what is this? looks like another flop of an idea to me. the ACUs are premiere in their performance and practicality already, altho' I'd prefer that the ACU blouse/shirt be about 4 inches longer!
Originally posted by JTBOWLING: what is this? looks like another flop of an idea to me. the ACUs are premiere in their performance and practicality already, altho' I'd prefer that the ACU blouse/shirt be about 4 inches longer!
The ACU blouse is long enough. Soldiers are just getting them too small. I see it all the time. You are not supposed to be wearing an ACU tight or even like the BDU was worn. It is supposed to be baggier; just too many soldiers are wearing them too tight and it then barely comes down to the belt. Properly worn, it should go between the side pocket and cargo pocket.
Always glad to see the Army taking steps to make the combat uniforms more duarable, wearable and comfortable. Combined with camoflage patterns and body armour it is great improvement from rip-stop jungle uniforms of a lifetime ago. Now when do the grunts get a decent rifle that can reach-out and touch someone with a round where they know they been touched!
Originally posted by RT841: However, to retain modesty, the original fabric was maintained in the mid-chest area. Both fabrics have a four-way stretch.
They picked the wrong model to show modesty in a shirt.
You have every right to your opinion but Va va vooooooom!
I heard the French had some imput in the design, hence the turtle neck. Their camo pattern is white, so the shirt has a duel purpose role- clothing and a flag.
Is this worn under the existing ACU top, or in place of it? The article seems to suggest, to me anyway, that it’s worn in place of the ACU top. If this is the case, then gone are the days when you could take your top off for those hot and heavy work details, since this will literally be “all there is.” Also, where are the oh so important rank, name and U.S. Army? I can’t see any uniform conscious chain of command allowing soldiers to wear this shirt without some sort of identifying “stuff” on it (after all, what if the folk back home saw our fine warriors walking around “nameless” in these shirts?) I do see, though, a nifty marketing logo (which will no doubt render the shirt NMC if it ever fades or peels (thereby compromising the shirt’s combat effectiveness.)
Of course, this may be a “combat” only piece of clothing, and you only wear it when you’re wearing your body armor. Unfortunately, at the FOB I was at, that would be 24/7 (well you could take your armor off at the mess hall and while in the blue unit) so soldiers will probably have to carry an ACU top with them for when they go to areas that let you take your armor off but don’t let you run around in your “shirt.”
Of course, this could end up being an “undergarment” to the ACU top, which means instead of wearing a t-shirt I’m now wearing a long sleeved PT top with a unit patch on it. Great…
Finally, that big moisture wicking chestpiece, the one that goes right under the non-moisture wicking ISAPI plate? It’s made of a synthetic fabric, which means it’s a fire hazard (which is why the Corps banned under armor.)
Not a bad idea for troops that go out the wire. Right before I came home from Iraq in April they required all troops working outside the FOB to have flame resistant uniforms because of the increased in burns caused mostly by IEDs. So we had to wear those nice tan overalls which made no use for the ACU.
We've got umpteen different pieces of headgear with the ACU's and now two different shirts.
Great.
We have four or five different battle-dress uniforms running around theater. Thank God we're fighting an insurgency... I only shoot the ones wearing civilian clothes (tonge in cheek on that one).
This is getting really stupid already.
Oh, and pockets. It's hard enough to keep **** on me when all I have are two shoulder pockets (which, in some cases, are rendered useless if your unit makes you wear that stupid upper-arm thingie add-on) and one thigh pocket (the other covered up with a pistol holster).
Give me back my SOF-mod BDU/DCU's and quit smothering me in damn kevlar!!!!
I'm starting to feel like that little kid in "Christmas Story".
