Army Service Uniform tomorrow?
I saw this today as I was buying a new bus driver hat on Marlow White's website...Just when I had enough BDUs we went to the ACUs...Well it will be interesting to see what the final take is tomorrow!
19 August 2008: The Sergeant Major of the Army sent a major-release e-mail stating that the Army Service Uniform will be announced tomorrow. Major aspects of the "pre-announcement" in his e-mail are:
The current dress blue coat and the current dress blue trousers with belt loops will be the base components for the male uniform
The current dress blue coat, the current skirt, and a ASU slack will be the base components for females
The mandatory wear date for the new ASU is 4th Qtr FY14
The wear-out date for the Class A Greens was not mentioned today, but is likely the same 4th Qtr FY14
All of the accessories, accoutrements, wear of jump boots, etc, were referenced in general today.
NOTE: Any new items that will be announced tomorrow will likely take months to develop and certify. We expect many of these items to be new to the industry as the final details about the accoutrements and the wear policy have been close held. Please be patient with us as we transition.
I'll await the rebellion over this:
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"...Officers and non-commissioned officers (corporal and above) will wear the service cap with the ASU. Enlisted Soldiers (specialist and below) will wear the beret with the ASU."
I suspect there will be other annoyances...:(
Rebellion -- or is that a mutiny??? :D
Better yet, just stop screwing with them
entirely; no way to ever make everyone happy...
Going to be interesting to see what they
do about other than Black Beanies -- and boots... :D
What Minor Crap Army Leaders Worry About
Screw it
Use Patton's tanker uniform and add a light coat of oil....
Ken has seen decades more of this than I have and I am in my third. Seems like everytime a new SMA gets tapped, we have to start changing the damn uniform. It is absolutely silly, it wastes money, and is a complete distraction from what is important.
I see troops worrying as to whether their ammo pouches match their ACUs.
Anyone for chamber music on the fantail? We will have to rearrange the deck chairs....
1st Steward, RMS Titanic
Tom
Looks like a Nicaraguan Field Marshal
Totally tacky. My wife's reaction: "Oh my god, what have they done?"
I give it four, five years, max, if it ever gets to implementation. They shoulda stuck with the gray shirt, the white one will show dirt like a champ.
I can see the Troops now, running around looking for cardboard to keep all those badges from dragging the shirt material down to the belt loops. Not that big a problem on the coat but I'm unsure why the 3d ID patch is down about belt level. Blousing those trousers with that gold stripe in a pair of Corcorans is gonna be fun -- and ruin you some britches...
Sheesh.
All of you serving have long had my thanks but you got no sympathy. Now you have my sympathy... :wry:
Got no problem with the concept, I'm quibbling over details
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Originally Posted by
Cavguy
...For soldiers, one less uniform to maintain, and the Blue uniform looks much better. Everyone has an opinion, but as RTK indicated, over 90% of the soldiers indicated they would prefer the Blue to the Green uniform.
I agree with that and I never liked the Greens; I just thought the grey shirt looked better than the white one does -- and hanging all that junk on the shirts is just tacky. Just because you earned it doesn't mean you have to wear it...
I've also never been a beret fan even though I've worn 'em in green and maroon -- but then, nor am I a fan of the service cap. Like I've said, no way to make evetybody happy... ;)
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The key problem was how to reconcile the "flair" on the Class A with the more restrained look on the blue uniform. I think they struck a fair compromise.
I seem to be rare on this board, but this is a good change, IMO.
EDIT: Not sold on the placement of the combat patch. If the female pictured above is accurate, the 1st CAV patch is going to look silly and take up half the front! :O
Don't disagree with any of that; they really need to work on the patch and badge bit; those two factors foul up, to me, an otherwise good idea.
That and the short sleeve white shirt -- who wants to be mistaken for the Mess Sergeant / Dining Facility Manager??? That's what my sympathy was directed toward... :D