New Class A's(oh goodness no)

[abulafia]

If any of you subscribe to Army Times you may have seen the new Class A's. I definitly do not like them, what happened to "tradition", well now its streamlining. Here's a link... I think you will also be dissapointed.

New Army Dress Uniform

[PhilK]

Actually, that link is incorrect. The Army decided to go with the white shirt as opposed to the grey shirt.

Here is a better link: http://www.army.mil/asu/index.html

I love the fact that we are going to the Dress Blues as our standard dress uniform. Since getting my commission I have worn my Blues more then my Greens and think the Blues look sharper and more professional then the Greens.

[Ben Shotalot]

Never mind.... correct link was posted before I was able to reply.

BTW, for those of use who have been there and done that.... and would have to wear these things..... THEY SUCK.

I'll never wear them. They will change anyway before the required date as the outrage within the ranks is so loud.

I don't want to look like a TSA agent!

[SGM]

It wouldn't be the Army if the didn't change the uniform once in a while. The nice thing about it is I don't have to worry about it anymore.

[SlightlyCatholic]

How many times do Soldiers actually expect to wear their Dress Uniforms? It seems to me that all the recruiting now points to an Army in operational tempo that only wears ACUs.

[Ben Shotalot]

Originally Posted by Seminarian_Tim

How many times do Soldiers actually expect to wear their Dress Uniforms? It seems to me that all the recruiting now points to an Army in operational tempo that only wears ACUs.

Which is totally screwed up! The ACU is a combat uniform, not a service uniform. The ACU also hides the fat bodies. Any other sort of "dress" or formal attire will not allow fat bodies to hide behind the camouflage.

I wear my greens and my blues quite often. The service uniform should be the uniform for day to day wear while the ACU (a combat uniform) should be worn in the field only. There are coveralls for shops and motor pools, and mess service uniforms for those types of work environments.

My two cents.

[PhilK]

Originally Posted by Ben Shotalot

The service uniform should be the uniform for day to day wear while the ACU (a combat uniform) should be worn in the field only.

I concur.

Of course Soldiers would complain about up keep costs, etc. but I think if you sit in an office day in and day out then you should be in your Class Bs. (Which would currently apply to me. )

There are plenty of TDA units out there that this would apply to.

[armysc_25b]

I'm currently in a shop that we mainly sit in the office. However, being that we do equipment installs and work with electronics, a Dress uniform may not be as appropriate for our environment as ACU's.

When I read the article about the AF going to "Blue Monday", my first thought was "How long before the Army takes this up?" IMNSHO, I have no problem wearing my B's to work. At the same time, however, when they start wanting us to wear awards and decorations that's going to cause problems in my environment.

[BronzeGoat]

You wouldn't wear B's in an environment where a fatigue uniform would be more appropriate anyway. I wear the Green uniform more than any of the others, and I wouldn't mind seeing it go away, but I believe the ASU went way off in the wrong direction. IMHO, the "streamlining" the brass have been going on about should have been applied to the uniform accoutrements as well. I'm done complaining about it though. My hope is that this will go the way of McPeak's officer cuff-rings. That didn't last much more than a couple of months after his tenure in office as AF Chief of Staff. Maybe the current configuration of the ASU will go the same way.

[PaulR]

Originally Posted by armysc_25b

IMNSHO, I have no problem wearing my B's to work. At the same time, however, when they start wanting us to wear awards and decorations that's going to cause problems in my environment.

SFC,

What problems would wearing your awards and decorations cause?