New USAF V-Neck pullover sweater

[afgeo4]

Unless there's an ALCON msg on the AF portal regarding wear of the new woolly pully we don't know about.

The Navy has been using blue wolly-pullies with the leather name tag for years, I think it's a "surface warfare" distinctive-thing.

Perhaps they were sent to USAF MCSS's in error?

The Navy always did and does wear BLACK pullovers. These were AF blue.

[SarDragon]

Unless there's an ALCON msg on the AF portal regarding wear of the new woolly pully we don't know about.

The Navy has been using blue wolly-pullies with the leather name tag for years, I think it's a "surface warfare" distinctive-thing.

Perhaps they were sent to USAF MCSS's in error?

The Navy always did and does wear BLACK pullovers. These were AF blue.

Slightly OT.

Always, George? That's a really long time. The uniform item described above came out in the '90s, and the prescribed color is black. It is significantly different from the older all wool sweater I wore WIWOAD. (And my dad before me.)

The older item isn't black, it is Navy blue, a really dark Navy blue, and still a sea bag item.

[PHall]

Could this sweater be a Coast Guard uniform item?

The Coasties wear the Air Force Service and Service Dress Uniforms with Coast Guard Insignia.

[MIKE]

The Coasties wear the Air Force Service and Service Dress Uniforms with Coast Guard Insignia.

Not quite.

[davidsinn]

Could this sweater be a Coast Guard uniform item?

The Coasties wear the Air Force Service and Service Dress Uniforms with Coast Guard Insignia.

Why would they do that when, during war time, they are Navy Department? I have never seen a coastie in anything but a Navy uniform with Coast Guard insignia.

[O-Rex]

Could this sweater be a Coast Guard uniform item?

The Coasties wear the Air Force Service and Service Dress Uniforms with Coast Guard Insignia.

Why would they do that when, during war time, they are Navy Department? I have never seen a coastie in anything but a Navy uniform with Coast Guard insignia.

That was true until about the 1970's

The only service or dress uniform that the Coast Guard and Navy currently share is the officer's full dress whites, which CG officers rarely wear.

[JayT]

Could this sweater be a Coast Guard uniform item?

The Coasties wear the Air Force Service and Service Dress Uniforms with Coast Guard Insignia.

Why would they do that when, during war time, they are Navy Department? I have never seen a coastie in anything but a Navy uniform with Coast Guard insignia.

According to wiki, and my own eyes.......

In 1972, the current Coast Guard dress blue uniform was introduced for wear by both officers and enlisted personnel; the transition was completed during 1974. Relatively similar in appearance to the old-style U.S. Air Force uniforms, the uniform consists of a blue four-pocket single breasted jacket and trousers in a slightly darker shade. A light-blue button-up shirt with a pointed collar, two front button-flap pockets, "enhanced" shoulder boards for officers, and pin-on collar insignia for Chief Petty Officers and enlisted personnel is worn when in shirt-sleeve order (known as "Tropical Blue").

[davidsinn]

Wow. I feel dumb now I could have sworn I saw a Lt Cmdr in Navy dress blues but USCG insignia last year. Of course it was in passing and he could have been Navy.

[Pylon]

Wow. I feel dumb now I could have sworn I saw a Lt Cmdr in Navy dress blues but USCG insignia last year. Of course it was in passing and he could have been Navy.

Dress blues but non-Navy insignia could have been a USPHS commissioned officer.

[O-Rex]

Wow. I feel dumb now I could have sworn I saw a Lt Cmdr in Navy dress blues but USCG insignia last year. Of course it was in passing and he could have been Navy.

Dress blues but non-Navy insignia could have been a USPHS commissioned officer.

There are also non-line naval officers (Doctor's Lawyers and about a dozen other positions) who have distinctive insignia in lieu of the standard star that you see on shoulder boards or sleeve braid.

[Spike]

Can anyone who has seen this item actually snap a picture and post it here.  I asked my AAFES clerk, and she knew nothing about it. 

[PHall]

Can anyone who has seen this item actually snap a picture and post it here.  I asked my AAFES clerk, and she knew nothing about it.

Over the past month I have asked the folks at three MCSS's about this "new" sweater and all said they hadn't heard a thing.

The MCSS's were at March ARB, Los Angeles AFB and Edwards AFB, all in California.

[afgeo4]

Next time I'm at McGuire I'll take a picture and post it here.

[Spike]

^ Thank you. 

[PHall]

Next time I'm at McGuire I'll take a picture and post it here.

Or even better, take a picture of an Air Force member wearing said sweater.

[Spike]

Or even better, take a picture of an Air Force member wearing said sweater.

"Hey Airman, can I take a picture of you on my cellphone"?   Might come off the wrong way.....

[Cecil DP]

Saw them yesterday at the MacDill Uniform store. Very few in stock.

[afgeo4]

Saw them yesterday at the MacDill Uniform store. Very few in stock.

Very few left at MacDill? I didn't know that Florida and CENTCOM were so hard up for sweaters.

[SarDragon]

Saw them yesterday at the MacDill Uniform store. Very few in stock.

Very few left at MacDill? I didn't know that Florida and CENTCOM were so hard up for sweaters.

It does get chilly down there every so often. When I lived in the Jacksonville area, I was frequently treated to crunchy grass in the morning when I left for work.

[Cecil DP]

Saw them yesterday at the MacDill Uniform store. Very few in stock.

Very few left at MacDill? I didn't know that Florida and CENTCOM were so hard up for sweaters.

It could also be that when new items come out they're in limited supply, so a limited distribution to every MCSS would be in order.