If you had a choice, which uniform pattern/style would you want to wear?

I would go back to the Green pickles or the khakis unless the camouflage is required. If we need a camo for garrison shouldn't it be the color of office cubicles in case we have an active shooter event?

We just got out of Jungle School here in Hawaii. They issued us two sets of BDU's for the field problem. I gotta say, after 3 weeks in the field getting rained on, that is an awesome uniform. I'll take the BDU cut, lack of velcro and pocket placement with either the BDU pattern or Multicam.

Tunica and Braccae.

Context is Everything! The uniform should depend on the context of its use. To wear a camo uniform aboard ship makes no sense to me at all except for Marines, or perhaps other services visiting. However, if they are intended to be part of ships complement for a time, then their work uniform should conform to the context of that activity. Naval personnel should be wearing low lint coveralls, designed to task, and perhaps colored by departments (if not all the same color). When in the water, every sailor should be easy to spot from the air or water . . . SO WE CAN RESCUE THEM!!! And of course I am not sensitive about this topic in any way form or fashion (tongue in cheek).

As for the other folks, flight suits should be an appropriate color with the context, or their environment, should they exit the cockpit, and meet the usual utility, and fire safety standards. As far as combat troops, most everyone could wear the same thing (terrain dependent [woodland, desert or Arctic]), except the Marines. Once again context is everything, and amphibious warfare, and that aquatic/beach/combat area environment requires utility that other services have tried to copy ever since the Vietnam Conflict. So The Marines should be different than the other combat arms.

I have to agree with CPO Greg Frazho about the NWU Type II/III. I found them to be comfortable and really durable.

If I had a choice, I think the first thing I'd answer is what I would NOT wear: ACU, Air Force pseudo-Tiger stripe and NWU Type I. Flat out, those uniforms are no damn good, especially NWU Type I. ACU is probably the least of the worst. What would I wear? Depends on the scenario and the location: homeport (in the rear), NWU Type III. Commonly called the guacamole uniform. In deployed areas, again, it depends on the situation. Multi-cam ain't a bad uniform; however the velcro starts going after a while and after a few months, the camo pattern and the fabric itself starts wearing thin. For OIF, I wore classic desert tri-color (regular and modified) and for OEF, I wore multi-cam. On the high seas? That's a tougher call. Coveralls, probably. Least maintenance.

BDUs and DCUs any day of the week because they look a lot more sharp than the new uniforms!

I do not care. Just as long as we get away from Velcro.

I like MARPAT however, while wearing the desert version in an actual desert they tend to get ridiculously dirty and a lot of those dirt stains don't come out and its even worse when you get mud on there.

MARPAT or MultiCam without Velcro. No Velcro at all and MultiCam would be perfect. When I got home from Afghanistan the MultiCam went in the closet and I had to put those horrible UCP ACU's on again. Now I hear we're going to a pattern similar to MultiCam and my question is how long until THEY decide to change again. Yesterday on Army Times Facebook I see the Army approved changes to the shoulder pockets on the current ACU. I don't understand why functionality isn't the main focus here. A common uniform that works is all we need. Of course the USMC will slap their globe and anchor on their breast pocket and cover to separate themselves from the other services but that shouldn't stop everyone else from having a functional uniform.