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Army Close to Finalizing Pinks and Greens Uniform for All Soldiers
Military.com ^ | 3 Nov 2017 | Matthew Cox

Posted on 11/06/2017 9:15:47 AM PST by x1stcav

The U.S. Army's top enlisted man is close to unveiling the final version of the World War II-era Pinks and Greens uniform that could be approved for all soldiers next year. Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel Dailey and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley began considering the possibility of bringing back the iconic two-tone uniform of the "greatest generation" for soldiers to wear as an everyday office uniform earlier this year.

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KEYWORDS: army; greens; pinks; uniforms; usarmy
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To: Rebelbase

I call those “Mushroom Hats.” They look like something straight outta Super Mario Bros.


21 posted on 11/06/2017 9:35:19 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

Women in the 7th Cav?


22 posted on 11/06/2017 9:35:20 AM PST by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority)
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To: Redleg Duke

Agree with you completely on that one. Words have meaning.


23 posted on 11/06/2017 9:36:00 AM PST by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)
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To: x1stcav

According to the article, it will be a working uniform to be worn in office operations only. It is not a combat uniform or an obtional obviously. So why the expense? The original for this is at government expense with the follow on for the replacement parts covered by individual clothing allowance unless damaged by work related incidents. It is going to increase the requirement for clothing allowance for the members as they add new uniforms.

They will probably phase out one of the working uniforms shortly. Member won’t be able to keep this uniform on hold when they don’t wear it as it is for a defined location use and many spend their career never working in that atmosphere. Not a good idea.

rwood


24 posted on 11/06/2017 9:36:15 AM PST by Redwood71
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To: x1stcav

I hope they get rid of those “girley” berets. Makes our warriors look like night guards in a cat house.


25 posted on 11/06/2017 9:36:19 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: CodeToad
> Everyone in the military looks like they won the war all by themselves they are so decorated. <

Good point. Even Ike rarely wore more than one or two rows of ribbons. On the other hand:


26 posted on 11/06/2017 9:37:38 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: x1stcav
Related image
27 posted on 11/06/2017 9:37:44 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Red Badger
My Army dress greens were .... um ..... green .... in 1965.

Both pants and jacket.

I had signal corps pins, rank patch (spec4) orange braid and a good conduct badge they took away from me.

28 posted on 11/06/2017 9:38:13 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

Concerning piture above:

I think a belted coat is a mistake. The coats look fine in the picture, but they want to add a belt, like Gen. George Marshall above. This would be a mistake.


29 posted on 11/06/2017 9:38:26 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: x1stcav
As an observer only, never served, the blue service uniform always looks like it doesn't quite fit. Baggy looking, sleeves too long. I wanted to like it because I thnk the old cavalry look from the 1800s is awesome but they didn't really capture it in my opinion.

Regarding the pinks and greens, my point of reference is only from watching old WW2 movies and for some reason (maybe bad color reproduction ability on old TVs) they always looked like dark brown jackets with khaki pants to me. Always thought it looked really good. Then I saw a real uniform and was like 'whoa, why are the pants pink? And the jacket is sort of a faded green, this looks terrible!' I've since gotten used to it but I sort of miss the Brown and Khaki uniform that only existed in my poorly calibrated eyes.

30 posted on 11/06/2017 9:39:06 AM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: x1stcav

Now do away with those goofy berets. We ain’t French.

To look like soldiers, bring back the garrison caps with piping that indicates specialty.


31 posted on 11/06/2017 9:39:54 AM PST by catpuppy
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To: xkaydet65
"the From Here to Eternity summer khakis"

Absolutely impossible to keep clean. The Corps had Summer Tropicals, back in the 70's. Peanut butter colored. Summer weight wool shirt and trousers, matching wool field scarf, and also cotton khakis, 3 sets of each, With garrison and overseas covers. (The wool shirts doubled as winter shirts under the green winter weight blouse.)

You learned, quickly, that the slightest smudge on your fingers would transfer to your shirt pocket flaps and trousers. It's why you kept your wallet and butts in your socks.

You also used a cheap pair of white gloves to fasten your belt buckle, and then do not touch it for the rest of the day, lest you fingerf#ck your brass or smudged your cotton belt, which you had scrubbed with toothpaste to get it the properly accepted "salty" color...

32 posted on 11/06/2017 9:40:07 AM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: caligatrux

I did too. But I don’t see any ‘pink’. To what does that refer? Or is my monitor faulty?


33 posted on 11/06/2017 9:41:46 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
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To: pepsi_junkie

My dad had several pairs of “pinks” from his service time but quit wearing them in the early 60s when we came home from overseas.
A couple of his buddies wore pinks and may well have been buried in them.


34 posted on 11/06/2017 9:43:55 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Leaning Right

Both Sherman and Grant wore enlisted men’s uniform coats with no insignia of any kind. Officers from other units reporting to them on several occasions walked right past Sherman and Grant, not realizing who they were. Of course, the benefit to wearing their uniforms that way was they were less likely to be targeted by snipers.

CC


35 posted on 11/06/2017 9:44:40 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (It don't matter if your heart is in the right place, if at the same time your head is up your a$$)
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To: Red Badger

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The Hat and jacket in the center look much like the ones my father had hanging in the closet from WW II days.
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36 posted on 11/06/2017 9:46:33 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Red Badger

Hopefully women will have skirts on too, and that uniform is much better than the crap they have now.


37 posted on 11/06/2017 9:48:02 AM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Rebelbase

38 posted on 11/06/2017 9:49:46 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: x1stcav

Best looking uniforms were the Krauts in WWII
Especially the officers


39 posted on 11/06/2017 9:51:47 AM PST by uncbob
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To: Rebelbase

Does that thing double as a bedpan?


40 posted on 11/06/2017 9:52:07 AM PST by Stosh
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