ABU uniform for Civil Air Patrol

U.S.A.F. C.A.P. · December 26, 2011, 04:21:20 PM

What year is Civil Air Patrol going to switch to ABUs because I think that we have really used BDUs for a long time and they are getting very old?

capmaj · December 26, 2011, 04:25:52 PM

Welcome to CAPTalk. Not to be harsh but, the search button is your best friend. This has been discussed a bunch.

titanII · December 26, 2011, 04:43:35 PM

Quote from: capmaj on December 26, 2011, 04:25:52 PM
the search button is your best friend. This has been discussed a bunch.

Yeah... there are several very long threads about this. Just search "ABU" and you'll find them.
As for your question: there are very many varying answers that you will get from this website, and none of them are absolute or definitive in any way.
So, I guess my final answer is: I don't know.

Welcome to CAP Talk!

a2capt · December 26, 2011, 05:09:51 PM

A compound answer: "IF/When it happens".

Eclipse · December 26, 2011, 06:01:54 PM

Simple answer: "Never Will".

JK657 · December 26, 2011, 07:54:53 PM

doing a quick search I came up with 30 topics regarding ABUs... the one common thing found in all: No one has any idea if/when ABUs will be approved

Tim Medeiros · December 26, 2011, 08:26:14 PM

To borrow something from Blizzard Entertainment when they talk about release dates for their products: Soon™

titanII · December 26, 2011, 10:21:17 PM

Quote from: JK657 on December 26, 2011, 07:54:53 PM
doing a quick search I came up with 30 topics regarding ABUs... the one common thing found in all: No one has any idea if/when ABUs will be approved

Exactly.
Like I said before,

Quote from: titanII on December 26, 2011, 04:43:35 PM
there are very many varying answers that you will get from this website, and none of them are absolute or definitive in any way... I don't know.

Thrashed · December 26, 2011, 11:34:05 PM

If your BDU's are old, order new ones.

gcountry · December 30, 2011, 09:51:03 PM

My commander told me yesterday that he got word from national that the switch will be this year, no joke

davidsinn · December 30, 2011, 10:00:46 PM

Quote from: gcountry on December 30, 2011, 09:51:03 PM
My commander told me yesterday that he got word from national that the switch will be this year, no joke

It's not happening. There is a link in eServices saying that it's not happening so I don't know what he's talking about but he's wrong.

Persona non grata · December 30, 2011, 10:10:36 PM

Quote from: gcountry on December 30, 2011, 09:51:03 PM
My commander told me yesterday that he got word from national that the switch will be this year, no joke

Cool story bro!

titanII · December 30, 2011, 10:22:52 PM

Quote from: eaker.cadet on December 30, 2011, 10:10:36 PM
Quote from: gcountry on December 30, 2011, 09:51:03 PM
My commander told me yesterday that he got word from national that the switch will be this year, no joke

Cool story bro!

You should tell it at parties...

gcountry · December 30, 2011, 10:35:02 PM

Well sorry for posting then

Darkside1 · December 30, 2011, 10:37:23 PM

So.... were getting ABU's tomorrow?

Hate to pile it on, but I couldn't resist.

SarDragon · December 30, 2011, 10:53:38 PM

Quote from: davidsinn on December 30, 2011, 10:00:46 PM
Quote from: gcountry on December 30, 2011, 09:51:03 PM
My commander told me yesterday that he got word from national that the switch will be this year, no joke

It's not happening. There is a link in eServices saying that it's not happening so I don't know what he's talking about but he's wrong.

They got an excuse - they're Pineys!

Huey Driver · January 02, 2012, 11:40:35 PM

Quote from: SarDragon on December 30, 2011, 10:53:38 PM
Quote from: davidsinn on December 30, 2011, 10:00:46 PM
Quote from: gcountry on December 30, 2011, 09:51:03 PM
My commander told me yesterday that he got word from national that the switch will be this year, no joke

It's not happening. There is a link in eServices saying that it's not happening so I don't know what he's talking about but he's wrong.

They got an excuse - they're Pineys!

Wrong. He's up there in the North East corner

Much higher res here

SarDragon · January 02, 2012, 11:57:31 PM

Sorry, anyone north and/or east of Gloucester County that isn't in an urban area is a piney. I've lived in, or had family in, NJ since 1959.

Besides, that map has some issues with boundaries.

afgeo4 · January 03, 2012, 12:50:22 AM

Well... I hate to get back to the topic, but it looks like CAP is NOT going to switch to ABU after all. In fact, we are going to go away from a USAF style uniform altogether to comply with new DoD regulations about control of supply of digital uniforms.

SARDOC · January 03, 2012, 12:59:44 AM

Quote from: afgeo4 on January 03, 2012, 12:50:22 AM
In fact, we are going to go away from a USAF style uniform altogether to comply with new DoD regulations about control of supply of digital uniforms.

I'm not sure that's really relevant. We are not part of the DoD and wouldn't be receiving them from the Air Force anyway. We would have to buy them from a third party vendor like we do now. We would just be changing the pattern of the uniform.