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Maj Marty Hogan
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SSG William Jones
SSG William Jones
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Thanks for posting, Marty. Good post.
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CW5 Jack Cardwell
CW5 Jack Cardwell
6 y
A quick count I wore about 8 or 9 different uniforms in the Army, about 4 variations of the BDUs !
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SMSgt Thor Merich
SMSgt Thor Merich
6 y
Me too Captain. OCP’s are my #5 uniform change. We started wearing them stateside a few years ago in AFSOC. I started out my career (in the Army) wearing green fatigues back in 1981. I also counted DCU’s since we wore them when deployed.
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LTC Stephen C.
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CW5 Jack Cardwell, the Army has been upside down and wrong headed about service dress uniforms since post WWII. Going to the old dress green uniform was a mistake, which was compounded by the hideous mint green shirts. Going to dress blues for the service dress uniform was a huge mistake. The Army should have kept the OD service dress uniforms and pinks and greens of WWII, with updated materials. All the berets but green for Special Forces and black (now tan) was another mammoth mistake. Go back to service caps and garrison caps (with glider patches for traditional airborne).
I can’t even address utility and combat uniforms. I’ve been out too long to make knowledgeable comments but for the fact that they have been changed much too frequently and the ultimate cost to the individual soldier is ridiculous.
I did enjoy the photos in your link, though!
PO1 John Johnson SMSgt Thor Merich SGT (Join to see) PVT Mark Zehner CPL Dave Hoover LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq.
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PO1 John Johnson
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I haven't read the article, but my guess is if you printed it, the uniform years of 1776 through the 60's and '70's in Vietnam would be a few pages long, and after that, why you could fill a large notebook with the nonstop changes since then (and this applies to the other 4 Armed Services as well).
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SMSgt Thor Merich
SMSgt Thor Merich
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I started my military career in 1981. I am now on my 5th uniform change.
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