Though regulations state no hands in your pockets in uniform, what are your thoughts on those who hold their belt buckle or waistline?

I've never had nor heard of an issue with having someone's thumbs hooked in belt loops or the corner of a pocket. Always seemed a reasonable compromise to the "no hands in pockets" rule, especially when at "Rest" or having been told to "fall out, but stick around" while waiting for a formation that is supposed to already have happened in the past.

I support it. There's no hard set reg and only one person I have ever worked with cared that we did it. Strangely enough it's one of the first habits I picked up from my first team leader.

So dumb.

Can you shoot, move and communicate? Close with and destroy the enemy? Who gives a damn about hands in the pockets!

If my hands can't be in my pockets, something has got to give. Show it to me in 670-1 where it says I can't and I won't. Period. Your petpeeves don't supersede governing regulations.

I may only be a young private but it’s always hard to restrain my self from putting my hands in my pockets and always catch my self doing it. I wish it wasn’t a rule!

I honestly think that it's one of the most useless rules in the regs. "Doesn't look professional" is what I was told as a PVT. How many professional people that wear a suit and tie have you ever seen with one hand in there pocket using the other hand to talk with? Ever been to a "professional" seminar? It happens every day. I know, I know. The answer is always the same, we are held to a higher standard. I follow it because I'm supposed to, but it doesn't mean that I agree on a personal level.

Sometime back when Jesus was a private some general officer or somewhere had a pet peeve about people putting hands in their pockets. Yes it looks sloppy and dress uniform around the public. In your combat uniform in some shit hole country this type of rule should not be enforced. It’s ridiculous. All it does is give some Junior NCO something to yell at a cherry private about to justify his existence and rank. Thank God I was a Medic in a Infantry unit. It kept me from getting screwed with. Eventually even the most fit people end up on sick call. The smart NCO’s knew better than to start a war with the medics. It’s a good way to get no sympathy from the Line Medic when you get blisters on your feet. Your profile may not get extended. You will have The most cherry medic giving you ALL your shots before you deploy. I mean ALL off your shots. Somehow your shot record got missed placed.

Always thought it was a stupid rule. Did many a push up in basic for reaching into my pocket at the wrong time.

I have never understood this particular regulation. Of all the things the military has to worry about, this should not be one of them!

It took me years to finally realize I can now, as a civilian, put my hands in my pocket. I still refuse to use an umbrella