So i was in church on the first weekend after FOW and during prayer time, a female freshman cadet "sounds off" whipping out to me. After I gave her a stern look, she then proceeded to wildcat out of the house of worship.

.......make a joyful noise to the Lord......

was she in uniform?

When I would go home to my parents during the school year, which was not often, I would always wear my uniform to church.

ABatt,

Coming from a former White Band BQ, that was toolish wearing you're uni to church. Go ahead and crank out a class set for that. Gig em.

I think two of my buddies wore their uniform to church the first Sunday after FOW. They were both spotted and we got in trouble for it. When I was there, you really weren't supposed to be wearing your uniform off campus for random stuff, unless you were to just run across University to Loupot's or Sarge's or something small like that.

No wearing it to Walmart.

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Yeah, not a fan of wearing your uniform to church. I don't have a choice out here.

Back in my Dad's day (early 60's) you wore your uniform everywhere . You were in uniform until you crossed the Brazos River.

I remember wearing mine off campus if I had to run errands. Never Class Cs though.

I remember hearing about buddies wearing their uniform to church fish year and saying "Never, never, never." Every time I'd go home my family would pester me to do it just to poke fun at me, but I never did.

November my zip year, my great-grandmother died at 92. She'd had the presence of mind to request some details for her funeral service at the local Methodist church, and one of them was pallbearers. Including her great-grandson, "but only if he wears his uniform."

She finally got me.

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As OP stated, we had to wear our uniforms everywhere (including church) unless we were headed out of town for places unknown.
The good thing about being in church in uniform was you were treated like real person even by the upperclassmen in the congregation and usually okay other places on campus.
Some of us even got free rides back and forth to church with our new-found zip "buds".
Of course, once back on campus, everything was back to formal salutations, etc. unless he (there weren't any she zips then) "dropped handles" with us...and many did!
And God doesn't care what you wear as long as you attend and give praise...amen!

I will never apologize for being proud of being a cadet and wearing my uniform. I didn't wear class B's like today's cadets, but Class A Summers, Class A winters or Midnights.

And to have some white band BQ say I was a tool, well we all know the level of sharpness that defined White/Infantry band in my day.

One of mine was home for the weekend... wore the midnight to church. Always does. Nobody poked any fun, either....

It's sad to see the apparant disdain from some about wearing the uniform in places other than where it is required. This culture has taken root on the Quad over the last several years, and will take several years to reverse.

You've only got 4 years to wear the uniform... no matter where else you go or what heights you achieve in life, you've only got 4 years to be an Aggie cadet. It won't be too many years into the future that you'd give most anything you have to be able to pull on the uni and march to Duncan.

But like the poem says.... "and now we are men, and life's a bigger thrill".

for a BQ throwdown on this thread. Everyone step back and form the circle.

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+1 for 86....we were never out of uniform, especially on school days. We could wear civvies to the parking lot if we were headed out of town....way out of town. We could ditch the unis on weekends to go into B/CS.

There is nothing wrong with wearing a uniform to church, as a cadet or on active duty. I've been in uniform plenty of times . . . primarily when deployed or on alert.

It's God's house. Ideally we are their to worship and honor Him.

I love white/maroon, infantry/artillery band throw downs. It's really all about pink/cav band.

wearing uniform off campus is highly encouraged! it helps with recruiting