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2006-06-16 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve 2006-06-16 14:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Darn. When I saw the headline, I assumed it meant that the Army was telling the environmentalists to go pound sand.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2006-06-16 15:38|| 2006-06-16 15:38|| Front Page Top

#2 So it'll be blue not purple. 'kay.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-16 15:44|| 2006-06-16 15:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, they had these once before...

Posted by DanNY 2006-06-16 16:11|| 2006-06-16 16:11|| Front Page Top

#4 So I gather it will be the US Grant, Civil War blues. That is an honorable uniform. "The bluecoats."

I always liked its cut better than the 'greens', though they had about perfected summer khakis to look good even in sweltering hot and humid conditions.

Whites were the distinction for those who had served "down South", and were always worn proudly.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-16 16:33|| 2006-06-16 16:33|| Front Page Top

#5 The Army has blue uniforms?

Who knew?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-16 16:38|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-06-16 16:38|| Front Page Top

#6 They need to change the headgear to black slouch hats for the full-on Iron Brigade look.

Posted by Mike 2006-06-16 16:47|| 2006-06-16 16:47|| Front Page Top

#7 We never really got rid of them, Barbara, except during WWII. You've seen them on the soldiers guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and at state funerals, you just might not have known that you were looking at Army troops. Every officer and NCO over staff sergeant is required to have one.

The greens are actually the aberration, not the blues. The greens started out as the combat uniform of their day and gradually mutated into the ugly mess you see today. The Marines' dress greens had a similar evolution (tho' they look much better). It only took us 60 years, but we finally got away from having an "intermediate" uniform between the dress blues and the combat uniform.

Posted by 11A5S 2006-06-16 17:35|| 2006-06-16 17:35|| Front Page Top

#8 So...while I understand the utility and the tradition, will BDUs (battle dress uniforms) be going to blue as well?

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-06-16 18:35|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-06-16 18:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Blue BDU, I thought that was an ~~Army Air Corps~~ Air Force initiative?

As to a different hat, I thought this was a fine choice at one time. Yo!

Posted by Hupitle Phereger1161 2006-06-16 18:47|| 2006-06-16 18:47|| Front Page Top

#10 I think the new cammies look cool, and I can see how they would help diffuse your outline in our current battlefields. Nice design

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-16 19:06|| 2006-06-16 19:06|| Front Page Top

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