I can't answer the T-shirt question. Maybe the CFAOs have something. These mix-ups are part of the evolution of a new uniform type and ususlly sort themselves out over time.
QUOTE - Point of note - I will not be getting my flight suit adjusted for the new blue on OD slip-ons. I will stick with my OD ones, the flight suit indicates that I am AF, enough said.
In reference to this, there really isn't a choice. This is the military. The OD slip-ons are obsolete, designed and produced for a long gone clothing type. The new OD with blue slip-ons are simply the approved rank badge and therefore must be worn on the flight suit for which they were developed. For the same reason, the Airforce does not wear green berets with their blue DEU, or blue wedge caps with cadpat. These clothing items were not designed and approved for this use. That's not to say that you can't wear the OD slip-ons, because the DHH cannot be everywhere watching every shoulder and sleeve. It just isn't accoring to regs.
QUOTE - Duey is not bitter - he is a pragmatic soldier who calls a spade a spade. The CWO in Ottawa that dreamed up all this blue thread drivel is someone that is despised throughout the AF.
I must confess that I was having some fun at Duey's expense. I find it amusing that someone from the the most badged up branch of the service has a problem with blue thread on cadpat slip-ons. Sure, this birth of the idea was a result of a CWO and some thread smaples from his wife's sewing kit, but the slip-ons were put through the system, evaluated and approved by the DND clothing committee (an all service committee).
Just before something hits the fan, I should qualify my reference to the Army as the "most badged up branch of the service". This is a statement of fact, but not a critisism. The badges and insignia worn by the Army are based on long-standing traditions, and I respect their meaning and purpose. The comment was made simply to provide some perspective. Personally, I believe that the eagle on the name tag, in green, would have been sufficient as a service identifier. The Air Force and DND Clothing Committee thought differently. They want blue and that's what is being implemented. The point is, this is a small issue and not the crippling expense suggested in some of the posts above.
The Air Force motto "Per Ardua Ad Astra" is still as relevant today as it was when we adopted it in 1924.
QUOTE - Point of note - I will not be getting my flight suit adjusted for the new blue on OD slip-ons. I will stick with my OD ones, the flight suit indicates that I am AF, enough said.
In reference to this, there really isn't a choice. This is the military. The OD slip-ons are obsolete, designed and produced for a long gone clothing type. The new OD with blue slip-ons are simply the approved rank badge and therefore must be worn on the flight suit for which they were developed. For the same reason, the Airforce does not wear green berets with their blue DEU, or blue wedge caps with cadpat. These clothing items were not designed and approved for this use. That's not to say that you can't wear the OD slip-ons, because the DHH cannot be everywhere watching every shoulder and sleeve. It just isn't accoring to regs.
QUOTE - Duey is not bitter - he is a pragmatic soldier who calls a spade a spade. The CWO in Ottawa that dreamed up all this blue thread drivel is someone that is despised throughout the AF.
I must confess that I was having some fun at Duey's expense. I find it amusing that someone from the the most badged up branch of the service has a problem with blue thread on cadpat slip-ons. Sure, this birth of the idea was a result of a CWO and some thread smaples from his wife's sewing kit, but the slip-ons were put through the system, evaluated and approved by the DND clothing committee (an all service committee).
Just before something hits the fan, I should qualify my reference to the Army as the "most badged up branch of the service". This is a statement of fact, but not a critisism. The badges and insignia worn by the Army are based on long-standing traditions, and I respect their meaning and purpose. The comment was made simply to provide some perspective. Personally, I believe that the eagle on the name tag, in green, would have been sufficient as a service identifier. The Air Force and DND Clothing Committee thought differently. They want blue and that's what is being implemented. The point is, this is a small issue and not the crippling expense suggested in some of the posts above.
The Air Force motto "Per Ardua Ad Astra" is still as relevant today as it was when we adopted it in 1924.
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