Posted on Dec 17, 2014
SFC Michael Jackson, MBA
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the closest I seen to a standard uniform for the Armed Forces was the multicam uniform when I was in Kandahar, and Air Force all wearing the uniform at one point with few deviations. Would do feel about this?
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PFC Combat Medic
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I semi support it the OCP uniform started in the army and since the air force has adopted the uniform.
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SSgt Todd Garwood
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No.Because how can we tell which branch is which.It is like an Army Colonel giving orders to a Marine,Vise Versa.As Marines a Universal Uniform would mean saying bye bye to our iconic and famous Dress Blues.How and who would we know take our orders from.The only exception is Joint Strategic Operations Command where we take orders from multiple branchs.
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Sgt Aviation QAR/CDQAR/COI
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Absolutely not. We do way too many different operations in different environments. That's why for the most part Marine Corps has jungle and desert uniforms. Velcro sucks and after time it wears and is no longer serviceable. I have uniforms I have had for 8 years and are still serviceable due to very minimal velcro. And my last take is like others have mentioned. Our uniforms give us pride. When people see me in my cammies they can say hey he's a Marine. Not hey there is a guy in the military. I am proud to be a Marine. I didnt join to look and be like everyone else. And for the most part most other branches have horrible military appearance and I know myself and many others would not want to be a part of the other services standards.
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SP6 Peter Kreutzfeldt
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We spend way too much money on changing BDUs. It would appear they change color, pattern and cut every couple of months. That will not make them better soldiers
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PO3 Zachary Olack
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No. There should be a base working uniform for the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps with individual service tags/rank (like BDUs used to be in the 80's and 90's, and a base working uniform for the Navy and Coast Guard, and a base uniform for the Space Corps.

Each service should have it's own unique dress uniform, with variants for Flight and Space service within the branch. Army and Air Force should be identical dress with a variance of color, green for Army, blue for Air Force.
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Devon Bingham
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Hell no, as a marine I take pride in the uniform I wear it sets ya apart from other branches of service and honestly other uniforms look like shit
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PFC Motor Vehicle Operator
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Why have everyone wear the same uniform? Beat the purpose of the different branches
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Cpl Kurt Huber
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No, not at all.
Quit trying to be Marines.
Earn the title if you want our uniform, discipline, esprit de corps and lineage.
A "common uniform" designates everyone as the same and as one military and well, frankly, it just ISN'T SO!
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PO1 Hospital Corpsman
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The Marines MARPAT camouflage had been proven as the most effective design. The army's new multicam is a nice uniform, the issue lies with the idea that one uniform can meet the needs of all environments. Using different patterns for different reasons is the most logical. That said the cut of the army uniform is more superior to the other contenders, especially the larger pockets. The reason why they started having Navy & AF wear the army uniforms while deployed was they were augmented to support army units. So it made sense to wear one uniform for many reasons. Not to mention seeing the AF running around Afghanistan wearing grey tiger striped uniform was nothing short of ridiculous.
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LCpl Rifleman
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I beleive that we could switch to a uniform that everyone could wear, however, I believe that it needs to be a good solid camouflage design, such as Multi-cam, Kryptek, or a Marpat like design. We need something for arid grasslands, desert, and the woods. (Artic is more of a speciality) Multi-Cam rates very well compared to even the Armys Scorpian pattern and would be a great fit for the military, add the desert Multi-Cam and you'll be good to go for a good set of Camis that in all honesty, I could get behind. But it needs to be done tastefully and with a lot of help from the combat oreinted MOS's. You cant have a guy on a computer type something up and think itll work, it takes experiance and a level of feild knowledge only gathered by being down range that you can get understanding of what works and what doesnt. That's my two cents, hope everyone understands my point of view on the matter.
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