Would you support a standard uniform for all branches of service? Why or Why not?

No not in favor

Hell no. Each branch has its own history, traditions and culture. Don’t mess up their identities.

A uniform should be distinctive to the branch. I joined the Navy and was proud of it. I didn't want to loik like I was in the other branch. It's not a realistic idea. The Navy Officer's are not equal across all branches so that would cause problems also.

Dress uniforms should be different. It was Navy Pride to wear a Dixie cup and stand out from the other uniforms. The Marines are the same. The uniform shows your pride and heritage of your branch of the service. You could tell what branch you were in just by looking at the uniform.
The most awful uniform was the navy blue camouflage . Who were they hiding from. The ball bottom jeans and blue shirt were comfortable and functional. Don’t change is my vote

No. There is no reason to constantly change uniforms and it would also make it for service members from different branches to properly identify each other.

We should combine the branches.

Nomex is a requirement for below deck wear in the Navy

No

I agree and disagree. I think we should all have a few different sets, of the same colored cammies, you wear whichever color is closest to the surroundings you're in. Referring back to vegetation running around on a ship deck. The Navy has already started this process. They have blue cammies for ship rates, and they have a multi cam uniform for other environments. Also sticking with few variations. I'll wear the same cammies as someone in the Army or Navy, but as a Marine, I'd like to take pride in my branch of service and stick out a tiny bit amongst my brothers and sisters of other branches.

Yes! For easier identification of friendly forces. We are inching closer and closer to a peer on peer or state enemy in a conventional setting. Plus you can buy replacement clothing on any base.

BS, no Marine wants to look like a Doggie or Squid! Get your headgear checked!

Wasting your time. The Marines will never convert to a common uniform. What the Army should focus on is getting their own “uniform house” in order. Ever since Desert Storm the Army has worn their battle dress (way too many names to recall) as the uniform of day for everything, liberty, travel, meetings with civilians in coat and ties, joint meetings where other services are in kakis or blues. It is an embarrassment to the Army. Only thing worse is the Air Force wearing flight suits to the same meetings.

We could do like China did. Same uniform, variation of colors.
I'm ex-Navy and I always thought the jumpsuit is what they should run with though. Because they are technicians and operators first.
The Air Force could do the same thing with different badging.
No reason the Army and Marine Corps could not double up. The Marines could keep their cap. Just diffeeent badging....
So in my mind, two "standardized" uniforms. For work. Everyone can have their own dress uniform.
Heaven forbid if the Navy got rid of its dress whites......

I like the blue for the Navy utilities but consistent color for all else.

Marist!

No.

Makes a lot of sense! But that would also be the reason I could see it NOT happening!

I don't support it. We have spent more money on uniform changes in the last 10 to 15 years between duty, dress, and PFT uniforms. Now at least for the Army the SMA is talking about another dress uniform to bring back the pinks amd greens. Yet training, supply, and recruiting budgets (including those to keep quality members or the military) are tight or lacking. Enough with all these changes.

a standard field uniform makes a lot of scence with the exception of the navy when they are afloat cammys on ship dosent really profit any thing for duty ashore yes. for service and dress each service shoud retain thier own distinctive uniforms and distinctive insigina of rank your always gonna have a need for specilized uniforms as for service in the desert of artic enviroment woodland green dosent really work well in either setting and vice versa.

It would make a big family in the army branches and it make all one instead of having army say their better than the marines, navy better than air force and so on.

Sure as long as they can be safely worn aboard ship. Unlike the uniform in use now. They melt in a fire.

I do not support this. All branches fight in different parts of the world. So this would only work if all branches were in the same area

It would be a great ideal.

For field uniforms, yes, for dress uniforms no

It is best to leave well enough alone
Calling it Join Force Operations Bases are good enough.
Their is a big difference between a Soldier and a Marine but they are train to do the heavy fighting in difficult situations on the battlefield where as the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard are not train to do what the Army and Marine are train to do.
Before I retired from the Army a Air Force Sergeant cross over to the Army Hospital unit. She was put in the NCOIC position. She has no idea what we do on the Army side. She didn't know D&C, how to form a formation. She was totally lost. She got into our Nurses and Doctor on a regular basis saying the Air don't do this or don't do that.
I will never go into a combat Zone with a Air Force or Navy officer in charge unless that person is train in Special Ops

Definitely. Rank should be uniform as well. That way if you switch from one branch to another it is uniform transition, not a guessing game, if you got the experience and training then it should go across all branches. Many schools are already taught together, it would definitely cut down on contracts for several uniform companies.

Uniforms change so often anyway, certainly the uniforms will keep changing

No, because I am a Marine.

Fist question is WHY? What is the purpose in changing to a single uniform for all branches? Cost effectiveness - No, that doesn't come into play since each branch will maintain so many uniforms that there will be no cost savings. Simplify Identification in the field – possible but how often has this been an issue, if ever? Esprit De Corps – You would preserve more by maintaining unit / branch specific uniforms. Combat troops and clerical troops have very little in common. Why would you have cooks wearing combat fatigues if they are not attached to a combat element? In some cases, combat uniforms can be dangerous – ships mechanics working around equipment in close quarters for example.
For some services, and elements within that service, it is less problematic. Army soldiers in combat elements could share a common uniform with Marines assigned to similar units. Navy SEALS, Air Force Rescue, Rangers, Special Forces, Special Operations Command elements all could share the same combat uniform.
Which brings us to a different way of looking at this. Why not have identical uniforms, across branches, based on the primary job assignment instead of the branch element? Cooks would wear cook uniforms. Medical staff would wear medical uniforms, maintenance mechanics would wear the uniform specific to their tasks. Clerical and most general support services members would wear a similar non-combat specific uniform – something like the old olive drabs we had during Vietnam. Simple, easy to maintain and was actually used by most services.

I miss the BDU’s. Usually when the military uniform is changed we all change to the same uniform.