National Board Uniform Changes 2013

[Майор Хаткевич]

I'm curious what shape these "NCSA Uniforms" are going to take in 39-1

[NCRblues]

Lord that's ugly.

Acutally, it's not bad provided members don't try to sew every patch they own it (BDUs can look every bit as much of a mess for this reason).   

Keep the front pockets clean (those are all optional patches) and the Wing patch is optional, so get your Wing King to forego it, then it looks pretty good.  A little surprised USAF didn't have a cow over the black boots, that was a point of contention early with ABUs - might have Airmen dressing like CAPers now. 

The AF gave a waiver to airman in certain AFSC's that get dirty on a regular basis because the green boots hold in dirt and oil and all such of nasty stuff...

I know, that was my point.

Oops, my apologies..read you initial post wrong

[Eclipse]

I'm curious what shape these "NCSA Uniforms" are going to take in 39-1

Most likely the shorts / t-shirts / knit golf shirts they are already wearing.

No actual "change", just putting it in the reg to negate having to get annual waivers.

[NCRblues]

I'm curious what shape these "NCSA Uniforms" are going to take in 39-1

My educated guess would be including the beret, ranger tab ext ext in the actually reg instead of an icl

[Eclipse]

I'm curious what shape these "NCSA Uniforms" are going to take in 39-1

My educated guess would be including the beret, ranger tab ext ext in the actually reg instead of an icl

[A.Member]

Oops, my apologies..read you initial post wrong

No apology needed.

[NCRblues]

I'm curious what shape these "NCSA Uniforms" are going to take in 39-1

My educated guess would be including the beret, ranger tab ext ext in the actually reg instead of an icl

I'm sorry, did I anger you or...?

[HGjunkie]

Black boots?
ABU's?

[Eclipse]

I'm curious what shape these "NCSA Uniforms" are going to take in 39-1

My educated guess would be including the beret, ranger tab ext ext in the actually reg instead of an icl

I'm sorry, did I anger you or...?

I'm just super excited about the idea!!!

[RiverAux]

I'm diggin' the navy blue tapes, great idea guys.

This would be the best thing to happen to CAP field uniforms in years. 

DIE AQUAMARINE DIE!

[a2capt]

..and if it was not intended to be seen yet, showing it at the national conference, on the wall, is going about it the wrong way.

[Майор Хаткевич]

..and if it was not intended to be seen yet, showing it at the national conference, on the wall, is going about it the wrong way.

Right?

[PHall]

..and if it was not intended to be seen yet, showing it at the national conference, on the wall, is going about it the wrong way.

It's called keeping the CSAG and the Wing Commanders informed on the status of the request.

[a2capt]

At the General Assembly. Okay. Gotcha.

[NIN]

So a couple of thoughts. First, I'm diggin' the navy blue tapes, great idea guys. But please tell me that the BBDU will also have navy blue tapes.

Yes, the idea is to "homogenize" the name/branch tapes between the uniforms.

Second, I'm a little confused by the way that email quote is written in regards to ABU setup. Does it mean the setup will be like the Air Force, meaning no patches other than tapes and specialty badges; or does it mean it will be set up the same as the current BDU? I'll wear the minimum number of patches anyway, but I'm just curious. I'd like to see it set up like the current air force uniform rules, no extraneous patches/hats/t-shirts/laces.

Sadly, no.  The CAP version of the ABU will be essentially worn more or less like BDUs: Its a different colored underpinning than woodland camouflage (and different nametapes/background color) but with most of the usual bling-bling remaining (badges, NCSA stuff, etc).

I swear, though, I'm gonna knifehand the first dude in an ascot.  No, seriously.

As for the CAP shoulder patch, if they're going to make that a nationwide organizational patch for wear on the ABU to meet distinctiveness requirements, I'm cool with that. It's makes us distinctive and is actual heritage instead of the US flag.

You know, I hadn't seen that patch on the ABU photos before, and I think it looks pretty darn sporty. If EVERYBODY in the organization wore it, I'd be totally down with it.

As for black boots, I'd like to see us match the Air Force more closely, but I'd also like to not have to spend $150 on new boots, although by now I need new boots anyway.

Don't disagree, but we need to think about cost. Shelling out $120-150 for special sage green boots is a little stupid when your $30 speedlacers that mom & dad already paid for will work fine.  I'm OK with that. (plus, that means I can still wear my jump boots! w00t)

I knew this was in the pipeline and when I got active again in April, I made the decision to *not* get a new set of BDUs because I knew that the way my luck ran, I'd get BDUs, get them all setup with insignia (and I don't fool around with crappy old uniforms) and I'd wear them once and at the end of the meeting the commander would announce "Oh, by the way, ABUs have been approved for wear starting 1 October..." (this is totally how things happen to me)

So instead, I've bought a complete set of ABUs.

I'm just waiting on the insignia availability now.  Yay.

[Archer]

I knew this was in the pipeline and when I got active again in April, I made the decision to *not* get a new set of BDUs because I knew that the way my luck ran, I'd get BDUs, get them all setup with insignia (and I don't fool around with crappy old uniforms) and I'd wear them once and at the end of the meeting the commander would announce "Oh, by the way, ABUs have been approved for wear starting 1 October..." (this is totally how things happen to me)

So instead, I've bought a complete set of ABUs.

I'm just waiting on the insignia availability now.  Yay.

And the Lord said unto thee:
"Phaaaaaaaase-iiiin periooooooood."

[Майор Хаткевич]

Well...its still not approved.

[NIN]

Well...its still not approved.

I didn't say I was WEARING it..

[NIN]

And the Lord said unto thee:
"Phaaaaaaaase-iiiin periooooooood."

Pfft. When BDUs were first announced, EVERYBODY whined loudly about how it was going to look like crap with mixed formations of cadets in BDUs and pickle suits during the phase in period. "Two years of that!"

And it was like someone threw a switch at encampment that year: I think we had two cadets in pickle suits and EVERYBODY ELSE was in BDUs.  Like POW right now.

I've always been an early adopter, too

[Майор Хаткевич]

Well...its still not approved.

I didn't say I was WEARING it..

Point is we still don't k ow when.