Military uniforms

[TheGrey]

I've thought about this a great deal, and I'd like to know what your opinion is on the subject- for those of you that served, what was your favorite part of your uniform, what was your least favorite part of your uniform, and why? It'd be good to know when you served, and what branch.

I'll start.

I served in the USAF, 1988-1992. My favorite part of my uniform were my combat boots. Black combat Mil Spec boots, all leather and with enough waffle-stomper tread on them to allow me to almost walk up walls. I polished the crap out of them and sno-sealed them to the point that I stood in a 9" deep puddle in Mississippi and my feet remained dry.

They died in Maryland, finally. The soles cracked clean across on both boots, and foolish me had no idea that there were people that could repair them. I miss those boots; we had an understanding of each other. Maybe I'll order another pair, and try taming them.

My least favorite part of my uniform was my dress blues shirt. I have no idea what the uniform committee was smoking at the time of design, but it was clearly designed by people that believe all women had massive hips and no chest to speak of. I couldn't raise my arm without the bottom of my shirt rucking up and catching any stray breeze, belling out to crawl up my side. I also couldn't take a very deep breath without fear of losing buttons. The designers clearly never tested the uniform shirt on anyone but hippy sticks.


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Now that I think about it, just about every department has a uniform. First responders, I'd like to hear your opinions, too!