Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
When we changed from olive drab fatigues to the Battledress Uniform in 1982 we were told not to starch and press the BDUs because it would ruin some sort of protection in the fabric against detection by infrared night-vision technology. I'm glad nobody could see me while I was standing next to a 105mm howitzer or a 5-ton truck ...
But don't forget, Pete, that after the BDUs were reissued in a hot-weather version (post-Grenada after the heat injuries), we started starching them....

I keep watching for the first pair of shined roughside out boots.

Sooner or later, it will happen

Tom