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Dress blues & tennis shoes. I spent a lot of $$ for blues and wore them twice.

Here we go again as usual give a soldier a dollar and take back 99 cents. Sound familiar. That was a cadence we used very often when I was in. LOL I want to wish all a verry MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! (AM I ALOWED TO SAY THAT ON HERE?!?!?!)

I like the green shirt. It looks a lot better than the grey shirt they are going to. No matter what color of shirt that is used, you can find some group wearing a similar shirt that is not well thought of.

Funny thing is that they don't ask what we prefer, its been directed. Change is a constant get used to it or get out of the way.

My grandson has only been in the Army 17 months and has all ready had to buy  a new dress uniform,shoes ect.many other uniforms too.Whats up with that?  Why do our people have to pay for all of thatThey can't pay or should I say won't pay them any better the least they could do is buy their clothes.They made him go to a ball that they were having and had to pay for his own ticket.hmmmmm I wonder>
                  Milt.nana

gallagheria wrote:

What are the exact changes being made to the Dress Blues for officers? I know they will change the white shirt; is that it or will SSI's be worn also? And what about DUI's: will they not be worn on the Dress Blues by officers or will they find a place for them like the RDI's?

The new uniform will be the everyday uniform wear Class As and Class Bs are now worn. I hear the pants will be different in cut and thickness in order to make them more durable for everyday wear. The shirt will be gray replacing the green shirt of the Class A and Class B uniforms. NCOs and officers will wear the saucer cap. I have not heard about things to be worn on the uniform.

I guess that I am more out of the loop than I thought as I had not heard of scrapping the "greens" which I liked, but then I read the dress blues as well...did someone forget the historical significants of that uniform? I feel that if the Army issues a new uniorm regulation the soldiers should be issued this new design as an addendum to their initial issue...not matter their rank or time in service. I did receive a clothing allowance once a year and it wouldn't pay for my boots much less the uniforms I maintained.

Last edited by scaleguy (2007-01-01 19:07:07)

Well, privates and specialists I believe will still wear the beret, so unless they adopt the RDI or their rank on it, they will still wear the DUI. And the DUI will be worn on their shoulder boards I believe. I guess only officers will do away with them. Not sure though.

As for tabs, I guess the Army will finally have to authorize the metallic President's Hundred Tab. This is the only metallic tab never approved by the Army for wear on the uniform. Either that or the President's Hundred tab will go the way of the dodo as far as dress uniforms are concerned. Shame.

Soldiers will have to be careful choosing their badges as well, since (from my memory at least) only five are authorized. So with tabs now being metallic only, this will hog two or so of their badge spots.

I can,t say on blue or green as I haven,t seen the blue.
I think the ACU with all of its velgro is sloppy compared to the BDU
The ACU to me does away with the sharpness we used to desplay (PRIDE) in the way we look.

badaiblinger wrote:

Hear Hear!  As it is a uniform, GI's should NOT have to pay for them themselves. Just another way for the Pentagon to go political and try to please someone in the elected government who has a brother-in-law selling uniforms.

Well, I disagree there. Soldiers are paid each month a uniform allowance. Take civilians, in contrast. Civilian employees, most at least, do not get paid a clothing allowance or get suits or clothes issued to them. Why is the military any different? I used to work for Uncle Sam as a civilian and I had to buy my clothes.

The change was unnecessary. In recent times the Army has always had the Dress Whites, Blues, and Greens. The standard uniform for Class A's was the Dress Greens. This could have easily been changed to the Blues without officially eliminating the other uniforms. Much more is worn on the Greens and I prefer that. Could we still make the change? Of course, as I noted, by merely changing the standard uniform and issuing the Dress Blues rather than the Dress Greens. They could have still even modified the Blues slightly as they did.

Complete waste of time and money by going through so much all to settle on the Blues which we have always had.

Grey shirts with blue uniform jacket and trousers? How long will that last and how will it affect recruiting efforts? Sounds like what I wore as a security guard, to be frank! The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police used to wear that combination. The new field uniform was an improvement, but the new Class A, the jury is out on that one?

Last edited by Clovis Lee Booker (2007-11-20 13:06:44)