This is when goons from Cotton Incorporated showed up at my front door, attempted to smother me with a bag of cotton, and told me that I had to replace it with their "Cotton - the fabric of our lives" song.
When blousing your trousers, blouse them from the inside. This keeps the trousers from riding up or becoming unbloused. 1. Put on trousers2. put on boots3. Lower the trousers, create an inside cuff and wrap the blousing band* around your cuff and boot.4. Raise trousers, buckle belt. The trousers will be taut when pulled up.*Use the Velcro 1 inch blousing bands.
Quote from: MSG Mac on May 16, 2015, 08:37:22 PMWhen blousing your trousers, blouse them from the inside. This keeps the trousers from riding up or becoming unbloused. 1. Put on trousers2. put on boots3. Lower the trousers, create an inside cuff and wrap the blousing band* around your cuff and boot.4. Raise trousers, buckle belt. The trousers will be taut when pulled up.*Use the Velcro 1 inch blousing bands.Or you can place the issue GI bands into the cuff and crimp together. Instant blousing and last for awhile. I agree velcro bands work wonders for blousing.
There are many, many ways to blouse boots. Take ten people and you will find ten different ways to do it.And every one of them is the "right" way.... As long as the results meet the requirements of CAPM 39-1, who cares how you did it?
I'm leery of a "list of uniform tips" because "good ideas" and "short cuts that worked for me" slowly become "this is the only acceptable way of doing XYZ".
Quote from: MSG Mac on May 16, 2015, 08:37:22 PMWhen blousing your trousers, blouse them from the inside. This keeps the trousers from riding up or becoming unbloused. 1. Put on trousers2. put on boots3. Lower the trousers, create an inside cuff and wrap the blousing band* around your cuff and boot.4. Raise trousers, buckle belt. The trousers will be taut when pulled up.*Use the Velcro 1 inch blousing bands.You know, I do it the way I was taught in the Marines. Has served me well so far.Wrap the laces around the top of your boot and then tie the bow. Place the blousing band between 2nd and 3rd eyelets. Don't pull your trousers all the way yet where they would normally sit on your waist. Blouse the trouser legs. Pull up trousers and button them. This gets you a tight blouse and one that is neat versus having a bunch of material hanging down and over the blousing point. Of course you're going to get some material hanging down as you work throughout the day.
I like to look good in what I'm wearing as much as the next guy, but if we spent half the time we spend jawjacking about uniforms on our actual missions, we would be a force to be reckoned with.
I snagged on of these measuring devices last year:It works a treat for quickly and easily doing shoulder-sleeve insignia and collar insignia.
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