December 18, 2007

  • Joint Service? No way.

    Funny story though, for the longest time I wanted to transfer over from the Marine Corps to the Air National Guard because their reserve unit is only 5 minutes away from my house and I can reap mucho benefits when it comes to college money.  However, when I went to Five Guys yesterday I saw two fat Air Force E6's in line wearing these new tiger stripe cammies.


    ABUtop


    Only $49.99!  Lack of enthusiasm and constipation not included.


    Yes, now the Air Force wants to jump onto the digital utilities bandwagon.  Maybe its just me, but the tiger stripe pattern is horrendous.  This guy up there almost looks embarrased to be wearing them, he probably told the cameraman to shoot him in the mouth after they took his picture.  In fact, after seeing the new Tiger Stripes, I changed my mind completely about transfering to the Air National Guard.


    Now, with the ridiculous looking pattern aside, at least the uniform is tactically sound.  BUT... if anything is worse than the AF Tiger Stripes, look no further than the Army's excuse of a bag-of-douche for its soldiers to wear:


     



    VERY Tactical.  Lets pray our enemies are all colorblind.


    However, I am looking forward to joint operations in the future with the Army.  Since the enemy would shoot at anything that is gray, the casualties on the Marines side would be marginal at best.  I mean, I'm sure they tested out the pattern before they decided to issue it, which makes me wonder if the guys testing it were blind or they decided on the uniform based on how cool it looks.


    My friend Jimmy in the Army told me last summer when he was playing GI Joe down in Ft. Lewis with 2nd ID and played OPFOR when he encountered the new Army cammies.  He was radioing a SALUTE report and described the enemy as wearing white T-shirts, turned out it was the ACUs.  He said he could spot them from a mile away and stick out like sore thumbs.  Needless to say, the team wearing the ACU's got treated with the taste of what I like to call the new "Goat-Shit Defeat" flavor.


    All jokes aside, any combat veteran could tell you that unless you're a sniper, blending in with your surroundings is a waste of time.  But sticking out like a sore thumb, they might as well wear pink ballerina tu-tu's, they're probably just as tactical.


    I like the Marine Corps woodland and desert uniforms not because I am biased towards them, but they actually serve a purpose and is still tactical at the same time, with minimal moving parts to keep it simple.  Look at the zippers and velcro all over the Army's ACU-- mandatory velcro will get troops killed one of these days.  Plus, they just look silly IMHO.


    Personally, I like the idea of back in the day when the old cammies were used by both Marines and Army, only difference being the cover and nametapes that say "US ARMY" or "US MARINES".  Now everyone wants to look exclusive, as some sort of Pentagon's fashion show project + waste of tax dollars.  It seems like we're going away from the concept of a joint military-- dress uniforms should be different, but in the field, everyone should wear the same uniform.  One Team, One Fight.

Comments (12)

  • hahahaha....that some nasty cammies, they're bringing back the Vietnam war, yeah that dude is VERY tatical! LOL

  • I agree completely. I like the "wash and wear" aspect of the Air Force ACU, but hate the pattern. The do work well in an IR goggle environment though.

    ANG people are dirtbags, they have their own insular culture, but at least their jets and planes look and fly well.

  • Yeah I know. Starching the ACU is not allowed by AFI 36-2903. The ANG and AFRC are downsizing quite a bit in the coming years. Our command staff has basically said the fatasses and dead weight will be the first to go. All but 3 of our E-8's are being asked to retire so I'm happy about that. Thank GOD the fitness score is now on the EPRs.

    The word for me is I might be there as early as March LOL.

  • iwas hoping the army had a woodland version,bc the current uni looks like an urban environment type...

    they might as well be wearing dress uni's like 'ole days....

  • do the national guard man, you'll probalby like it. no bull shit like the marine corps. any ways, i believe the new ACU are designed with more urban warefare minded. i mean where are we going to fight in woods and jungles nowa says? vietnam is over and the new army is focused  more in urban terrains and buildings and such. yes the color is ugly, but you cant really come up with colors that match buildings. tan cammies are ok, but they still stick out unless your in a desert. you know you wanna join the nationl guard, all the benefits of the military with out the bullshit. im loving it so far.

  • True that! I always laughed when one of my friends from the army would stick one their army pics up on facebook, apparently they decided that pixelized blue camo would be a splendid way to jump into one's surroundings. Lol, AF and tiger stripes!? WTF?  

  • hooah!

  • I don't know what it is about the Marines but we dress better. We take pride in our bearing and our traditions.

  • The ACU was designed with primarily designed with urban and desert environments in mind, but they wanted to be somewhat world-deployable as well. Still, the Army is actually implementing a new uniform again in 2010, the MULTICAM (http://www.multicampattern.com/IMAGES.htm)(http://www.cryeprecision.com/view_catalog.asp)uniform, and its already being used by USAF and Army special operations units. 

  • posting to Spectre_NY ..It's not that you guys dress better..its that you guys are in better shape than us (army) .
    you should check out the navy uniforms coming out..they look halfway decent.

  • amen.

  • word!  I miss the old BDUs.  The only way to Blend in with the ACUs is not to wash them for 2 weeks with low crawling manditory

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