What is your pet peeve?
Potentially a divergent point of view on this topic. First is a question, who teaches the new officers about AR 670-1. At least when I went to OBC/BOLC or whatever it is called now, we had about 4-5 hrs on D&C and nothing on uniforms. I was fortunate b/c 2 of my brothers have been in the Army for years and set me up before I officially signed in at my first duty station. However I believe part of the problem is the "I think this applies (but don't have actual evidence) and you will listen to me b/c I'm your cadre or in your CoC". An example is the black fleece. I was told it was authorized at my duty station. I was TDY at a different Ft and told it wasn't authorized due to AR 670-1 by cadre. I asked the commander when it changed b/c I hadn't heard of this. He responded that the person who I heard it from was told by their CSM at their previous duty station that he didn't want soldiers wearing the black fleece. Thus it became "law of the land" in this cadre's eyes. This is just a small example of how confusing it can be for a brand new officer. I'm not saying it relieves the personal responsiblity to know the AR's but when one is told to listen to cadre b/c your just a "newbie" or "dumb butter bar" you end up with officers who start out with bad info and it just goes downhill from there. Granted I was in medical so it's a whole different ball game.
As a female soldier, there's nothing that erks me more than seeing another female soldier walking around with a sloppy bun and an ungodly amount of make-up on.