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If you are not on duty or at an authorized function, you wear combat fatigues for what reason? Surely it can't be that you have no other clothing to wear. If you wanted to proclaim or otherwise show your dedication and proud service, you'd wear another class of uniform, befitting your chosen service.
There is a lot of worship going on these days for anyone wearing any kind of uniform and quite a few in any type of service that requires uniform wear on duty buy into that and use it to boost their own morale and sense of belonging.
If you are going to wear a uniform in public outside of that required by the service, for crying out loud, wear a dress uniform and demonstrate you aren't completely self absorbed, ignorant of appropriate behavior and a glory seeker. Wear a class of uniform that shows some distinction including your unit and personal awards. If you can't see fit to do that, find something else to wear other than grubbies.
If you aren't going to show the proper pride in your service, get a clue, fatigues don't cut it and all that happens is that you are confused with the local paintball crowd. Geesh.
This Marine is "outside of duty" but it is authorized. He is there to attract attention, he is at a non-military function. He is there legally. He is at a high school at a function.
The Dress Blue uniform is NOT a combat uniform.
Marines call the combat uniform camies or utilities ...same uniform. They are NOT authorized for wearing off duty off base at all.
The Charlies, Alphas and Dress Blues CAN be worn off duty and off base at will as long as they are worn properly....I'm not seeing what's so hard to understand about this.
The pictures show Marines in camies in what looks like a staged (read; official) event.
The question was about AFR, sure...but you're making snide comments about rethinking an attitude to someone expressing their opinion about how sad it is to see them wearing uniforms off duty. That's their opinion and are entitled to it. Whether or not they meant ALL uniforms or just the combat uniforms remains to be clarified.
Facts are that as far as Marines go all but the combat uniform is allowed off duty.
Apparently the camie uniform is allowed to be worn off duty off base with the other services.
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If you are not on duty or at an authorized function, you wear combat fatigues for what reason? Surely it can't be that you have no other clothing to wear. If you wanted to proclaim or otherwise show your dedication and proud service, you'd wear another class of uniform, befitting your chosen service.
I believe we forget also that whatever unit or branch of service we or others have served. We never had a choice of which uniforms we could wear, that was always at the whim of command as the U.O.T.D. With the exceptions of whites or blues only during summer or winter.
I believe we forget also that whatever unit or branch of service we or others have served. We never had a choice of which uniforms we could wear, that was always at the whim of command as the U.O.T.D. With the exceptions of whites or blues only during summer or winter.
OH! A swabbie, huh? I was Marine Corps then Air Nat'l Guard. Rules were different for each branch. Marines better not catch you out in town in utilities. Guard, go ahead and stop at the store on your way home if you want to.
I could picture wearing ACUs on leave if I was attending some military ceremony on my own accord, or doing something similar. But otherwise when I'm on "civilian time", civilian clothing is what I wear.
Not there is anything wrong with wearing the uniform, just make sure to wear it properly and to the appropriate places. The standards apply to you at all times especially when in public.
Every service is different. Marines can't do it, Navy can't do it however, Air Force and Army can. Different rules and regulations for each service. Neither is right or wrong.
Neither may be right or wrong but one definitely appears more professional!
In your opinion yes.. but in my opinion, it doesn't really matter. Personally I don't see it as unprofessional if a soldier or airman in uniform are picking up their kids, dry cleaning or pumping gas off base.
Traveling thru LAX in short-sleeve Air Force blues a civvy-clad officer from Somewhere Else gigged me for not wearing Class A's.
Aren't they the same without the jacket?
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I was Marine Corps then Air Nat'l Guard. Rules were different for each branch. Marines better not catch you out in town in utilities. Guard, go ahead and stop at the store on your way home if you want to.
