Military uniforms

[drew890]

My favorite was my black beret.
My least favorite was my tan beret.
Fuck you Gen Shinseki.

[Scanker19]

Field Jacket and liner. I still wear them too, that was until some guy in a bar yelled at me. Also I had my hands in my pockets.

[theGinsue]

Also '88-'05 - USAF.

Favorite: BDU's. Comfortable fit, durable enough, flexible enough to crawl through subfloors & run with full cop gear.

Least favorite: Service dress - particularly the ones we were wearing ~2000-2005. Uncomfortable & with my build the jacket never sat right on me, looking sloppy.

[Aloha_Shooter]

USAF 1987-2009.

I liked the quality Class Bs, the ones made with poly wool instead of 100% polyester, short sleeve shirt because I hated the feeling of sleeves past my elbows. I REALLY liked the short period when Gen Fogleman was CSAF and we got to wear all-some-or-none of our ribbons. I liked just wearing the three ribbons that I got for doing things I felt were particularly important and not having to put on stupid garbage like the Training or NDSM ribbons. Of course, the E-9s hated it.

I hated the flight suit. Some kind of freaking magic cloth that wouldn't breathe in the summer but let any and all drafts in during the winter. Wearing in Florida summers? Ugh! The wash-and-wear nature of it was about the only thing I liked.

I wore the pickle suit when I started, transitioned to the BDUs but hated them for a long time. Having to press BDUs just never made any sense to me, even when Army guys told me pressing was strictly for garrison and they all kept at least one set for the field that never saw an iron. After a while, the convenience of the cargo pockets and being able to roll up my sleeves (yeah, yeah, out of reg but I never saw anyone complain about it) or even take the top off when we were doing dirty work (like filling sand bags) grew on me.

[HoneyBadger]

USAF 2007-now. ABUs suck. Everything about them sucks. BDU's were pretty good. I do miss the black boots I used to wear - now they hang out in the back of my truck for emergencies. Wool/poly blues pants are uncomfortable and don't breathe. I miss wearing a flight suit (I'm a space guy, and we used to be authorized to wear them while pulling shifts).

I wish we would just switch to multicam already and be done with it.

[Great-Kazoo]

Pea coat and ball cap. Spouse still has a cracker jack top i sent her in 74.

[Rucker61]

Favorite uniform was the khakis we wore in JROTC. The Army should bring those back as a garrison uniform. Least favorite was the saucer cap. I don't know what head shape it was designed to fit, but I don't think it was a human head.

[Bailey Guns]

USAF '79-'89 Active, '96-'99 AFRES.

Man, I hated those fatigues we started out with. I could never get a shirt or pants that fit properly. I was really happy when we were authorized to wear the BDUs in the late 80s. I drove from Offutt AFB to Ft Riley and stocked up. Very functional and comfortable. I wore flight suits on occasion for certain TDYs I'd do in Okinawa. Gave myself a serious wedgie every time I bent over or kneeled down for something. Took some serious effort to dig them outta where they weren't supposed to be. I did love the flight boots, though. Way better than the standard combat boots.

That's why I became a cop. Went into the military right outta high school and never had to buy clothes. I needed a job with a uniform to wear when I separated. Most uniforms I wore as an LEO were just awful for working the street.

Favorite uniform is the one I wear now. Carhartt pocket t-shirt with the company name on the chest, blue jeans and boots. Perfect.

[Martinjmpr]

Army 1980 - 2005. We were issued the green "pickle suit" when I first came in, which I hated. The front pockets were cut so if you had any change in them it fell out when you sat down. The baseball cap had a leather sweatband that got nasty and greasy in the hot, humid climate of Fort Benning, GA. Keeping the "gig line" straight was a PITA.

I did like the khaki summer dress uniform, but it was phased out right after I came in.

The early BDU's with the "Elvis Collar" were goofy but they were an improvement over the pickle suit. By the late 1980's the BDU was a great uniform, very comfortable and sharp looking (of course, by then everybody pressed and starched them, even though they had been initially issued as a no-starch uniform.) My weekly ritual was Sunday night in the barracks ironing my uniforms and shining my boots for the week ahead.

The DCU (Desert Camouflage Uniform) version of the BDU was also very comfy. I wore that on both of my deployments to the sandbox (Afghanistan 2003 and Kuwait 2004.)

The old black boots were great, too. I still wear mine when I ride my motorcycle. They're at least 15 years old but they still fit great and are in good shape.

[thvigil11]

Always loved my boonie hats. Something about that cover made me feel very comfortable. And who hasn't loved their woobie