http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/08/army_newblueuniform_082008w/
I don’t know about the white shirts. I think they could have picked a color that didn’t make them look like TSA personnel.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/08/army_newblueuniform_082008w/
I don’t know about the white shirts. I think they could have picked a color that didn’t make them look like TSA personnel.
For me the non mil guy, they look like AF personnel.
Still looks better than the Green uniform did (the one with the jacket and light green shirt or whatever it was).
Chad
Ugly as hell. Or as Lee said in True Romance- “Oooo, that’s imaginative. I’ve got more taste in my penis”.
Former USA here and I gotta say using the ‘Dress Blues’ as the Class A uniform looks sharp. The white shirt has been the traditional shit used with dress blues. Dress blues trace their history back to the post civil war era uniforms. Glad to see that they wisened up and will allow the wearing of devices like the CIB. Though I have to admit that the pic of the soldier in class B’s doesn’t look the greatest, but I think that its the jump boots doing that. I see that the boots will remain restricted to the Rangers, Airborne, and SF units. I also see that finally AirAssault units have been added to the list. As for the MPs on duty being able to wear them…well MPs always want to look pretty, so this is a bone thrown to them.
New uniform? Hell, since everything’s going retro these days…

What no more Army green? Army white or blue or whatever just doesn’t sound right. Is the big green Army now the big blue Army? David
I hated my Class A’s. Class B’s were way better. Only thing good about Class A’s is watching everyone else enjoy the polyester ![]()
As former USA, I like the dress blue Trousers. but the rest of it I have one word: YUCK!:rolleyes:
speaking as a former USA Paratrooper, if i were still in, that new uniform would make me go AWOL:p
Look very NATOish dont they?
The .gov needs to hire some fashion designers.
Hey, it worked for the Nazis…
Or UN “peacekeepers”? My vision isn’t great, but do the two shades of blue for the Class A’s look hideous? It’s almost like Marine Corp Class A envy, but we’ll issue them in a tri-color paint job with a few options.
looks nice
I think they look sharp

Speaking of trial uniforms, the Air Force should ditch its airline pilot get up immediately and adopt the Billy Mitchells they were trialing a year or so ago.

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Those guys look like they have a country to invade!!!
BAH, gay.
At least with the bloused boots they gave us something to piss off the legs again. ![]()
That is NO SHIT! It does make them look like the TSA! I liked the dress blues but they were considered “Formal” instead of everyday wear like class A’s or B’s. The white short sleeve version of the new B’s sucks ass. You need a coat hanger for this abortion! FWIW, I liked the old Khaki’s! From BDUs, DCUs to gravel quarry ACUs, to all around Dress blues…no more Army Green.
Those are sharp. But ditch the little laminate name tag. Makes you look like an LEO (nothing wrong with LEO).
Admittedly, I’m a bit underwhelmed with the changes; that said, I honestly cannot remember the last time I was required to wear a Class A uniform – I would guess eight years or so. ACUs are everyday fare, of course, and Blues are the de facto dress for social events (at least, for officers), so the Greens have grown increasingly irrelevant over time. I was in no hurry to seem them go for purely sentimental reasons, but what’s done is done.
I remember feeling much the same way when the wear-out date for Khakis approached, when I was issued my first set of BDUs, when they traded my one-piece flight suits for the Aviation BDU, and – most recently – when I had to go out and buy the new ACUs. Obviously, I survived the changes, and I doubt this one will be any different … but I’m tempering my enthusiasm for this one.
Chief