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

I am mixed on this, having said that, I could see it in a combat situation.

I liked the USMC way of "decorating" the field uniform (BDUs/Cammies/etc). When I first started it was just your rank. Then Desert Storm introduced Name Tapes. I am OK with that. All the Unit Patches, Flashes, etc I don't think we need. Make it simple, streamlined and uniform and I am all for it. Add to many patches and I start to gag. Name Tapes, Rank, US Flag, done. Better quality uniforms, less money spent on each branch proving theirs is best. Yep, yep, yep.

SFC Michael Jackson, MBA I am really ambivalent, however that being said,as a Marine, I am not for all the flash badges that are on the Army and Air Force BDU's. To my thinking it gives to much information should they be killed or captured. I'M HOME.

I don't know about the rest of you but identifying rank in these things is hard. I do like that we are saving the taxpayers money. They've wasted thousands on cammo patterns over the last decade. It's become a fashion show. Also, I never understood the blue cammo. What background does that blend into? Iraq and Afghanistan are pretty much tan/sand colored. The multicam makes sense there.

Nope I will Not support that. In 1964 Macnamara tried that
when he tried to save money on the Armed Forces. We were issued good boots that almost lasted 4 years and gave us the crappy ones that rotted out in 6 months, He took away our brown shoes and changed them to black He took away out Utilities and made us wear those god awful army one's made from much cheaper material. he took away our all Wool Green Winter service class A's, and replaced them with the cheap imitation green Officers were given in all it was a complete Failure.

No keep it the way it is, I joined the Marines not the army, air force of the friggin Navy.

The samne field uniform would be a common sense approach to this question. but as we all know, there are people in there military who aren't long on common sense. This having been said, the Marines may want to keep their locomotive engineer's has. Now that were on the subject of uniforms. It would be great if the Navy and Coast Guard got rid of their funny hats, and adopted the dark blue or white garrison cap other navies wear.

I support a single uniform for all branches. We should have transitioned to a single uniform many years ago. There should also be a simple standard requirement for all branches. Hopefully, the next uniform board meeting will keep that in mind before submitting new policy changes.

The issue is not only the BDU, but the individual services have a number of Class A, B, and C uniforms, Mess Uniforms, Dress Uniforms, etc., that are a waste of resources. How many different versions of dress mess uniforms to the military have? Individual identity is important in the office, commonality on the battlefield, but why all the other extras? Simplify, simplify, simplify. The Marines got the MARPAT correct. The Army wasted billions on theirs. Imagine if those resources had been put into the VA? or housing? or family programs? or actual training?

No. Different materials, design, and color for different takes/assignments. Finally, tradition.

Personally I would say No. Each Branch has jobs and training that they do/have and how you approach talking to them would be potentially different because of that. And within a branch of service having some differences helps us know who we are talking with