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I'd never seen them until a couple days ago when the Commandant at West Point was wearing black (or very dark grey) ASU pants with a split gold stripe down the side. Is this for general officers or is USMA-specific or what?
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MAJ Ronnie Reams
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The Commandant of West Point is slotted as a LTG. GOs may design their own uniforms, so I guess if he likes black then he can wear black trousers. The split stripe is common among GOs.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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It's actually the standard for GOs.
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CW4 Keith Dolliver
CW4 Keith Dolliver
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It is a common misconception that GOs may design their own uniforms. Only the Chief of Staff of the Army and former Chiefs of Staff of the Army may prescribe their own uniforms, this is according to the current AR 670-1. The misunderstanding about all general officers being able to prescribe their own uniforms comes from previous versions of AR 670-1 that had additional verbiage that "Generals of the Army" may also prescribe their own uniforms. The term "Generals of the Army" refers to the rank of General of the Army, i.e. 5-star generals, not all general officers in the Army.
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MAJ Ronnie Reams
MAJ Ronnie Reams
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Thanks, been out a while. I remember GEN Westmoreland wore an air force style short sleeve fatigue shirt when he would come to visit us also a brim hat, not boonie, with brim turned up on like a tricorner hat. Also he had jungies with WESTY on name tag. I was a PFC at the time working in BDE TOC and was told the GOs could wear what ever pleased them. He was MACV CG at time, not CofS. I not have a pix handy with the SS air force style fatigues.
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COL R. Bruce Chisholm
COL R. Bruce Chisholm
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CW4 Keith Dolliver Chief, you beat me to the comment. No excuse but one alibi: I find Rally Point to be unwieldy using an iPhone. Took me five minutes to find my own comment and still couldn't figure out how to delete it.
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MAJ Ronnie Reams
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I might add that it is not common recently to design their own.
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COL R. Bruce Chisholm
COL R. Bruce Chisholm
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AR 670-1 “Applicability” changed the ability of General Officers to design their own uniforms, sometime between George Patton’s time and 1984. It was changed to “ It does not apply to the Chief of Staff of the Army, or former Chiefs of Staff of the Army, each of whom may prescribe his or her own uniform.”
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LTC Jason Mackay
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If you look in DA Pam 670-1 dtd May2017, Chapter 11 para 11-2 and 11-8, you'll find your answer. GOs wear a dark blue trouser with two gold stripes down the leg.
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