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

In the mid 90s BDUs were standardized across the services under Defense Secretary William Cohen. Then it changed. And here we are today. Is this FRAGO #8, #9... I can't keep up.

Regardless, we should wear the uniform based on the environment we are going to be in.

Well, I think it is a good idea, except for fellows on ships... That should be different based on their main operational area.

combat uniforms are one thing. all being the same makes id easier. however formal uniforms should be traditional and different. Pomp and circumstance should show in the variations of traditional uniforms.

yes for the love of god yes, and quit changing the goddamn thing every ten seconds. One working uniform with branch patches, and one individual dress uniforms per branch, cracker jacks for Navy, awesome marine Dress, awesome army dress, and air force bus driver suit. The money save would be insane! not to mention some staffer in DC would have to find a better use of their time!

No. Each branch has a specific mission and the uniform is tailored for their respective operational environment.

I would not suppose the idea. I like the uniqueness of each of the branches uniform. We don't have to look alike to support our country. I am a proud Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer. I love the Navy uniforms, especially the Khakis and Chiefs Dress Whites. Marines uniforms are awesome and sharp, love them. AF and Army, your uniforms are nice also. To go to one uniform is like having only one branch of the service. My opinion.

I seem to recall this conversation occurring at Congress back in 2014 where they said all services would be in the same uniform by 2018. The Marines aren't really fans and the Navy just created their Type 3's, so it appears the Army and Air Force are the only ones on board. I would absolutely support it. This identity crisis that we have gone through over the past decade has been pointless and costly. Remember when you could get a full uniform for under $60 ready to wear, minus the boots? That was the benefit of one uniform. It was cheap. It would be great to see all services adopt the OCP (or any pattern for that matter) but only time will tell if it will ever happen. One camouflage uniform for all and retain our independence with our dress uniforms.

At a minimum, all U.S. forces should wear the same type combat field uniform when deployed or mobilized, to make us look more United.

One Uniform would be budget friendly, across the board, but keep are head gear and ranks system branch specific.

It all needs to be the same. The dumbest decision the dod ever made was to allow the services to go buck wild with uniforms. Tri color cammies were cheap. When the corps went to digis the cost almost doubled. The services list the leverage they had with bulk ordering millions of uniforms. Also the navy and air force uniforms looked ridiculous and the army bdu was some of the worst quality military clothing ever made (the original one). As for the Marines, where do I begin. They made the collar ridiculous and curved so you couldn't even align you ensignia properly. The pockets all feel apart in what felt like weeks. If you took them to the field they were pretty much worthless in garrison because they would have so many holes in them. I could go on and on but the point is that if the services have joint leverage on a uniform that is common across al, it will be higher quality, cheaper, and really easy to find since the same uniform would be in every px, mcx, and aafes.