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Originally Posted by WCH
Times are a'changin for the boy's and girls in blue. Effective 1 Nov 2008 Gucci accessories (shoes, boots, handbags, and belts) will no longer be authorized for wear with USAF uniforms.
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As a USAF officer from 1973 thru 1990, I paid for all my uniforms. My uniform stipend signing on covered my mess dress, nothing more! I got a one time reimbursment of about $300.00 at the 12 year mark. Our uniforms changed frequently and I paid for every uniform change out of pocket.
The belts, shoes, boots I wore, I bought from clothing sales; as did every officer I served with. If designer duds were worn, it was well above my pay grade, and I had a bonus.
With all due respect, you seem to infer something that is probably not so. At several bases I was stationed at, Plattsburgh AFB to name one, our enlisted below E-4 were on food stamps. Hard to buy designer duds if you are close to starving.
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