Hold your horses

[Майор Хаткевич]

[winterg]

When did you join the Coast Guard? 

[Okayish Aviator]

When did you join the Coast Guard? 

[Spaceman3750]

Those look great. I need to get in gear and lose those last few pounds to be down a uniform size and switch

[Okayish Aviator]

Those look great. I need to get in gear and lose those last few pounds to be down a uniform size and switch

I'm so happy I'm back in AF height and weight standards. Took some work.... Especially being 6'1", unfortunately my memory on my BDU top size meant I got a slightly larger size than actually fits. Oh well.... Just gotta hem it a bit. By the way, yes I know it's not allowed, and I don't care whether it is or not because I won't be wearing it in public again, but the beret does look pretty nice with these tapes too. Perfect fit I think. *no I'm not posting a picture of it*

[Майор Хаткевич]

Yea, so the ABU pockets are definitely wider

[Garibaldi]

So. Because I was bored on a Saturday, and had finished replacing the ultramarine stuff with the dark blue stuff, I decided to see how hard it would be to "convert" my old stuff to the dark blue. This is with a black Sharpie. Please note, this was an experiment and I'm not condoning or advocating this.



You can still see a little of the ultramarine showing but...close. Silver Sharpie does NOT work to change white.

Again, I was bored.

[Luis R. Ramos]

Oh no no no no nO NO NO!

You gave too many ideas out... We will find, despite your disclaimers, some enterprising souls in CAP will try just that now.

They will try the big Sharpies to cover the biggest part of the insignia, badge, whatever, then mini-Sharpies for touch-ups...

[PHall]

Oh no no no no nO NO NO!

You gave too many ideas out... We will find, despite your disclaimers, some enterprising souls in CAP will try just that now.

They will try the big Sharpies to cover the biggest part of the insignia, badge, whatever, then mini-Sharpies for touch-ups...

What, are you against Scamguard making obscene amounts of money off the CAP membership?

[Stonewall]

I think CAP should consider losing the Vanguard contract and go with IRA GREEN out of Rhode Island, theirs military insignia products are so much better.

When the AF changed the AFI to allow a lot of previously unauthorized badges/tabs a year or so ago, I called Vanguard to see about ordering Air Assault for the ABUs, same as how they had them for the BDUs back in the day.  Vanguard told me I would have to order some insane amount like 100 for them to do so, so I blew it off.  I randomly check the MCSS at Andrews just in case they showed up.  I see AF people all the time with a variety of army badges to include the CAB, pathfinder, and air assault, so someone makes them.

Then I go TDY to Lackland in June and there they are, everything from SCUBA bubbles to Air Assault, but they aren't made by Vanguard, they're made by IRA GREEN, https://www.iragreen.com/. 

For y'all folks who want military badges for you new CAP ABUs, it may be worth it to contact IRA GREEN and see if they'll make them in silver on dark navy.

[Garibaldi]

Oh no no no no nO NO NO!

You gave too many ideas out... We will find, despite your disclaimers, some enterprising souls in CAP will try just that now.

They will try the big Sharpies to cover the biggest part of the insignia, badge, whatever, then mini-Sharpies for touch-ups...

We can figure out who actually did it. They'll be the ones smiling like doofuses in formation from the fumes. And the Sharpie on their hands.

[NIN]

I think CAP should consider losing the Vanguard contract and go with IRA GREEN out of Rhode Island, theirs military insignia products are so much better.

I seem to recall that Ira Green declined to bid due to not being equipped for retail fulfillment the last time the whole thing was out to bid. They were geared toward 100% B-2-B at the time.

No so now.

BTW, Spur will do "silver on midnight blue" military badges like they used to do "white-on-ultramarine".  you have to buy 5, however.

[Майор Хаткевич]

First time wearing it in the field.

[NCRblues]

I have to admit, the silver on dark has made the BBDU look really nice and professional.

For the first time in my CAP service I am contemplating getting a set of BBDU.

[Майор Хаткевич]

No kidding. Best uniform change since I've been a member.

[DakRadz]

And a way to continue getting use out of my eleventy hundred black shirts!

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[Phil Hirons, Jr.]

Very tempted to redo my relatively new BBDUs.
I wonder if dark tapes with the flag would fly?

[Garibaldi]

I have to admit, the silver on dark has made the BBDU look really nice and professional.

For the first time in my CAP service I am contemplating getting a set of BBDU.

Yeah.....me too. Just means more sewing for me as I just finished sewing EVERYTHING new on my regular BDUs.

[SMWOG]

Is it me or does the cloth MO/MP wings look nothing like the metal wings. The AC wings are not the same wing shape as the other CAP wings. I don't get it!

[NIN]

Is it me or does the cloth MO/MP wings look nothing like the metal wings. The AC wings are not the same wing shape as the other CAP wings. I don't get it!

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