Top 5 U.S. Military Duty Uniforms

What’s your favorite?

[navrhy]

@0:38 The red square 🟥 is for 0481s “red patchers” who are landing specialists, who load and offload helicopters, planes and ships of equipments and machinery. In WWII when they loaded ships they got mixed in with the grunts and from then on they wear a red square in their helmets and covers to be distinguished from the infantrymen and others.

[Adventuregirl]

Nothing beats the Coast Guards ODU's it even comes with a ball cap.

[ncbx]

Woodland BDUs with a set of green jungle boots is still king. It was a sad day when I had to I've those up 😢. OD green BDU I wore as OPFOR at Polk was a close worn with a green set of jungles 😂

[noone-umhk]

I had the "pleasure" of wearing the blue NWUs (Navy working uniform) didn't realize how heavy and unbreathable they were until we switched to the type 3s (green camo). They look better and they fit/breath way better.

[wilhelmhetrick]

I don't know man just the way the Marine uniform makes anyone wearing it look fucking ripped is magical. Also they are just as comfy as the Army one, everyone was always ready to take their uniform off but I always was fine lounging around in mine. (Yes I changed it and had a set specially for off duty, I'm not disgusting.)

[Cam]

As someone in the AF I whole heartedly agree with the lightweight OCP’s! So nice and light that I can never go back to whatever the material the original top was made out of

[anonymousm]

IHWU: never heard of it, that is until my last assignment with PEO Soldier. Went out and bought one immediately. Loved it. Got supplemental issue with all the newest stuff, but the IWHU was out-of-stock. Retired 1.5 years later and bought two more pairs of pants and even another blouse. I'd rate it as the best uniform I wore, followed by maybe the Multicam FR-ACU issued for Afghanistan, which is great for burning bonfires while drunk...I mean practicing safe fire techniques.

[Teyl]

The red square on their covers is a logistics indicator for Marine units that are landing support specialists so there is less battlefield confusion during landing operations..it cuts out the Grunts asking, "why aren't those Marines actively working on fire and maneuver to kill our enemies?"

[zalseon]

Enlisted during ACUs, got my OCPs during the end of my career, and good god almighty it was so much nicer. They looked better, they actually camo'd and holy shit they were so much more comfy.

[LitmusPapyrus]

Extra points for the Navy’s green NWUs for having you wear a possibly pretty cool command-specific patch on the shoulder

[the_weezman]

Summer set OCPs are absolute fucking bangers. Especially when the weather is supposed to be triple digits until Halloween.

[HectorLopez-fqjt]

Old school PTs AKA Marshmallows really felt like pajamas. Also in Ft Bliss we rocked DCUs, Desert Camo. Way before the uniform that shall not be mentioned

[SkunkApe]

As a Squid who served during the days of utilities and coveralls, I'm jealous of the new camos. You young pups are looking sharp! Hoo-Rah!

[jmanusmc]

From one CWO to another, the shiny rank on MARPAT is only in garrison. Besides, it's way easier to pin it on than wait on alterations

[michaelcast]

The little flappy flaps instead of the plain Velcro gives it more character for the Hot weather uniform

[JoshConder]

“Know why he’s smilin?”

Cuz he’s in the Air Force.

[treetrunk]

You can also go full Dorito body in the summer OCPs if you have any lats/traps. An improvement on the winters.

[davewebster]

I completely agree with #1. There are simply no options in civilian attire as comfortable as a properly-broken in set of OCP's. We used to be #5 with the UCP but we got our groove back.

[carlhicksjr]

My favorite military uniform was getting up at 8am and throwing on some sweatpants and an ARMY tee-shirt knowing that I will never be ordered to do PT again....

[gameigan]

As a Reenactor I gotta go with the M37 ODS with the M43 Field Coat. A simply iconic look.