 weeks later - but that was about it - not very often.
NEVER let someone else make your life decisions for you- not even your WIFE!
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I know guys who wear them for work clothes. Construction, landscaping, mechanics, etc. I've also seen guys who wear the old BDU's and the Desert Camo from Desert Storm as paintball/airsoft gear. The question is, why are you wearing it? Can it easily be misconstrued? Just wearing the bottoms and some boots isn't wrong but people might draw some wrong conclusions. Just be honest about it.
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