Posted on Dec 17, 2014
Would you support a standard uniform for all branches of service? Why or Why not?
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No, Marine Corps has 3 things on their uniform; rank on collar, U.S.Marines and last name on chest. The army gets colorful as hell with their patches and covers. If everyone wants to copy the Marine Corps fine, but I think keeping it barebones is the best. Also ranking would be different. The Marines have too much pride to compare themselves with any other E3 lol
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Currently the Airforce has adopted the Army's current style camo pattern uniform. Would it make more sense for the Navy to adopt as well? Probably as the Seabees have a different one again from the Marines. and the Marines currently have 2 camo patterns they utilize. Perhaps the better question would be should the Navy and Marine Corps have a specific standard land duty uniform, and the Army and Airforce their specific land duty uniform. Thus reducing the number of options from about the current 5 uniforms to three total.
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For those on land maybe but the Navy??? Except for those who serve on land in combat.
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I'm all for it. Other branches may give each other shit time and again, but there's no arguing that the military as a whole is one cohesive unit. Our rank systems are diverse enough where we can tell when we're dealing with a Soldier or Airman or whatever else. Cost-wise, it'd probably be cheaper to keep everything to one standard BDU and/or dress blues anyway.
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I support a common field uniform like the old OD green fatigues or the BDU’s. They should be worn on base only and not in Walmart or a restaurant or on a commercial aircraft. Field uniform are not for the general public. With everyone wearing the same field uniform, we would have uniformity and think of the cost savings. In the field, you see that uniform and you know that person is US Forces. No mistakes.....
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No I wouldn't. Having a ACU multicam uni in the Navy just doesn't make sense on a ship. So you have one exemption. Having the Air Force flight suits as ACUs, that doesn't make sense either... so a second exemption. The Marines have a tradition of different head gear, which I support. Not a Marine, but they look sharp. Each different branch has tradition and should keep that tradition alive. If not, then just have one military branch...
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Not at all. I prefer to stay having the best looking uniform in the whole military, not downgrading to some army type uniform.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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Why have everyone wear the same uniform? Beat the purpose of the different branches
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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!
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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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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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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