Posted on Jun 19, 2014
For duty travel - ASUs or civies on CONUS flights.
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Now hat ACUs are disallowed for CONUS flights, I've heard a lot of different opinions on what we should be wearing for duty travel. Some say that if the Army is paying, you wear ASUs. Others say civies to keep a low profile. 670-1 seems to allow both, so 5'm curious on opinions as I travel a lot.
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Sir,
As an Antiterrorism Officer, I would recommend you check with your BN or BDE ATO. They will have the latest threat picture for the area you are traveling. Id recommend doing it about 7 days prior to travel, that way if they don't have the current information they can reach out to those agencies and obtain it.
Most units should have a travel policy. But the best way to go is as others have stated: normal civilian attire for the area your traveling and don't carry any military color pattern bags. Some units are now requiring you to complete the online level 1 prior to travel to either CONUS or OCONUS.
As an Antiterrorism Officer, I would recommend you check with your BN or BDE ATO. They will have the latest threat picture for the area you are traveling. Id recommend doing it about 7 days prior to travel, that way if they don't have the current information they can reach out to those agencies and obtain it.
Most units should have a travel policy. But the best way to go is as others have stated: normal civilian attire for the area your traveling and don't carry any military color pattern bags. Some units are now requiring you to complete the online level 1 prior to travel to either CONUS or OCONUS.
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For myself personally sir, it would go toward being comfortable if given the choice. Whenever I am in uniform I feel the over the top need to be a visible spokesperson. If I am in civvies, I can relax and carry my backpack etc however I want.
I hate airports to start with, so anything that I can do to make it easier on myself, I am all about it.
Now, if we could just all the USOs moved to INSIDE of security, that would be great!
I hate airports to start with, so anything that I can do to make it easier on myself, I am all about it.
Now, if we could just all the USOs moved to INSIDE of security, that would be great!
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CMDCM Gene Treants
I have talked to USO personnel about the issue of being INSIDE the security area. The reason they give for being outside is 24 hour access. When TSA shuts down after flight service is discontinued at some airports they would have to also close. Therefore they chose to remain outside of the TSA Security Areas so Military People can have 24 hour access the facilities.
THANK YOU USO FOR ALL YOU DO!
THANK YOU USO FOR ALL YOU DO!
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CMSgt James Nolan
CMDCM Gene Treants You are correct, I was just lamenting, because airport security is a necessary pain in the proverbial rear end, but necessary. I must point out that some of the USO's I have seen, close down at 21:00-22:00ish, which stinks when one is looking for that nice little haven.
That being said, I stop in whenever I can (because sometimes, I look like OJ running through the joint).
That being said, I stop in whenever I can (because sometimes, I look like OJ running through the joint).
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Good question, Sir. It seems as if this is an ever evolving issue. I can remember when I first entered service, if you were flying on orders, you wore Class A. Period. This remained in place for several years until it was changed to all travel on commercial conveyances would be in civilian clothes which remained until, I believe, about the time we were well into Iraq and Afghanistan. Seems as if it is leaning back the opposite direction.
To your question, I think if given the choice, I would prefer to fly in civilian clothes. First of all for comfort and convenience and secondly to keep a lower profile. I appreciate those who go out of their way to thank service members for serving, but sometimes I would rather just tend to my own business; especially while traveling.
To your question, I think if given the choice, I would prefer to fly in civilian clothes. First of all for comfort and convenience and secondly to keep a lower profile. I appreciate those who go out of their way to thank service members for serving, but sometimes I would rather just tend to my own business; especially while traveling.
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MAJ (Join to see)
There was a directive issued by GW Bush maybe 8 years ago that we would fly in ACUs as a show of force. The recent updates to 670-1 now preclude that, but seem to give an option for either civies or ASU. I asked around command before traveling yesterday and got about 50/50 on civies vs ASU so this time I traveled in civies so that I could avoid being bothered.
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Jennifer Lee (Doerflinger) Hill
I'm old school. I traveled in Class A's both in the air & by Greyhound bus! I'm here to tell you that traveling long distances on a bus just after the Vietnam War had "finished" was interesting. No one called me a baby killer or threw blood on me, but some folks were not friendly, while others shared what they had.
There were a couple of kids from a broken home traveling to Denver (to the other parent) in a blizzard on a Greyhound bus.
One of the men in the way back (where they'd been passing a bottle of Everclear) pulled out his guitar & we sang Christmas Carols with those little girls. The bus was traveling at 5 mph, maybe. I'm sure those little ones were scared, but men others would look at & despise as drunken bums spent hours singing & telling silly stories so the children would forget their fear. God bless them. They could have been our brothers.
There were a couple of kids from a broken home traveling to Denver (to the other parent) in a blizzard on a Greyhound bus.
One of the men in the way back (where they'd been passing a bottle of Everclear) pulled out his guitar & we sang Christmas Carols with those little girls. The bus was traveling at 5 mph, maybe. I'm sure those little ones were scared, but men others would look at & despise as drunken bums spent hours singing & telling silly stories so the children would forget their fear. God bless them. They could have been our brothers.
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CMDCM Gene Treants
Jennifer Lee (Doerflinger) Hill - As I returned from GUAM in 1971, I had to fly in My Navy Dress Blues into SanFran. That was the ONLY place I was hassled for being in the service and YES "Baby Killer" was called out the me and many others as we arrived Stateside. Once Airborne again and out of CA, I was not given a hard time again until the SNOW in Atlanta made it hard to take delivery of my new '71 Cougar XR-7 Convertible.
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