Wear of the Uniform/Appearance Off-Installation

[Crusoe]

Agree with Ski up to a point. Prior to 2003 the easiest and quickest way to "leave your mark" was to change the uniform. I went through several variations of this uniform "shell game" from 88-03. Since 2003 the quickest way, at least in the Marine Corps, for the Commandant to leave his mark has been equipment procurement. I did a tour in DC and was out of the operational forces for two years before doing an IA billet in Iraq. In that time frame almost all the gear issued to me had changed. I was shocked that the USMC had developed a methodology to "turn" that quickly on gear.

Not looking forward to going back to v-neck versus crew neck or green versus brown t-shirts changes again.