Army sets wear-out date for uniform items

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Say goodbye
End is near for black boots, BDUs, brown T-shirts


Army sets wear-out date for uniform items
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jan 14, 2008 21:24:34 EST

Soldiers will no longer be allowed to wear the battle dress uniform, the desert battle dress uniform and eight other uniform items beginning April 30, the Army announced Jan. 8 in a worldwide message to all commands.

The April 30 wear-out date applies to soldiers in the active Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve. The wear-out date for the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is April 2009.

This is the first time the Army has announced a wear-out date for the BDU and desert BDU, Army spokesman Dan Baggio said.

The BDU and desert BDU were replaced by the Army Combat Uniform in 2004, and virtually all soldiers now wear the ACU.

The transition to the ACUs was not seamless, when soldiers complained almost immediately after the uniform’s debut in combat that the ACU wasn’t sturdy enough for the harsh conditions on the battlefield.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/army_uniforms_080114/



Previous threads on the new uniform problems -->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=7415
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=8495

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1. The Chinese finally delivering on those uniform contracts?

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2. Good bye old friends

I've worn the BDUs since they first came out with the Elvis Collar version back in the early 80's...sad to see them go. Same with the DCUs.... I'm still not convinced that the ACU is the proper camoflague color for our troops. But then I was also wearing the old green perma-press pickle suit in the late '70s...The ACU is comfortable, not crazy about the small chest pockets and velcro, but my ACUs are comfortable and I like that I don't have to starch them. Not being able to put on sew on badges is stupid. I seldom wear pin on skill badges...too much of a pain in the butt....