Changes to cadet uniforms next fall

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HillCountry15
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Fish/pissheads going to wear brown belts instead of black

Also going to brown low quarters instead of black


BQRyno
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But…why
OldArmyCT
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Generals like to change things. Shinseli put everyone in berets, ticked off the Rangers. Someone took the Army green and went to pinks and green. They retire divisions, brigades, battalions. Brown belts and brown shoes aren't that big a deal but it's expensive.
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BQRyno said:

But…why
My guess is ease of supply. Since the Army's gone to AGSUs it's probably easier to get brown low quarters than black ones.
Buck Turgidson
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Brown low quarters suck. For one thing, they will not be uniform and everyone will end up with a slightly different shade of brown. Secondly, you can get a way better shine on black low quarters. I hope the Marines don't adopt those.
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Maybe the Army will adopt A&M's style of service cover... Just say no to the "50 Mission" crush....
Aggie Infantry
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Buck... reference the different shades of brown... have you seen the senior boots lately?
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Ask yourself why you did not.
HillCountry15
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Aggie Infantry said:

Buck... reference the different shades of brown... have you seen the senior boots lately?

they're just about every shade of brown you can think of. That was the same way even when I was in.
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they dont make turf tan anymore, but these 2 products would do wonders for the shoes and boots

OldArmy71
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The boots have always been different colors.

Many boots in the old days were passed down from relatives and of course from graduating seniors who did not want to keep theirs. I am sure the same is true today.

The more the boots are shined, the darker they get.

Parenthetically, my father '44 had his boots cut down like cowboy boots so he could wear them during his required year apprenticeship as a roustabout in the oil field before he could work as an engineer.

I wore them for a while in middle school, but by ninth grade my feet had gotten too big, and one day after PE I couldn't get them back on.

They were a much lighter orangish brown than the brown boots are today.
Buck Turgidson
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Yes, there was a guy with nearly black boots in my day, and the were all different shades from medium to dark. That kinda illustrates my point.
LMCane
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White belt is HORRENDOUS

should have gone black/brown
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BQRyno said:

But…why

Because this Commandant apparently likes to change things just because. Someone needs to tell him he's a terminal 1-Star.
OldArmyCT
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LMCane said:

White belt is HORRENDOUS

should have gone black/brown
What?
Lee72
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Odd that the Facebook announcement photos left off one item…images from the knees down…I.e., the shoes!
BTW, as a Navy Intel officer, as soon as they came out with brown shoes with khakis for us as an option, I jumped right into them and never looked back!
R/
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aggiejim70
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Saw my first brown shoes, and brown belts at the San Antonio A&M Club scholarship luncheon. Somehow, I think we're going to survive this. Three years from now it will seem the Corps always worn brown shoes and belts. 5 years from now wearing black shoes or belts will be an "Old Army" pullout just like Ike Jackets or green pants were when I was in school.
The person that is not willing to fight and die, if need be, for his country has no right to life.

James Earl Rudder '32
January 31, 1945
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