Should the Army go back to have two dress uniforms?

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 01:46:40 -0400

Now that we are all wearing ASUs should we go back to wearing greens and blues or greens and ASUs? The whole reason that I was told that we went to ASUs and got rid of the greens was to save the Soldiers money. Yet they were proposing to have three combat uniforms (garrison, desert, and forest). Obviously someone somewhere is giving off mixed signals. Also, with only one uniform you have little to no variation of formality. For males you switch the tie you wear and females and switch from pants to dress. With the greens and blues we had "suit" and "tux" type differences.

Will we go back in the future? Should we?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 27 at 2014 2:07 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 02:07:25 -0400

Someone is making a ton of money off of these uniform decisions. Hmmm. Keep it as is. Need to stop switching around since it is costing Soldiers more and more money to maintain different uniforms.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 27 at 2014 2:33 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 02:33:18 -0400

I've seen some varying variants for the ASUs/Blues. If you want some more variation you could always join a Cav squadron and get a stetson and spurs...

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jul 27 at 2014 3:27 AM

LTC Paul Labrador — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 03:27:22 -0400

I was never comfortable with the Blues as an everyday dress uniform. Traditional? Yup. Sharp? You bet. But a bit too fancy for a service uniform. And the B's make us look like mall cops.

If I had my druthers, the ASU would revert back to a dress uniform for formal ceremonies and evening wear, and we would re-adopt the khaki "Pink and greens" (or variants thereof) from WW2 as our service uniform.

Response by SGT Frank Leonardo made Jul 27 at 2014 3:15 PM

SGT Frank Leonardo — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:15:55 -0400

When I was in we had summer and winter uniforms. Then we had had 1 dress uniform blues were your choice to buy. When I was getting out of the Army they were going to the digital uniform which i am not a big fan of but I don't have to deal with it due to being out of the service. Also I liked to press and starch my uniform and shine my boots all of that is also out of the window. Personally that self pride and unit pride which seems to have left the service in all Braches which soldiers cant control sucks.

Response by SPC Casey Ashfield made Dec 28 at 2016 2:37 PM

SPC Casey Ashfield — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 14:37:01 -0500

I preferred to have just the dress greens and was very reluctant to change to the dress blues/ASU. Considering how I had to buy my ASUs out of pocket when the switch was made, it certainly didn't save any money for much of anyone.

Response by SSG Walter Corretjer made May 18 at 2017 10:54 PM

SSG Walter Corretjer — Thu, 18 May 2017 22:54:56 -0400

100% with you Leonardo.Pride,distinction,discipline,abov

Response by SSG Walter Corretjer made May 18 at 2017 10:57 PM

SSG Walter Corretjer — Thu, 18 May 2017 22:57:34 -0400

above all,and excelent appearance in garrison.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 15 at 2018 6:02 AM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 06:02:51 -0500

The ASU is too formal for most occasions that call for a service uniform, especially with a white shirt! Pinks & Greens needs to happen ASAP! With little to no burden to the soldier of course

Response by PO1 Barbara Matthews made Jan 15 at 2018 10:25 AM

PO1 Barbara Matthews — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 10:25:40 -0500

And I thought the Navy had a lot of uniforms.

Response by SSG Leevon Leggins II made Jun 10 at 2018 7:59 AM

SSG Leevon Leggins II — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 07:59:27 -0400

The Army uniforms have been a problem the entire 22yrs I was serving. I had to by additional Berets when we made that transition and refused to buy a set of ASU's to attend my retirement ceremony. I agree with the others that the Army should either go back to Greens or adopt immediately adopt the WWII era Retro dress with no cost to the soldiers initial issue.

Response by SFC Robert Walton made Sep 21 at 2018 9:44 AM

SFC Robert Walton — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:44:56 -0400

actually I think that one dress uniform would be enough I can remember winter dress greens, summer greens, blues, and tan kakis,. To many uniforms my opinion need it simple an cost effective. Want to keep blues make them a officer uniform way to expensive for enlisted to maintain I wore my blues once to the local Army Ball celebration and put $600. to do so. I say one for daily work and one dress that is all and pt.