Posted on Dec 13, 2013
If you had a choice, which uniform pattern/style would you want to wear?
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If you had a choice, which uniform pattern/style would you want to wear?<div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">This year, the Joint Staff’s top enlisted adviser, Marine Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, said the mix of uniforms makes the U.S. military look like a “Baskin-Robbins” and signaled his support for a common uniform.<br></span><br><span style="color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">But Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos recently said preserving the Corps’ MARPAT pattern is a top priority and declared that his service will stick to it “like a hobo to a ham sandwich.”</span><br></div>
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I perosnally like the MARPAT, but I find even the army and navy have camouflage that works well too....
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You have found the one thing in the universe the Army ACU pattern blends with. Ooo-rah sir!
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marpat is the best. I liked the ACU's but when i ran into marines I wished I'd had their uniform.
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This is the best decision they've made in years. Shortly after enlisting, the BDUs were removed from service. Really don't know why. By returning to a standard uniform, I strongly believe we'll save much needed dollars.
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Heck, I stay with the ACUs just so I don't have to buy a boat load of new uniforms!
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I would stay with them too for that reason. I graduated college, bought 400.00 worth of ACUs and then a week later they announced they were changing them
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My choice would be my MARPAT, Woodland and Desert. The major reason is because they are so comfortable.
Final reason is HM's, Doc's, are meant to be with the USMC.
Final reason is HM's, Doc's, are meant to be with the USMC.
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In total agreement with you, brother! MARPAT is a proven camouflage pattern for the past 12 years. How many changes has MARPAT gone through since its inception back in 02-04? Now, how many changes have the Navy and AF gone through since that time (not even going to talk about the Army fashionistas)? If all services go to the same pattern again it should be MARPAT!
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I do not like the idea of starching again. I hated that though it was not required we all had to anyway to ensure we did not look worse than the guy next to us that never left their desk and thought it would be a "great idea" to starch their uniform. I still have my BDUs in storage and to this day if I go and pull them out you can still hear the fresh air sound gushing out as I pull them apart when the cleaners at FLW "lightly starched" them. Please do not bring back starching. And well let's be honest I would rather not polish my boots either.
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On the contrary Sir, BDUs did much better job camouflaging, especially during combat engagements, don't you think?
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I think that we are in armored vehicles and they can hear us from miles away. Leave it up to the special operations who goes in quiet to wear whatever they want (and they do). Just pick a pattern that works for that theater for the rest of us. BDUs in woods and DCUs for dessert? Or something like that. One will not fit all.
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The services can each have their 'own' dress uniform, but the field uniform needs to be the exact same for each of our services - before you could always tell who was a United States G.I. by the uniform - today with so many different ones you would be hard pressed to differentiate who is who. Besides, isn't the DoD trying to keep the cost of doing business down? One standardized field uniform would help that effort.
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Can someone please enlighten me as to how the black leather boots are functionally better than the current tan boots in use? And how we would all be so much better if we went back to them?
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