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

We all serve the same country, therefore; we should wear the same uniform. One country, one uniform!

The only way that would be okay is it wasn't broken into branches anymore. Let me elaborate say only one service and call it....... Bc for that to work without any bs anywhere is for all apft standards to be the same across the "uniform" and so on. Not knocking the army other branch but if everyone is wearing the same uniform the same things should be expected of them ALL. From D&C to APFT everything otherwise no.

The current BDU is OK for ground forces, but doesn't it seem odd to be wearing camouflage on the deck of a ship. And then again, pilots of all services have a distinct need for a different flame resistant uniform. And one thing I definitely do not like about the current army BDU is the placement of the rank insignia on the chest. I prefer its previous location ( still used by the other services ) on the collar, near the face of the person I am addressing, especially female personnel. And then there the uniforms with different color schemes.

On second thought, does a single BDU make sense?

like canda

Maybe... However I will say as a Marine Veteran now Army Soldier I prefer the Marines Uniform.

It was when I was in. Standard woodland cammies and standard desert cammies. No issues

I think it would simplify things. I am in the Army, and I appreciate the similarities in rank insignia with the Marine Corps, not because I want to be one of them but because as a soldier it is just more stuff I have to keep track of to understand the rank insignia of other branches. I think a simplified supply chain would be a great cost savings to the services. I also think it makes sense from a "one team one fight" perspective.

No, I liked being easily able to tell the difference between the services. It was important to me.

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

I would be ok with it but ranks for the various branches should also be uniform. Otherwise there could very quickly be issues with people not showing proper respect /etiquette.

Having a unified (pardon the pun!) digi-camo BDU for all branches would greatly simplify the acquisition and evaluation process and ultimately lower costs to the taxpayer and/or allow the funds otherwise wasted on each branch having a unique BDU be made available to other far-more-mission-critical items that may be lacking sufficient funding. That being said, the Marines and the Army get to pick, because these are the folks whose lives depend upon their uniforms having effective camouflage, wearability under extreme environmental conditions, and IR-supression. The problem is getting the Marines and the Army to set aside inter-service rivalries and agree on something which should be, in the final analysis, quite trivial.

I oppose a common field uniform because the service have different roles a mission performed in different environment.

Agree. Former SSG, US Army.

Just camouflage utilities, nothing else

Honestly years back the Army and the Air Force wore the same utility uniform, the only difference was the insignia and tags. The old OG fatigues. Dress uniforms should remain branch specific but utility camo or whatever should be standardized. In the long run it will save money, one uniform one source. Basic issue the same across the board.

The cost savings for a common working uniform would be huge

Working uniforms should meet the needs and objectives of the mission, the Navy has a different mission on ship than the Army or Air Force has, there fore the same uniform may not be adequate. Dress uniforms must always be specific to the service or risk loss of identity and unit esprit de corps.

Yea im for it. I think it should be based off of where one is stationed. Ex someone stationed in green land or somewhere where theirs snow shouldnt have to wear the same uniform as someone in afganistan or some of the hotter places. Not sure if this is a thing already. On the other hand it would be hard to depict when branches are together whos who.

Combat uniforms could definitely be standardized across the services. For the Navy personnel onboard ships, something like the dungarees would seem to be functional.

No I don’t support it. Each branch of service should have its own distinct uniform to promote pride in their branch.

Saves the tax payer and back into the economy and GDP where needed? then by all means "uni" meaning ONE. Branch/unit and rank is all you need pinned/sewed on and coming from a Marine who loves our uniforms but to cut our DOD spending its time to cut...