Spouses/dependents wearing your uniform components in public?

My question is are you certain its the dependent in the first place? I got real sick and tired of people assuming my spouse was the ad member. And are you certain that its the sponsors uniform and not one she got down at the goodwill or army navy store?
No my spouse never wore my uniform pieces, until they were worn out then they became hunting gear

If you did serve you should not wear the uniform.

OK I do have to say that sometimes its not always a spouse wearing the things I still have my old PTs and I do wear them every once in awhile normally just around the house to clean or do laundry but if i need to run out I don't worry about changing. I also have a fleece jacket that I still wear because its warm. I also have to say my husband is still in the military so I got to play both parts for awhile and I know how everything should look. Yes all my patches are gone. I don't see a problem with it unless the are destroying it like the one picture and all patches are off.

I am glad my spouse does no such thing. She is supportive but does not the whole social concept and stereotype that the culture has created, AKA the "dependa". Iunderstand that a spouse is very supportive of their husband/wife and which to display it, however their are a myriad of ways they can do that. I've seen them put stickers on their car, blow up their social media outlets with pictures of their significant other. Thats fine, as long as their is nothing unethical or illegal or immoral being done, I am fine with it. but to wear their uniform is another. UCMJ covers it as well as Federal law.
Federal laws concerning the wear of the United States Military uniforms by people not on active duty are published in the United States Code (USC).
Specifically, 10 USC, Subtitle A, Part II, Chapter 45, Sections 771 and 772.

Personally, both my wife and I do not agree with this practice. She is very proud of my military career and what i accomplish but there are better ways to respect and represent what i have accomplished.

I have no problems with it as long as they are not trying to represent themselves as a Military member and do it tastefully. Since most of the Military clothing is available at any good surplus store or pawn shop outside any base it is hard to restrict them or anyone else from wearing parts of the uniform. Most Military Regs. are not enforceable on family members.

Not sure how high these cases are in the Army but in the Navy...no way would I let my wife wear any article of a uniform. They have special sections at the Exchange where spouses can buy clothing items that support their significant other. I've earned the right to wear this uniform. It's sacred and something I don't want anyone to misuse. This goes for the woman who are taking risky or provocative photos in their spouses uniform and sending to them or in some cases posting on a website for other people to see and get easily offended. Simply put, if you want to wear my uniform...sign up.

I had a situation like this. For some reason, people decide that wearing the ACU Jacket is a fashion trend and wear it like it is a coat. I have also seen a ton of people wearing the PC like it was a baseball cap with their civilian stuff. I am not really sure why it pisses me off, but it does. It is blatant disrespect towards our uniform. I understand people may go through surplus stores looking for cheap clothes and what not, but really? You couldn't find a regular shirt to wear or a regular hat? I tried to correct some guy one day and he decided to get an attitude with me. I wasn't disrespectful or anything. I just went up to him and said "Sir, I don't know if you may realize this or not, but wearing this uniform may offend certain service members because we take pride in this uniform and you are wearing it in this manner". He proceeded to be a douche bag. Long story short, there is no way to correct people deciding to try and look "cool" by wearing components of our uniform. Why they wear them? I have no clue...it looks absolutely stupid wearing ACUS with civilian crap. It is one of those pet peeves we will have to get over.

My wife wears my camouflage utilities...but usually when its just us. ;)

but seriously she only wears my old cammies when doing yard or stuff around the house so she doesn't get good clothes dirty. I have asked her not to where anything like that around town. I cant control what she wishes to do, but she actually hates wearing anything MC around bases, she wont even go into a store at the mall if she is wearing that brand of clothing. Weird right?

I am glad my wife is too small for my stuff. But it doesn't reflect well I think. I also can't stand when people pajamas in public. To me is seems like they want attention. A lot of the Army clothing we are issues are inferior to civilian attire. I will never wear my army PTs while off duty. If I can I will wear my civilian gym clothes when I can for my PT. As least the don't have that arm bad that is made out of the soldiers ACU top.