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marineabilly said:Depending on what your Higher Headquarters directs, pretty much all services require you to wear your utilities while traveling home on leave from Iraq. I wore my desert digitals home from Iraq this past summer and although it was comfortable on the flight and with all the hurry up and waiting going on, it would’ve been nice to wear “civies” or other form of service uniform – Service “C’s,” perhaps? Some Soldier’s got to change into their civies upon arrival in Kuwait. We had a very warm welcome home from the kind folks at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport, though, so it was definitely nice to be in uniform then… Bottom line, with the worlds current events, utilities will be the norm for all services.
I would love for the Marines to bring back the short “Ike” jacket – now this was a SHARP uniform…
Yes, it would be nice, but again the question is when would you be able to wear it, since utilities/fatigues are now the daily uniform? As for the Army, the Ike jacket would no longer be practical; they wouldn't look good as a Dress Blue option.
I, too, came home from Iraq in my fatigues, tan DCUs to be exact. While it was nice to be singled out as someone coming home from in-country, Class As or Bs would have been more appropriate and sharper.