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

30 years ago I suggested that the US make a drastic change in our military. Rename all the services so they fall under one name; The US Armed Forces, and wear one dress uniform with a shoulder board depicting rank. A cook serves one enlistment in the Army and could reenlist as a cook in another branch, say, the Navy. Never went anywhere.

Hell no, that's what separates The MARINES from the other services is our uniforms. We love our uniforms, and would never give them up, Not for one uniform for all.

For me it's a question of service pride. Having been a sailor, I find them unidentifiable. 'Cracker Jacks are a novelty now. Cammies make no sense on a ship unless a boat can get passed both radar and lookouts. (Of course, takers have crashed into our ships. I don't understand how that happened.)

I cannot argue money since I do not have "all" the data/information relating to hand. However, I will speak to tradition. I believe that since each service has a different role to play in the defense of the US, and considering the price that can be paid by those who wear those uniforms, it is not too much to allow each force to have their own dress uniform, as a matter of personal pride, and the pride that the country has in those who wear it. In my view, if you ask someone to risk both life and/or limb for their nation, the nation can afford to honor that trust with the services own dress uniform. Secondly, I think it is VERY, VERY, unfortunate that servicemen appear in public, for whatever reason, in their work uniform. To me such is not the military I knew, or really want to know currently. I see no good reason why the old denim work uniform was not suitable for the Navy. It worked well for me for 20 years, and I knew some old WWII Chiefs who still wore it after making Chief! Special suits for special activities, submarines uniforms, for example, coveralls for dirty work, etc. may well be necessary and I do not argue with that which I am not more deeply involved in. I know that my views are old-fashioned, however, my view is to honor the services for what they do, and how they do it. Navy fights on the sea, Marines fight on the land and sea, Army invades and occupies, and the Air Force controls the skies. Let their Dress Uniforms reflect those tasks and risks! For that, privilege, I say spend a little more for the military honor and tradition, and a little less for our enemies overseas!

NO! Coast Guard, most of Navy and most of Air Force do NOT need cammies, but they are trendy.
The Army and Marine Corps have different ideas as to what their specific needs are.

Let’s make everyone in the Military look like each other without name tags and branch of service. Also Hi and Tight for everyone with no exceptions to gender. How’s that?

It comes and goes.

I was a cadet when Secretary of Defence Hon. William Sebastian Cohen stated that all uniforms would be the same for all branches.

My opinion, make the uniform about the environment versus the branch.

I think it would be good for two very simple reasons: 1) It would save taxpayer money on utility uniforms, and 2) would be symbolic of the fact that even though we are in different branches, we are all part of the same team. The Class A's and B's would be sufficient to show branch pride and a reason to wear them more often.

No. You choose a particular military branch because of it's individual identity. Like it or not, the uniform you wear is a part of that and directly reflects the individual form of service it provides.

If it saves the defense department money I am all for it. I suggested the same thing back in the 90's and it fell on death ears.

We need a purple Army. The support branches should be able to support any branch of the military and there should be one logistics computer system as well as one budget system. The taxpayers are getting ripped off by the military industrial complex.

I have always felt that sailors at sea should wear bright orange work uniforms. While serving on a can out of Pearl, a sailor fell overboard from a supply ship. The lookouts never saw him and he was declared lost at sea. How might that result been altered if he was wearing orange instead of dungarees?
Assuming of course, that he wasn’t helped over the side!

Yes.
1- It is fiscally responsible.
2-It makes PID of friendly adjacent units on the battlefield easier
3- It promotes a unified fighting force on air land and sea.
4- It makes logitics easier.

Yes, I would definitely support it. Would increase availability on all bases and increase Camaraderie.

Someone, somewhere is making a lot of money with all the uniform changes. As NCO's, We are supposed to be taking care of soldiers. Making soldiers constantly purchase new styles / patterns of uniforms is not taking care of them. One example is when the Army went from the cotton PT uniform that cost about $20 and was virtually indestructible to a PT ensemble that cost $125...Wonder whose brother-in-law owns the sweat shop? My favorite, the rip stop slant pocket uniform. I'm not a Velcro fan either.

very bad idea but probably ok with much of our snowflake generation. it would lower morale even lower

That makes way too much sense. It will never happen.

I fully support having the uniforms the same. I agree that it supports unity within the Nation.

Absolutley Yes.

I can support this for sure a huge problem we had when i was in the army was we deployed with some marsoc teams. They had expressed concerns over the fact we looked so different uniform wise, and it took so long to get matching stuff, it made missions much more hazardous when the enemy can easily pinpoint a target the wanted based off uniforms