SSG Private RallyPoint Member590894<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sewing is a dying skill in our culture yet it is a critical skill to have outside the United States. <br /><br />According to the official Army webpage: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/">http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/</a> , the Quartermaster school is no longer teaching young Soldiers this skill.<br /><br />Do you believe that this skill should be still taught or is no longer needed? Why should it still be taught?<br /><br />Invite others to respond by typing @name <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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And the Army (doesn't) keeps sewing along?2015-04-14T09:08:48-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member590894<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sewing is a dying skill in our culture yet it is a critical skill to have outside the United States. <br /><br />According to the official Army webpage: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/">http://www.army.mil/article/146104/Clothing_repair_taught_for_final_time_at_Quartermaster_School/</a> , the Quartermaster school is no longer teaching young Soldiers this skill.<br /><br />Do you believe that this skill should be still taught or is no longer needed? Why should it still be taught?<br /><br />Invite others to respond by typing @name <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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And the Army (doesn't) keeps sewing along?2015-04-14T09:08:48-04:002015-04-14T09:08:48-04:00TSgt Joshua Copeland590916<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What exactly did they sew? Riggers ( and AF AFE) have chutes so I get that part.Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Apr 14 at 2015 9:18 AM2015-04-14T09:18:24-04:002015-04-14T09:18:24-04:002015-04-14T09:08:48-04:00