Besides, when the carp hits the fan, I'm sure the Army could use some extra help.
Just wondering when the football uniforms will be revealed.
Well, at least they aren’t looking like anything Star Trek.
Should call it Starfleet instead of Space Force.
Camo seems pointless.
Black and silver, baby.
Sounds like a lot of people are making fun out od this...
Ugly uniforms.
Unlikely that anyone will be doing EVA fighting, anyway. It’ll be more like a navy than a USMC, taking out unmanned Chinese EMP generators, setting up a lunar base and supplying it.
For the ladies, I’m all for a uniform like the one worn by the character Leeloo in the movie “The Fifth Element.”
They need camo for away missions.
Hopefully no red shirts.
I’m sure it will change once it gets going.
Right now, that is the same as an Air Force camo uniform with a Space Force name tape.
Hint: These are already in stock. An airman (or is it spaceman?) is given a set of uniforms in basic training, and then a monthly uniform allowance.
That allowance isn’t much! It’s meant to replace items as they’re worn or damaged.
Having to buy a whole bunch of uniforms all it once can be very expensive; about $1,000. Senior NCOs and officers might be able to afford that, but not the junior troops. Normally a complete change is provided by the service.
So right now, there are 23,000 Air Force troops included in the new Space Force. Buying a ton of uniforms for all of them would be 100s of thousands of dollars, if not millions, given all the design and spin up needed to make unique uniforms.
These aren’t unique.
When the Air Force split from the Army for good in 1947, I don’t think they completed the phase out of Army uniforms until the mid 1950s.
“Starship Troopers” got it right. Just copy that.
They did it to save money, something liberals don’t understand.
I like the retro look myself.
Secondly, this article has some displays of plain ignorance. The Space Force exists to organize, train, and equip space forces. U.S. Space Command is a Combatant Command that will direct space forces. The big negotiations about to start is to haggle over which space units (and personnel) stay in the Army and Navy. [Remember: not all aircraft are in the Air Force and not all boats/ ships are in the Navy.]
As for the assertion that there is no space aggression threatening our space assets, I think that depends upon how one defines that. We aren't close to war with China or Russia--but both powers are spending vast sums of money on counterspace weaponry. The Chinese Strategic Support Forces include an "Aerospace Support Force." And are these jerkoffs aware that the Indians schwacked a target satellite with a missile shot last March?
I kind of liked the SHADO uniforms myself.