Posted on Feb 22, 2014
Spouses/dependents wearing your uniform components in public?
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We have all seen it, spouses wearing their "sponsors" pt jacket, fleece jacket etc while walking around in public. I would really like to know why it is that "YOU" as the service member allow your spouse to wear a part of your uniform in public. Do you not have any pride in your uniform or your profession, or do you just not care that they do it? I would never let my wife wear my PT Jacket or anything else of mine that is essentially INITIAL ISSUE OR TA-50 in public. If she wants to support what I do and it is cold out, I'd get her an Army hoodie, not strip my name tapes off and let her walk around in MY Army issued fleece jacket. There is a discussion about Soldiers walking around in uniform after COB and "how wrong that is". So why do people think this it is OK to let their spouse wear their uniform and announce "my family is in the Army" or "give me special attention". And knowing that dependents are REALLY not so much subject to 670-1/ UCMJ in that aspect, is there any input as to what can be done about it besides walking away disgusted.<br>
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DA Pam 670-1
Posted 12 y ago
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I won't let mine wear my uniform items, but if she wants to wear the hoodie with my unit logo on it then that is fine. She is just as much part of that family as I am.
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No issues as long as uniform does not have rank or tags; anyone can buy PTs. But, who on their right mind would like to wear Army PTs?
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If a spouse had had to live life, while ur on deployment, or they have to live with certain restrictions, if u have a secret job, so they. Any know anything about what u do for a living, children have to go a year or two without seeing the parent, and then are expected to integrate relatively quickly, I think they have earned alittle leaway
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This is a simple case of stay in your own lane. You can't control what the family members of a SM does. What I allow my wife or child to do is none of your concern. If I'm not breaking a regulation by letting them wear something that they can legally go buy on their own then what business is it of yours? If your concern is about whether they have "earned it" or not then you need to put that to rest right now. Military families earn way more than they're ever given credit for. With out her and what she does day in and day out, I wouldn't be able to do what I do. So, if my wife wants to wear my fleece and that bothers you, just look the other way.
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As a former dependent (21 years, through college), I have a number of my dad's old gear. My favorite is his old M65 field jacket. No rank, no insignia other than a name tape and USAF. The other one in my dad's USAFA field coart from class of '64. I don't feel like I'm misappropriating gear, much less borrowing his rank or position. I like to wear them to USAFA football games to show my support for him , and for the AF.
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Or they can be a female Veteran who's not as lean but twice as mean, wearing their own shit in Public. Just because she has a vagina doesn't mean she didn't serve. Stop assuming every chick is a dependa.
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First off.. i would never sport my spouses issued items in the public. But after his 20 plus year carreer, when away for weeks, months at a time he will leave something so i can feel close to him while hes gone. Especially on deployments. Jackets no, pt wear, no.... a hoodie yes and a few other items and a t shirt that smells like him i do cuddle with on lonely nights.
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I'm out of the army and I wear a lot of my old shit in public I have a construction company and they make good work clothes my wife is active duty Air Force and wears parts of MY old PT uniform nothing that's part of the new one because that's what I wear to work out in but then again I'm out of the army and I don't see a problem in wearing retired uniforms
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Its not that I am not proud of my service, but the only uniform items I wore when I got out were green wool socks, PT socks, U-trou, and Green T's, and then only around the house. I don't even have bumper stickers on my truck. Never wore my combat boots after EAS. I just figure I'm not sacrificing anymore. I don't mind service members wearing issue items within certain limitations, its just not for me. But I don't like it when those who haven't served wear it like its some sort of fashion statement.
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My wife will, on occasion, wear some of my old, obsolete items (ie BDU field jacket or black fleece) in public. As long as the item is no longer in use by the military, I don't see an issue with it.
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