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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:08 PM Original message |
Army Uniforms Redesigned After 20 Years |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who needs armor when you can have nice new uniforms? |
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ctaylor (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Do I have to pick one or the other? |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It looks as though you do. |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. No you don't have to pick. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
79. Are you sure, Hawk? A mandatory uniform change is considered |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Can't say for the Army... |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Haven't the Marines already been using this? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yes |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I was thinking the exact same thing |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Well, thx to some MREs, that happens without the assist from velcro |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. What's happening to the MREs |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. i believe he was referring to |
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ctaylor (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. silent velcro |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. See "Garden State"? Silent velcro's already been invented! eom |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Picture of Commander Codpiece |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Navy is getting new uniforms, too |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. New Navy and Airforce uniform pics |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
60. How long has the USN been doing camo? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Yup--and they'll paint the ships camo, as well.... |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Nah, the ships stay gray. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Gray is Navy camo |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Those are the *new* uniforms. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. So they're either VERY recent or brand spankin' new? |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. . |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
82. Just started... |
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ctaylor (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. The USAF has a new uniform too |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. They really do look like Hawaiian shirts! |
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DistantWind88 (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
67. Except that's not the new uniform |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. And look, new dress uniforms as well! |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. What are you trying to say? |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. No no, not at all.. not yet anyway..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You are right! |
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NervousRex (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. C'mon...here's a better pic: |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Sorry, everythingsxen. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Reichsleader SS looks like Karl Rove! |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 03:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Naw...he looks like a giant duck. |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. OMG! He is so young! Doesn't look any older than one of my |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oooo, the hats are sooooo cute. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. I suppose this is to save money, as well. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. sort of a bird-dropping look, isn't it? (I of all people should know) |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Fashion critics are raving over these chic Cammies. |
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Something of Reason (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Actually |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Sounds like what the Army said in the early 1980s when the BDU was adopted |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Welcom to DU, Something of Reason! |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Uniform designs are driven by lobbyist. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. How can it possibly cost $3.4 billion? |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. That's because Bush and Co. are skimming off the top. |
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Something of Reason (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Cost my seem high but |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "the cost of dry cleaning"??? |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. OMG - Are you from the army corp of propaganda engineers or something? |
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The Sheik (349 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Propaganda engineers? |
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DistantWind88 (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
69. Facts are like that some time |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Well, the shipping costs from the factories in China are going up. |
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thecai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Which Slave-Factory... |
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Dave Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
37. Nothing helps morale.. |
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drthais (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. so where are the freakin HELMETS? |
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thecai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Helmets? Oh yeah, HELMETS! |
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Something of Reason (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Helmets |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
66. Since you are so quick with the info that sets us all straight on |
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Something of Reason (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Questions Answered |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Yes, you will get flamed over this stupid statement! |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
80. The difference between helmets and uniforms |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. western armies should give up bdu's entirely |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. Oh, man, now all the bushies will have to redecorate their kids' bedrooms |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
46. Where's Martha Stewart when you really need her? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. In an unrelated story, Halliburton heralds its new army clothing division! |
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Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Do we know what corporation got the contract for these uniforms? |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. Those Velcro openings |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
68. yes...yes they should... |
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NIGHT TRIPPER (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. Anyone know what Chimp's FIRST action was as Pres? HE ORDERED |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 02:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Naah, I can't stand the boyking |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. There goes the budget! The troops need this like a hole in the head... |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. armour or uniforms... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
54. I'm sceptical of the velcroed on patches, but other than that potentially |
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Pinboy (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
56. Initially, the Pentagon said, the Red Crosses will be optional . . . |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
70. What geniuses! Let's use Velcro! |
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Something of Reason (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Questions Answered |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Why does the article say "Velcro openings"? |
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Something of Reason (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Pretty sure on the zippers |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Zippers are fine. |
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njdemocrat106 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
77. Redesigning the uniforms just in time for the draft? |
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