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Title: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: MillCreek on September 22, 2021, 08:24:38 PM: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/22/1039711787/space-force-uniforms-battlestar-galactica?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR1tBZY2xTGCPAvQ6uj7IkCNF9COerSTZb_TPx8nQ1RfScAdY9_rLI7BTww

So say we all.
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: Hawkmoon on September 22, 2021, 09:28:56 PM: Ugly.
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: just Warren on September 22, 2021, 09:38:38 PM: No bubble helmet with antennae sticking out the top?
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: RoadKingLarry on September 22, 2021, 09:57:09 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foWwW1_CFw4&t=51s

Would you like to know more?
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: HeroHog on September 23, 2021, 03:13:35 AM: How are we going to have a "space Force" when only CIVILIANS are flying into space in the USA these days?
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: K Frame on September 23, 2021, 07:20:24 AM: Quote from: HeroHog on September 23, 2021, 03:13:35 AM
How are we going to have a "space Force" when only CIVILIANS are flying into space in the USA these days?

:facepalm:

And yeah, that's one ugly uniform. They need to do a go back.
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: K Frame on September 23, 2021, 07:24:10 AM: And why does the Space Force still even exist?

It was a Trump innovation. Shouldn't it have been disbanded by now because...

TRUMP! TRUMPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: MechAg94 on September 23, 2021, 09:49:42 AM: I was hoping for this.
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmovingimage.us%2Fimages%2Fcalendar%2Fmedia%2F11050_8585_001_550x238-detail-main.jpg&hash=d9404f3f821833e4600c25d2d3975bda57442586)
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: WLJ on September 23, 2021, 10:09:02 AM: (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.etsystatic.com%2F5868601%2Fr%2Fil%2Fb70055%2F306996398%2Fil_570xN.306996398.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: HankB on September 23, 2021, 10:16:44 AM: Looking at the picture, it looks like the high neckline on the new uniform tunic is still to be worn with a necktie, with only a portion of the knot showing.

If that's the case, that's just asinine.
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: Devonai on September 24, 2021, 05:30:03 PM: I've been in the Air Guard for 10 years now and I still can't get used to the upside down chevrons and rockers. It's just wrong. Un*expletive-deleted* yourself, gosh darn over-glorified Army Air Corps!
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: Ben on September 24, 2021, 05:35:12 PM: Quote from: Devonai on September 24, 2021, 05:30:03 PM
I've been in the Air Guard for 10 years now and I still can't get used to the upside down chevrons and rockers. It's just wrong. Un*expletive-deleted* yourself, gosh darn over-glorified Army Air Corps!

Where do those originate on US uniforms anyway? Is it some kind of shout out to the Brits from the olden days?
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: Devonai on September 24, 2021, 06:09:54 PM: If I recall correctly the V-oriented chevron was the original in the US Army.
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: Ben on September 24, 2021, 06:16:21 PM: Quote from: Devonai on September 24, 2021, 06:09:54 PM
If I recall correctly the V-oriented chevron was the original in the US Army.

Ah yes, I'm now recalling the old "F Troop" series. :laugh:
Title: Re: US Space Force uniforms
Post by: Frank Castle on September 24, 2021, 06:24:01 PM: All Army NCOs wore chevrons with points down until 1902 when the Army turned the points up and adopted the patterns used today, two chevrons for Corporals, three for Sergeants and combinations of rockers and other devices beneath the chevrons for higher grades of Sergeants.