ABU Wear Test

[Garibaldi]

Thankee-sai...

Say thankee big big! May it do ya fine.

Hile, gunslinger! Long days and pleasant nights...

May you have twice the number.

[THRAWN]

Thankee-sai...

Say thankee big big! May it do ya fine.

Hile, gunslinger! Long days and pleasant nights...

May you have twice the number.

And now that we have hijacked the thread, gotta run...Oy is yapping to be let out...

[calebtornado12]

So here's my big question now... We know that all the officer ranks will be the navy blue and silver color, and worn on the collar, but now my question is:

1. What will the NCO ranks look like?

2. Where will they be located on the uniform?

Just hadn't seen any talk about that so I'm pretty curious about it.

[lordmonar]

They will look like they do now.
They will be located on the sleeves....just like they do now.

Nothing to talk about....because nothing is going to change in that respect.

[calebtornado12]

Well Currently on the BDUs, the rank is worn on the collar for NCOs as well as officers, so how would they look on a sleeve?

[calebtornado12]

they aren't currently worn on sleeves for cadets, only collars. And red, white and blue insignia on the ABU would look pretty stupid.

[lordmonar]

Oh.....you mean CADET insignia.

I would assume no change there either.

As for it looking stupid.....if you have a suggestion please send it up the chain of command for consideration by the National Uniform Board.

[calebtornado12]

Do we know of any discussion from the NUB about it? because that might be a pretty big topic soon.

[lordmonar]

Do we know of any discussion from the NUB about it? because that might be a pretty big topic soon.

Not directly.  But like I said....I assume that no changes to how the rank is worn by anyone.....just the color of the uniform and the background of the name tapes, badges and officer rank.

[JeffDG]

Do we know of any discussion from the NUB about it? because that might be a pretty big topic soon.

Not directly.  But like I said....I assume that no changes to how the rank is worn by anyone.....just the color of the uniform and the background of the name tapes, badges and officer rank.

That's my impression as well, and they actually took the colours (blue/silver) for the nametapes and insignia from the CAP NCO stripes.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Do we know of any discussion from the NUB about it? because that might be a pretty big topic soon.

No it won't be. The cadet insignia have been through plenty of uniforms, and work just fine.

[slimshady]

http://capmembers.bmetrack.com/c/v?e=8F6F84&c=2B380&l=E78D192&email=ErFmr6i5SC4O8vRHSEMluDciHg%2FVbFy1&relid=AC100142

[THRAWN]

We needed another thread on this?

PACE? Little help?

[goblin]

Thank you for being the driving force behind this change

[Pace]

We needed another thread on this?

PACE? Little help?

Done. No need to start a new thread when we have this one.

[RogueLeader]

Not when that same email was posted yesterday . . .

[billford1]

It's going to be good when the AF and CAP finally go forward with the ABU. I'll be interested how quickly the ABU can be provided Cadets by CAP in various sizes. Some Cadets can afford to buy their own uniforms and some can't.

[LSThiker]

It's going to be good when the AF and CAP finally go forward with the ABU. I'll be interested how quickly the ABU can be provided Cadets by CAP in various sizes. Some Cadets can afford to buy their own uniforms and some can't.

How ever fast the associated units can acquire the ABUs for issue to cadets from various non-CAP sources.  Even with BDUs, CAP does not provide those to cadets.  The cadet must either get them from the unit supply or purchase them voluntarily.

Nevertheless, I am curious what the phase-in/phase-out time frame will be. 

[Garibaldi]

It's going to be good when the AF and CAP finally go forward with the ABU. I'll be interested how quickly the ABU can be provided Cadets by CAP in various sizes. Some Cadets can afford to buy their own uniforms and some can't.

How ever fast the associated units can acquire the ABUs for issue to cadets from various non-CAP sources.  Even with BDUs, CAP does not provide those to cadets.  The cadet must either get them from the unit supply or purchase them voluntarily.

Nevertheless, I am curious what the phase-in/phase-out time frame will be.

Regardless of phase in time, ebay will sell out about 20 seconds after the authorization hits.

[abdsp51]

Still has to be approved so we'll see.  And I'm sure some units have a stockpile of uniforms hidden away somewhere.