Somthing in the air . . .

[Gunny2862 11]

Sorry in advance,

 

but I just have to...

 

"Pants w/ribbons"

 

snicker

[jmwalston 11]

"If no one wears them then getting rid of them is an efficiency. USMC, still the best bang for your Defense dollar."

 

Gunny,

I saw Dress Whites during the summer when I served, and outside of the D.C. area and Annapolis (where it was required), Evening Dress I saw only twice. However, both were very sharp uniforms, and very much a part of USMC tradition (reemphasizing the Naval heritage). Fortunately in my case, my Evening Dress coat was given to me by a great SNCO when he retired, thus I didn't have to make the expenditure.

[Nike 94]

The other services have to constantly change because they know the Marines and the Royal Navy won the uniform contest decades ago.

[John-in-KC 311]

Thank you Pete Schoomaker. Grrr.

 

The problem is you have to go back over a hundred years to historically look at the Army Blue uniforms. Troopers wore branch colors for their trouser stripes and rank stripes. Piping on several of the uniforms was also in branch color.

 

What the Army is going to get is a "Generic Soldier" uniform.

 

Pinks and Greens would have been better.

[scoutldr 732]

Go back to sleep, Gunny. We'll wake you when it's your turn...

[Gunny2862 11]

snoore. snnnnooooze. Snoooore. Hmmm. Brak, brak, oh..

 

I never said no one wore them, but that I saw so few of them that it seems to me that keeping them in stock in a Service that doesn't espouse uniqueness within it's own ranks was a highly inefficient use of the logisticians time.

And that is probably a part of why they were eliminated.

And thanks for mentioning that in the D.C. and Annapolis areas is where you did see them worn.

Also, the majority of the Corps uniforms still emphasize the Naval traditions I still haven't seen one other than MOPP gear that didn't have a fouled anchor on it somewhere...

 

Back to the snoooze.....

[Gold Winger 9]

Royal Navy? They have funny loops on their arms and wiggly stripes not to mention that they wear their ribbons too high up on their chest. Okay, I mentioned it.