Posted on Dec 17, 2014
Would you support a standard uniform for all branches of service? Why or Why not?
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Yes on the standard uniform in combat area to all US troops, no ally troops, no contractors, no translators , nothing but US troops
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Yes, it would save lots of money on various uniforms as well as show uniformity. Although we all serve in separate branches and we all have our distinct jobs, the Uniformity in the same uniform would show others that we are all one Military. Many may disagree but, that is my opinion. If older Warriors remember, before the ACU came into effect for the Army, the Marine Corps had it's MARPAT and the Navy went with its Blue Camo and the Air Foce went with it's latest pattern, we all wore the BDU's.
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I whole heartedly disagree. A Marine or Army infantryman could too easily mistake some Airforce or Navy non-combat service member as an ally covering their six and end up overrun because of ill equipped and untrained personnel being in the wrong uniform.
For centuries the different uniform has identified who's who on a battlefield and give a quick visual.queue of who is where, and how they are doing.
For centuries the different uniform has identified who's who on a battlefield and give a quick visual.queue of who is where, and how they are doing.
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Maybe a more senior/seasoned vet can enlighten me. I don't understand why we don't use plain OD for working, field, etc, and draw theater specific camo for deployments.
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SSG Deron Santiny
The cost of such thing would make it almost impossible to keep up with. It already cost a fortune for uniforms (all items) and you know as well as I know that the small amount you get for the "Uniform Allowance" doesn't cover everything you need. We already had the DCU's for deploying units (before the Multi-Cam uniform).
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More of a question really. I have been out for quite some time now and I was just wondering. Is the uniform allowance still as woefully inadequate as it was in the 90's?
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single uniform hurts esprit de corps. Been in multiple branches and very much identified with the uniform of the branch I was with at that given time.
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I personally think that it's the smartest way to go. One uniform for all branches, besides the rank and the branch strip being different. You don't have each branch spending a bunch of money on different uniforms. Kind of like back when the BDU's were still around besides the Navy not doing much with them as far as I heard. I think all the years of all the branches playing around with their different color/pattern uniforms was pretty dumb to begin with.
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I started my Army career when all branches of service wore BDUs. We were one team, one fight. We need to stop the individualism and get back that “one team, one fight” mentality.
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We all serve the same country, therefore; we should wear the same uniform. One country, one uniform!
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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.
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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?
On second thought, does a single BDU make sense?
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Maybe... However I will say as a Marine Veteran now Army Soldier I prefer the Marines Uniform.
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It was when I was in. Standard woodland cammies and standard desert cammies. No issues
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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.
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No, I liked being easily able to tell the difference between the services. It was important to me.
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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.
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