Posted on Apr 6, 2014
Should Soldiers wear the Class B/Tropical uniform for daily duties?
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Aside from line units or motor pools (or any other physical-type duty), should the Army move to a more professional uniform for daily duties?
If we're truly trying to more to a more professional looking group, (hairstyles, tattoos, etc.) why not go to the Class B/Tropical uniform on a daily basis?
If we're truly trying to more to a more professional looking group, (hairstyles, tattoos, etc.) why not go to the Class B/Tropical uniform on a daily basis?
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Posted 12 y ago
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Yes. Every day I dress for combat so that I may attend meetings and interact with my civilian counterparts who wear business attire.
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No, as a 68K (lab tech) I work with blood, urine, stool, semen, and other bodily fluids on a normal basis, also I draw blood form patients on occasions. Although we wear lab coats, it would be a shame if I spilled something on my pants or shoes.
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SPC (Join to see)
No sir, on a normal day we take off our ACU top and put on a disposabel lab coat. Plus gloves and any other protective equipment that is applicable
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Impractical for daily duty, but perhaps maybe one day out of the week, like every Friday, unless training is going on. I also think that this should be the standard uniform for DA Photos (some worry about folks being overweight and this way offenders can't hide behind their jackets)
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CPT Robert Skinner
How is it impractical? Especially if your duties are in doors, for example a PAC clerk, S1-S6 shop working in the Battalion area etc. I think it is a pain in the you know where, but impractical I think not.
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PFC Jonathon Luken
CPT Robert Skinner - I know when i worked in an S6 shop i had to crawl around to hook up computers, Carry equipment and things like that. S6 isnt all just sitting at a desk.
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I actually like getting dressed up and looking pretty.
But is it useful? I don't think so. As I am transitioning from a mechanic to a paper pusher, I can go from an office to the motor pool.
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CPT Robert Skinner
Motor Stables as I know it, or command maintenance is on a Monday, Bring your B's for paper pusher tuesday thru Friday. There is no reason why Battalion Staff duty, Runner, Field officer of the day can't be in Dress uniform.
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Yes, for a variety of reasons. In my early years, both in the USMC and USAF the normal duty uniform was not any type of camouflage (dirty jobs of course worn the aircrew style jumpsuit). A more professional image was promoted and fitness was easily observed in how the uniform 'fit' the individual. Interactions seemed to stay on the professional side as well since rank and job type were readily visible.
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While I would completely agree with a move to a more professional daily uniform, I think that a change like this would create a hardship for the more junior enlisted Soldiers without also increasing the amount of pants and shirts that are issued and providing some sort of quartermaster cleaning service.
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I would have no problem buying additional uniforms items at this point, but what about the Private Snuffy coming right out of AIT that only has 1 pair, now he has to use a significant portion of his paycheck to get more uniforms? I have and continue to iron my ACUs for daily wear, I would much rather take them to a dry cleaner, but they cannot by regulation have creases. When the option for dry cleaning, which often time looks more professional that personally iron items, is available it creates the new standard that they should be dry cleaned, and once again Private Snuffy is paying $25 a week to prove he is a professional to his leaders.
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I think this would be a bit impractical for some of the MOSs out there such as mechanics, fuelers, and medics. Obvious reason being the chance of soiling them on a daily basis. I'm a medic and I can't see myself working on a patient in Class Bs. I remember reading awhile back that they were thinking of going back to Bs for soldiers working in office positions at the Pentagon. Did that ever happen?
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SGT Seth Wardell
I am just going to throw it out there that I have been wearing the same pair of black leather Bates oxfords that I bought for about $100 almost 4 years ago, almost daily. They look just as good, and take a shine just as good as they did when I bought them. I probably would have given up on at least two sets of corframs in that time, without wearing them nearly as much.
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Now that I am retired....(JK), I say yes. Jobs at the Pentagon, or anywhere there is a joint service community I think it should be mandatory. It just has that professional look. Jobs where you live in the motor pool, or climbing on vehicles is another story. I remember pay day activities, and no one had a problem showing up in Class B's when they knew they would have a few classes and be done at noon.
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Ha, not on my paycheck. I can barely afford to maintain it while it's in the closet, much less if I were wearing it out. We already wear a uniform that wears out every 4 months or so and that costs me an arm and a leg, even with 5 or 6 of them. I can tell you that dress uniform isn't more durable then these crap ACU's and it isn't less expensive either.
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Thats great, 43% of you said Yes! Now here the follow up question, who pays for the additional uniforms needed to wear the Class B everyday? We have a hard enough time getting Soldiers to buy BN PT shirts!
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SGT Seth Wardell
The Clothing Replacement Allowance is intended to allow for the replacement of all 'basic clothing bag' items, including the ASU...
ref - http://www.army.mil/article/125679/Pocket_guide_spells_out_specifics_of_clothing_allowance/
Organizational 'supplimental' items, (such as BN PT shirts) are on you, possibly it's time to try for more 'buy-in' on the design from the troops?
ref - http://www.army.mil/article/125679/Pocket_guide_spells_out_specifics_of_clothing_allowance/
Organizational 'supplimental' items, (such as BN PT shirts) are on you, possibly it's time to try for more 'buy-in' on the design from the troops?
Pocket guide spells out specifics of clothing allowance
For the first time ever, a handy pocket guide for Soldiers is now available to explain the specifics of their annual Clothing Replacement Allowance.
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I wear class B's voluntarily as a part of my recruiting duties... I will attest that it makes a huge difference in the way the business leaders, and school administrators view me.
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