What's your opinion on these?? I think somebody is trying to be like someone else..
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/14/arm....ap/index.html

j/k but I think they are kinda Gay looking but that's my opinion

 

They can have those gay *** looking camis. Ours look so much better.

 

What the ****? It's like someone took the Marine Corps camies, but a urban warfare version, added a gay-bondage collar, and some HORRIBLE looking nametapes and other gay looking **** on there.

It looks soooooo bad, I'd like to punch the creator in the face.

I seriously hope this is a joke

 

i was thinking the same thing, trying to be like us

 

No dizzle, why R&D our own boots when the Marine Corps already did all the work?

 

God i don't want to wear those things. and to think i had to go to some stupid conference and the were talking about these, all the patches and name tapes come on and off with velcro Oh yeah won't we be so freaking cool

 

The name tapes and patches are so freaking ugly I cant stand it. And I really want to see a pic of that damn collar folded down. If there's not a way to fold that down I think it would suffocate you in the heat. Not to mention the farmer tan you'd end up with!! The color choice is absurd.. Are they trying to blend in with the blue slushy machine in 711??? They REALLY have their hands full trying to explain this mess. You see what happens when officers get together and have meetings without the pissed off old timer enlisted folks to keep tabs in them?? They're like children I tell ya, and that uniform looks like something a kid would draw...

 

well put

 

well it's not really mainly the officers that come up with it, there are plenty of civilians involved but the dumb general and PMO of Soldier, seems to like it, he spoke about it at a conference we just went to. blame the army aquisition corps and the PM Soldier project managers and officers.

 

Velcro name tapes? If I had those, I'd take mine to the dry cleaners every week just to keep them from getting stolen from the barracks laundry room.

When digitals first came out I was in 29 and I can't tell you how many sets of cammies and covers got stolen out of driers!

 

It's officers that have the final go ahead. That's where I was going with that. I'd like to hear what the soldiers in Iraq said about it when they first got the test uniforms.. I wonder what the Iraqi people think of soldiers who wear blue to fight in the desert. I remember my friend (truck mechanic) saying the HMMWV's and 5 tons still painted green drew more fire than ones painted in the desert colors. I wonder if that would hold true for uniforms as well?? I guess we'll find out... But with the velcro nametapes I could by Capt Smith one day myseld another day... That'd sure help when signing stuff out from supply :YEAH

 

Well it is very very few really really high ranking officers that give the go ahead don't lump us all in there. but actually my dad saw the uniforms first hand and they do provide concealment in both urban and even the desert. i know it sounds surprising. they are also water resistant and IR .... oh i forgot the word. i still don't like the way they look but i trust my father i know he wouldn't wear anything that made him more of a target.

 

What good is the internet if I can't make broad based generalizations???
Feel the love Kat....
-spector

 

The changes:

$88 per uniform F-That!

1. Mandarin collar that can be worn up or down
2. Rank insignia centered on the front of the blouse
3. Velcro for wearing unit patch, skill tabs and recognition devices
4. Zippered front closure
5. Elbow pouch for internal elbow pad inserts
6. Knee pouch for internal knee pad inserts
7. Draw string leg cuff
8. Tilted chest pockets with Velcro closure
9. Three-slot pen pocket on bottom of sleeve
10. Velcro sleeve cuff closure
11. Shoulder pockets with Velcro
12. Forward tilted cargo pockets
13. Integrated blouse bellows for increased upper body mobility
14. Integrated Friend or Foe Identification Square on both left and right shoulder pocket flap.
15. Bellowed calf storage pocket on left and right leg
16. Moisture-wicking desert tan t-shirt
17. Patrol Cap with double thick bill and internal pocket
18. Improved hot-weather desert boot or temperate-weather desert boot
19. Two-inch, black nylon web belt
20. Moisture-wicking socks

 

The Army wants to be Marines SOOOOOO bad!

 

yuckyyyyyyy

 

I thought the second gen desert stuff was weird at first,
now my leftovers make good riding pants...
but i have 4 letters for ya'll
COTS
If I was still in, I wouldn't wanna be runnin round
with a target on my chest..... I preferred to look like
a civ any day in most environments I have been in....

 

COTS = civ off the shelf

 

Ain't Ready to be Marines Yet. heh, no offense to those in the Army, just remembered that statement from a friend.

 

Nah....
SF7 is where it's at (or was at, I should say.... lol)
oh yeah... Marines don't get to log well over 100 jumps.....!
More seriously, props to them, my uncle is USMC ret. and
I'm damn proud of all he has done.