Posted on Jul 2, 2015
Should there be one standard combat uniform across all branches of service?
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Yes. If the brass really want to save money, then pick one damn uniform for all.
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TSgt Gwen Walcott
If the brass wants to really save money, eliminate most of Washington and the minions that occupy it
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But also pick something that is breathable during summer months, for those on ships can float, flame-resistant and doesn't completely blend in with the water. For those deploying on land, something that blends with the surroundings.
There was a lot of talk about redoing the women's uniform, but after redoing one shirt, the movement died.
There was a lot of talk about redoing the women's uniform, but after redoing one shirt, the movement died.
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It'll save money, and (hopefully) simplify logistics. Honestly, it seems like everyone just started pushing for new combat uniforms because everyone else was getting them. Army didn't really have a reason to go to ACUS-UCP, other than the Marines going to MARPAT. Air Force only changed because the Army did, and the Navy Changed because everyone else did.
At the end of the Day, I think our dress uniforms are where every branch ca take liberty and be different, but I think to truly bring home the "One Team, One Fight Mentality", having the same combat uniform is a good place to start.
At the end of the Day, I think our dress uniforms are where every branch ca take liberty and be different, but I think to truly bring home the "One Team, One Fight Mentality", having the same combat uniform is a good place to start.
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I agree with the cost savings aspect. I also agree with why all the services started changing their camo patterns. I personally wished that we would have kept the woodland BDU.
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PO1 Shahida Marmol
CW4 (Join to see) - I like that idea. Our dress uniforms should be the only uniforms we wear that is distinctive to our branches. As a sailor, I wouldn't want to get rid of our jumpers. They are apart of our tradition... I love them lol
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You will not find many Air Force members that like their uniforms. I don't think there was much thought about what we would be able to blend in with. Its not like our bodies are flying through the sky.... They don't camo you from anything. Some guys let their uniforms fade to the point that you could mistaken them as snow camo.
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I'm torn on this one.
A) for money's sake, if we would develop the best theater-specific uniforms and share for all military in that theater (desert, urban, jungle, garrison, snow, water, etc) it would make the most sense - after the pattern in that environment proves to be the best, every branch should wear the best then.
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B) there is a strong sense of pride and identity in each branch. Different branches also take pride in their uniforms differently. Requiring the same uniform for each branch would certainly detract from that branch's pride in their uniforms and possibly even decrease morale.
A) for money's sake, if we would develop the best theater-specific uniforms and share for all military in that theater (desert, urban, jungle, garrison, snow, water, etc) it would make the most sense - after the pattern in that environment proves to be the best, every branch should wear the best then.
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B) there is a strong sense of pride and identity in each branch. Different branches also take pride in their uniforms differently. Requiring the same uniform for each branch would certainly detract from that branch's pride in their uniforms and possibly even decrease morale.
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CW4 Jason Wheeler
Your B comment is interesting since most of the US Military wore BDUs from 1981 till into the early 2000s (2005 for USMC, 2008 US Army, 2011 Air Force, 2012 Navy) which is over 20yrs. Before that, a vietnam era as early as 1965, all services wore a solid olive green uniform, OG107. So it would seem service members only developed this "service specific pride" in their Utility uniforms after the Marine Corp made Marpat and every other service started playing keeping up with the Jones. So, I'd vote for some butt hurt service members cries over "I don't look special anymore" over a Billion dollar (That's with a B) fiasco of the Universal Camo Pattern, to a field testing a UCP variant with Coyote Brown added, to the OEF Camo Pattern (Multi Cam) to finally now the Operational Camo Pattern. Which by the way was developed by the Army in 2002, known as Scorpion, by CRYE Precision. CRYE later took an modified "Scorpion" and trade marked it as Muliticam. You read that right we paid for a pattern we already basically owned.
So, I think you comment b is basically a Straw Man.
So, I think you comment b is basically a Straw Man.
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