02-25-2010, 09:02
|
#1
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 11 miles from Dove Creek, Colorady
Posts: 3,924
|
FOG new uniform question
I was watching a game show the other night and an E5 was a contestant. He was wearing the new blue ASU.
I read the new regs and other than the the CSIB, am I correct in assuming that there is no unit designation on the uniform? A trooper from the 13th Latrine Maintenance Bn. would be indistinguishable from one from the 1st Cav?
So my box full of colored shoulder patches will become very valuable as collectors items? 
__________________
"...But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive."
Shakespeare - Henry V
Lazy Bob Ranch
|
|
Utah Bob is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 09:45
|
#2
|
|
Gold Star Father
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Littleton, Colorado
Posts: 388
|
I am not sure, but I think you are right. But, I can tell you that at COL Howard's funeral, there were a significant number of MACV and/or SOG warriors who I heard comment how wearing a Green Beret with the new "Class A's" JUST DID NOT LOOK RIGHT!!! And a young 5th SFG (A) warrior looked over and nodded his head "YES!!!" 
molon labe 
|
|
Tatonka316 is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 09:51
|
#3
|
|
Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: PWC
Posts: 529
|
Another Visit from the Good Idea Fairy
Quote:
Originally Posted by Utah Bob
I read the new regs and other than the the CSIB, am I correct in assuming that there is no unit designation on the uniform?
|
Utah Bob,
You're correct in your assumption. In deciding to further make all soldiers the same (much like the black beret), the Army has stripped the SSI. The CSIB has been added to the front, along with tabs such as Ranger, Sapper, SF, etc.. IMHO, more clutter and bling up front instead of leaving well-enough alone.
Casually speaking with hundreds of soldiers about it since its inception, I have yet to find someone who is happy with this idea. YMMV
http://www.army.mil/asu/
__________________
Доверяй, но проверяй (trust, but verify)
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
|
|
Masochist is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 10:45
|
#4
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: 18 yrs upstate NY, 30 yrs South Florida, 20 yrs Conch Republic, now chasing G-Kids in NOVA & UK
Posts: 11,901
|
__________________
Go raibh tú leathuair ar Neamh sula mbeadh a fhios ag an diabhal go bhfuil tú marbh
"May you be a half hour in heaven before the devil knows you’re dead"
|
|
JJ_BPK is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 11:03
|
#5
|
|
Asset
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: FT Drum, NY
Posts: 54
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by JJ_BPK
|
Amen. For the life of me I can't understand what's wrong with the Dress Green Uniforms. I wonder who is making the money off of this change.
__________________
At the end of the day you shouldn't ask yourself what you did well, but rather what you could do better.
----
Embrace the Suck.
Last edited by Joe_Snuffy; 02-25-2010 at 11:23.
|
|
Joe_Snuffy is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 11:07
|
#6
|
|
Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: PWC
Posts: 529
|
Quote:
The new ASU looks like a tragic collision between a junior ROTC cadet, a Disney security guard and Kim Jong Il.
- Army Times user "mosby"
|
SOURCE: http://www.armytimes.com/community/o...forums_092908/
__________________
Доверяй, но проверяй (trust, but verify)
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
|
|
Masochist is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 11:32
|
#7
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NorCal
Posts: 15,370
|
Reminds me of the time I was passing through the Atlanta airport and encountered a group of kay-dets from one of those ersatz military academies.
Richard
__________________
“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
|
|
Richard is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 11:40
|
#8
|
|
Area Commander
Join Date: May 2007
Location: IL
Posts: 1,644
|
If it makes you feel better, the AF ABUs are the same, no unit patches. We sure don't want to enhance unit morale by doing something as simple as this do we????
|
|
afchic is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 12:02
|
#9
|
|
Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: PWC
Posts: 529
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by afchic
If it makes you feel better, the AF ABUs are the same, no unit patches.
|
As my mom used to say, two wrongs don't make a right. 
__________________
Доверяй, но проверяй (trust, but verify)
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
|
|
Masochist is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 12:57
|
#10
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: 11 miles from Dove Creek, Colorady
Posts: 3,924
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by afchic
If it makes you feel better, the AF ABUs are the same, no unit patches. We sure don't want to enhance unit morale by doing something as simple as this do we????
|
I never understood why the AF did away with SSI. I guess they didn't want to look like the Army after they split.
of course the Marines have no SSI on their blues either. I guess I'm just too much of a dinosaur to think of an army dress uniform with no shoulder patch is a good thing.
I've read the threads regarding the change and no one seems to know what logic prompted it.
I guess it's not a huge deal seeing as how the dress uniform doesn't seem to be worn much anymore (and if that's the case, one wonders what prompted the change?)
Being a civilian I have no dog in the fight. I do still have my old Greens and even the dress blues from mi youth. The greens will be my burial duds.
As you can see, I'm shocked I still have em. 
__________________
"...But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive."
Shakespeare - Henry V
Lazy Bob Ranch
|
|
Utah Bob is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 12:41
|
#11
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: 18 yrs upstate NY, 30 yrs South Florida, 20 yrs Conch Republic, now chasing G-Kids in NOVA & UK
Posts: 11,901
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
Reminds me of the time I was passing through the Atlanta airport and encountered a group of kay-dets from one of those ersatz military academies.
|
Richard,,
Is that kid like the Sergeant Major of the Universe??
Bill Murray didn't have that many stripes..
__________________
Go raibh tú leathuair ar Neamh sula mbeadh a fhios ag an diabhal go bhfuil tú marbh
"May you be a half hour in heaven before the devil knows you’re dead"
|
|
JJ_BPK is offline
|
|
|
02-25-2010, 12:46
|
#12
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Currently based in the US
Posts: 414
|
The parasol is missing
__________________
The Govt is not my Mommy, The Govt is not my Daddy. I am My Govt.
|
|
plato is offline
|
|
|
03-01-2010, 16:23
|
#13
|
|
BANNED USER
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,751
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
Reminds me of the time I was passing through the Atlanta airport and encountered a group of kay-dets from one of those ersatz military academies.
Richard
|
I don't think bad-mouthing that kid is wise. . . he's probably ruling a sub-Sahara nation or planning the coup TW's I got to wear them over on the plane to FRG and stand my first battalion picture in them before they went to the great closet in the sky.
Last edited by Dozer523; 03-01-2010 at 16:25.
|
|
Dozer523 is offline
|
|
|
03-01-2010, 17:28
|
#14
|
|
Guest
|
I would think because we are a nation at war, that the duty uniform of the day would be battle dress.
Reasons for class A's would be, (in no particular order),
Taking the Col's wife to the movies,
dinner with the SGM's daughter,
the occasional promotion board review,
school graduation(s),
or a Delta, TWA, United, Southwest flight.
|
|
|
|
|
03-01-2010, 14:18
|
#15
|
|
BANNED USER
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Alabama
Posts: 156
|
I commission in a few months, I just bought my ASU's.
I'm brand new to the game, but to me, Class A's with bloused jump boots rivaled the Marine's dress blues.
Last edited by the squid; 03-01-2010 at 14:36.
|
|
the squid is offline
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 16:13.
|
|
|
Hybrid Mode
