SPC Private RallyPoint Member 2581383 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was visiting a neighboring armory, and they had a fill window decal with a PFC, SSG, and 1LT all with the stripe on their ASU trousers. Although it was just another recruiting ad, it lead me to wonder if this was a mistake in the picture of if there was an exception in regulations that would allow that. 2017-05-19T00:24:17-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 2581383

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was visiting a neighboring armory, and they had a fill window decal with a PFC, SSG, and 1LT all with the stripe on their ASU trousers. Although it was just another recruiting ad, it lead me to wonder if this was a mistake in the picture of if there was an exception in regulations that would allow that.

2017-05-19T00:24:17-04:00 2017-05-19T00:24:17-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 2581392

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As far as I know, the military farms out much of its PR and advertisement stuff to civilian contracted agencies. If I had to guess, this was a photo of models in uniform and they decided for some reason that they would all look better in the same pants.<br /><br />I can&#39;t imagine if real soldiers were used that a PFC would shell out the extra for the stripe that he could not wear during normal wear of the uniform.

2017-05-19T00:31:31-04:00 2017-05-19T00:31:31-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 2581606

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-151595"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-any-reason-a-pfc-would-wear-the-trouser-stripe-with-their-asu%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is+there+any+reason+a+PFC+would+wear+the+trouser+stripe+with+their+ASU%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-any-reason-a-pfc-would-wear-the-trouser-stripe-with-their-asu&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AIs there any reason a PFC would wear the trouser stripe with their ASU?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-any-reason-a-pfc-would-wear-the-trouser-stripe-with-their-asu" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="b6bed87b8d9c0beb06ca34f25b4ee143" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/151/595/for_gallery_v2/2b759e11.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/151/595/large_v3/2b759e11.jpg" alt="2b759e11" /></a></div></div>There are reasons, none of which are supported by DA PAM 670-1 (e.g., ate up)<br /><br />The closets legitimate reason could be that it&#39;s an old picture, when the highlighted paragraph was authorized.

2017-05-19T05:22:08-04:00 2017-05-19T05:22:08-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2581922

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe that the old guard they still where the gold stripe.

2017-05-19T08:39:28-04:00 2017-05-19T08:39:28-04:00 SGT Joseph Gunderson 2585239

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. If the PFC is a member of an Honor Guard of some sort then they would wear the trouser stripe so that they are uniform with the NCOs that also perform in the Honor Guard. An easy example of this is the 3d Infantry Regiment, or Old Guard. All of the members of the army drill team will wear the stripes. In addition, Tomb Sentinals will do the same. However, I&#39;m pretty sure that Sentinels still wear the old style dress blues in which the stripe was worn regardless of rank. Only recently with the adoption of the ASU did we turn to a Marine Corps like tradition of granting that decoration to NCOs and higher.

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