The Army is in its final push toward a decision on the iconic ‘pinks and greens’ uniform: The Army is working on a new dress uniform. A final decision is days away.Iconic?
Well, sort of.
The "pink and green" uniform was an officer's uniform only, back in the 1920s through 1950s when it was last a dress uniform of the U.S. Army. Enlisted personnel wore a single color olive uniform that was supposed to double as a combat uniform. It lost the latter role just prior to World War Two but carried on as the dress uniform for enlisted men throughout the war and on through the Korean War, before it was phased out post Korean War for the "green pickle suit", which in turn was phased out for a blue dress uniform.
Not to criticize. The pink and green uniform is sharp looking and looks better, in my view, than the blue dress uniform. So, I'd be in favor of this change.
If it is made, it should be noted, the U.S. Army will be in second position to the Canadian Army, which reintroduced the same uniform, in the same fashion, for its special forces troops awhile back. The Canadian Army, being based on the British Army, is more comfortable with individual dress uniforms for individual units, and brought it back with jump boots in recollection of the joint US/Canadian 1st Special Service Force, which had been American equipped.
Will the U.S. take this uniform route? Well, we'll soon see.
Interesting, isn't it, how the best looking dress uniforms are now deemed to be the ones we wore in the 1940s during the biggest war we ever fought. The 1940s. . .bloody but sharply dressed?
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