November 25, 2018
Why It Will Take Until 2028 To Make Soldiers Look Like They Did In 1945
It's complicated.
by Task and Purpose James Clark
The Army will field its new World War II-throwback uniforms over a period of eight years to ensure that enlisted soldiers have plenty of time to accumulate enough money from their clothing allowances to buy them, a top service spokesman said on Monday.
New soldiers will begin receiving the “Army Greens†at their first units in summer 2020 and the uniform will become mandatory to wear in 2028, officials told reporters at a roundtable.
For soldiers who join their first units in spring 2020 – right before the Army Greens are issued – it will take six years of clothing allowances before they have enough money to purchase the uniform without spending any of their own money, said Brig. Gen. Omar Jones, head of Army public affairs.
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