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Army announces selection of new — blue — Class A’s
By Matthew Cox
Times staff writer
The Army is going blue. That’s right — within five years, the dress blue uniform will replace the dress greens as the new Army Service Uniform, the Army announced Monday.
“World-class Soldiers deserve a simplified, quality uniform. The blue Army Service Uniform is a traditional uniform that is consistent with the Army’s most honored traditions,” said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston, in a press release.
Last summer, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker tasked Preston to begin work on a plan to replace the 1950s-era dress green uniform and the white mess dress uniforms with a version of the service’s dress blue uniform.
“We have all of these variations of uniforms – green, blue and white,” said Schoomaker in the release. “It makes sense for us to go to one traditional uniform that is really sharp and high quality and which soldiers will be very proud to wear. And that’s what we’ve done by adopting this blue Army Service Uniform that reflects simplicity, quality, utility and tradition.”
The new blues will be available at Military Clothing Sales Stores by July 2007.
New recruits should begin receiving the new uniform as part of the Clothing Bag issue by the first quarter of 2009.
All soldiers will be required to own a set of the new blues by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011.
A wear-out date for the Army Green Class A and white mess dress uniforms will be determined at a later date, the release stated.
Army announces selection of new — blue — Class A’s
By Matthew Cox
Times staff writer
The Army is going blue. That’s right — within five years, the dress blue uniform will replace the dress greens as the new Army Service Uniform, the Army announced Monday.
“World-class Soldiers deserve a simplified, quality uniform. The blue Army Service Uniform is a traditional uniform that is consistent with the Army’s most honored traditions,” said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston, in a press release.
Last summer, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker tasked Preston to begin work on a plan to replace the 1950s-era dress green uniform and the white mess dress uniforms with a version of the service’s dress blue uniform.
“We have all of these variations of uniforms – green, blue and white,” said Schoomaker in the release. “It makes sense for us to go to one traditional uniform that is really sharp and high quality and which soldiers will be very proud to wear. And that’s what we’ve done by adopting this blue Army Service Uniform that reflects simplicity, quality, utility and tradition.”
The new blues will be available at Military Clothing Sales Stores by July 2007.
New recruits should begin receiving the new uniform as part of the Clothing Bag issue by the first quarter of 2009.
All soldiers will be required to own a set of the new blues by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011.
A wear-out date for the Army Green Class A and white mess dress uniforms will be determined at a later date, the release stated.
