Posted: 6/3/2007 5:24:43 PM EDT
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I'm pretty sure you have the ACU's confused with the Dress Greens. They're replacing the Greens with the Service Uniform. I think the Service Uniform is the same as the Blues that the soldiers at Arlington wear. ETA: Edited for my lack of sleep induced reading comprehension problems. |
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There are things I like better about the ACU, and some not so much. I like the position of the pockets better on the ACU, however I hate the velcro and miss the buttons. I don't know how much the BDUs cost, but the ACUs are $80/set at clothing sales on post, a ridiculous price for a uniform that is supposedly supposed to last "6 months" in the field. |
They are extremely "hit or miss" on how long they last. We had some guys go maybe a month before theirs ripped or shredded...others of us, ours lasted the entire deployment and 6mos afterwards. I still wear the ones in Iraq for drill, absolutely nothing wrong with them.  And we got like 4 brand new sets before we left Iraq so I have like 8 sets of ACU's now.  
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It's to "save us money" at least that was the story to start, but now that velcro is wearing out and they are selling veclcro "repair kits" i.e. replacement velcro that story has gone out the window. Now the PEO party line is "an operational requirement for streilized unifroms." OK -sure . . .   
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My name tape and US Army tape has a really hard time sticking. One day I came to work call and someone said where's your name? I looked down and it had fallen off. Maybe I should see about that velcro repair kit...never heard of it before. |
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I tell you what: I'm getting sick of seeing soldiers who don't care what they look like WEARING them! Some folks around here look like they just rolled out of bed in them. I'm not saying you have to have a starched and shined uniform (like -I- have to have), which is just nuts in a hazardous duty assignment, but gee, do you have to make your uniform look like a pair of pajamas? Well, I guess it worked for the Vietnamese... 
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Function > Form 
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It was so stupid to not have the branch and name sewn on. I can understand the rank and somewhat the patches (just barely) because people change rank and its easier to take off that way.... But no one hardly changes their name for the love of god, no one changes branches and keeps the same uniform!
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I'm just SAYIN'...
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Sterilize them 
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So how's retirement, Sergeant Major? |
 You DID notice the part in RED, right? I'm not referring to folks just getting off patrol, but just plain SLOBS who don't look like they take any pride in themselves at all.I am NOT saying go back to starch and Kiwi, but at least try to look like you represent your country when you're on a multi-national mission like here. Sergeant Major... That's a laugh.
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A lot of guys (not me) re-wear the same uniform all week or even longer. Often times they leave it crumpled on the floor after work. So it gets wrinkled and messed up. Another thing is that I bet a lof of people don't shake out and hang up their uniform immediately after it gets out of the dryer. |
Besides the fabric is so weak they feel like pajamas....  I personally hate the velcro. People who really need to have removable name tapes and such found a way to do it. Its not like we all are about to get dropped where Americans aren't "supposed" to be....
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Then join the Air Force. We get no unit patches on our new digs.
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That would be me. haha I'll make a pair last all week if im not inthe motor pool or in the field. Also, if (when) i pick up my ACUs off the floor in the morning and throw them on they look pretty much the same as when I take a fresh pair off the hanger. I personally love the ease of use! |
It's a damn shame that we have thousands of soldiers in the field in a subpar uniform because nobody has the balls to admit that they made a mistake. |
| I've noticed that there are about three different styles of velcro. Some lasts a long time and is tightly woven, some is loose and unravels a bit, some is very thin-fibered and quickly turns into little fuzzy balls that get in the way. That's the thing I dislike about the ACUs. Other than that, I like the feel, the pockets and the look. |
 Starch? You are starching your uniform. Unless some things have changed starching the uniform damaged the IR properities of the uniform. Starching was strictly against regs. |
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There are no IR capabilities to my issue uniform. I wear khaki BDUs with SECURITY in 6" letters on the back. I'm force protection, not .mil. We are required to have pressed utilities and shined black boots. The army press shop run by AAFES starches the shit out of them. Since the contract we are on was written before desert boots were part of the uniform, our companies refuse to let us wear them, even though the uniform regs have changed at least twice. I wear spit-shined black jungle boots. Since we have to wear a duty belt, tucked-in 2 pocket BDUs would be preferable, but no, we can't have that. Oh well. We return you to the thread about the Anti-Couch Uniform... |
They are designed to be worn that way! And if you starch ACUs you are in violation of 670-1. |
but you have a bigger problem, all the molle gear. Changing the acu pattern for uniforms would be realtively simple, changing all the molle gear in a reasonable time would be almost impossible. Then what you would have is a different uniform, covered by all the acu molle gear, alot like the desert uniforms at the start of the war with the camo body armor and olive drab rucks, ect.. The army must have hundreds of millions invested in all the new gear. |
 A lot of our FP guys look like shit, too.
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I don't like the new ACUs, just having one set of cammies that is sub par where ever it goes. VS two different sets that are ideal for what environment they are in. I'll take two sets please. Why I don't like them Wrong choice of colors for the camo part velcro is for tards and 3rd graders searching for misplaced patches pisses me off. Feel sloppy and unprofessional in ithem. shoulder/upper arm pockets. |
You've got me beat by a year, but the same here. |