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I went through two uniform changes, technically. Beret to Patrol Cap UCP to MultiCam
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Two….woodland BDUs to that AWFUL Air Force Tiger stripe. Worst Uniform Ever

Worse than Navy blueberries?

…forgot about those…tough call.

I forgot about PT uniforms. Changed those once too.

BDUs, DCUs, ACUs, OCPs… 8 years left until I retire… who knows what I’ll be wearing then!

OD green the whole time.

Easy peasy

Fatigues to BDUs and Desert Camo for deployments.

BDUs, Chocolate Chips, both in this pic. Patriot battery in the background, Log Base Echo circa May-ish 1991.

Camo - sand and green And this- which i liked worked good in the heat Army Veteran

Oh... a few. The last one, the odd black camo is what I do now, playing bad guy to help train the current Army.

BDU to now

One I guess. We only had the EGA stamped on them then we had to get the damn name tapes sewn on.

Woodland camo the whole time.....

Starchies to permanent press fatigues to woodland camo to chocolate chips. And briefly VN era jungle utes in Panama.

Green Class A’s to Mall Security dress uniforms BDU’s, DCU’s, UCP aka grandmas couch Marshmallow PT’s aka grey sweats, to black and grey PT’s whatever they were called 🤷♂️

Went from gravel parking lot to multicam

Grandma’s couch?

Hahahaha exactly

Well, pretty much everything starting in '85. That includes the old WW2 CIF issue Helmet and gear... traded that in 88 for the kevlar... that was in the NG before active duty

I was there. Poplands that could be tailored, tucked, starched, and rolled allowing a Marine to look the part. Woodlands -heavy, ugly, and eventually faded to blue. Then the order came down to put nametags on our cammies. Humiliating. Sailors and Army had those. Unsat

Served 1985 to 1999. OD Greens were being phased out. Never issued a set, but you could buy them at Clothing and Sales. Started with BDUs, spent a brief time with Jungle Fatigues in Panama, and ended with BDU's.

I think I went through about 20 uniform changes in the Corps.

BDU-ABU-OCP

BDU to beret .

BDU’s, then two pair of DCU’s, that I had to return, which pissed me off to no fucking end. Never was issued a woobie. Had to turn in a Gortex and Nomex overalls, which also pissed me off. Fuck CIF!!!

1st gen M81 (Elvis collar) to 2nd gen woodland (smaller collar, mid torso adjustment) to ACUs to Multicam/Scorpion. Paralleled with Chocolate Chip and DCUs.

Too many. It got expensive.

0 changes OD Green.

Starched fatigues to Carter era permanent press. Then BDUs to DCUs to ACUs. Unit crest on the cap, full shiny officer rank as well. Patrol cap to black beret. Warrant Officer corps insignia to branch insignia. Steel pot to Kevlar. Khakis to tan shirt Class A, to gray green shirt Class B and A, dress blues.

Summer whites and dress whites to just dress whites. Winter working blues and dress blues to just dress blues. Utilities and coveralls to black and tans, then blue camouflage (wtf), to green camo.

it was just BDUs and Desert Chocolate Chips for me....they were considered BDUs so no changes.

Once. Vietnam left overs to BDUs. We were still eating C rations, no such animal as an MRE until years after I got out. 🙏🇺🇸🙏♾️

Cotton starched fatigues, wash and wear fatigues, BDUs. Khakis cotton (starch), khaki wash and wear, Class B. Winter greens, summer greens,

When I got in all the services wore army pattern bdus. For 10 years everyone wore bdus. Then all the other services start getting their own ‘I’m not Army patterns’… and the Army went to ACU. BDUs were great.

3 uniforms, 3 dress uniforms, and 3 PTs!!! Lol!! A lot of money spent unnecessarily!!! Crazy!!!

@usmc_colonel BDU the whole time. Horrible high maintenance uniform with a short lifespan because it was 100% cotton.

Jungle fatigues OD green BDU.

Four: Olive drab fatigues, woodland camouflage, desert camouflage, & the digital camouflage pattern - the recent uniform was just being implemented when I retired
