wearing Mess Dress on Cruise Ship formal night

[AngelWings]

Common sense thought: Unless you save a lot of money by wearing your mess dress, don't wear it. If you want to look cool, buy yourself a party shirt (you know, one of the mess dress shirts that have wild looking fabric on the back and sleeves that are hidden when you wear a jacket).

[flyboy53]

Common sense thought: Unless you save a lot of money by wearing your mess dress, don't wear it. If you want to look cool, buy yourself a party shirt (you know, one of the mess dress shirts that have wild looking fabric on the back and sleeves that are hidden when you wear a jacket).

Or buy one of the NYW biker patches for wear on the back of the shirt......

[lordmonar]

You're not supposed to wear a uniform in a bar or in those situations that bring discredit to the uniform, but I can guarantee you that you will find plently of people stacked up at the bar at a military ball or a wing conference dinner -- which is technically a violation of the regs.

Sorry...but got to call BS on this one.

You can't wear BDU's and Flight suits in a bar (an establishment that primarily sells alcohal) but service and service dress are perfectly okay in Bars, Casinos, strip clubs, ect.

The comment was offered with a degree of cynicism and you bit!

Well I dd not see the cynicism tags.   
Being as I live here in Las Vegas the very topic has come up many times.
We hold our wing conferences in casinos.
We had a National Conference here a few years ago.
And every year I have a conversation with someone who thinks it is inappropriate for someone in uniform (blues or blues equivilant) sitting at a bar or in front of a slot machine.
But neither CAP nor the USAF bans wearing the uniform in these places.

[Hawk200]

Regarding AF airmen, how broadly are you using that term? Generally, it refers to just the enlisted folks, who don't even have a mess dress combination. All they have is a semi-formal variation  of Service Dress.

Say what? I owned a Mess Dress when I was a SrA. 39-1 indicates how NCOs wear their stripes on Mess Dress. Had two coats, one Air Force, one CAP.

I know that USAF  NCO's can wear mess dress. But I didn't think E-1 --> E-4 could.

They've been able to for 23 years that I know of (went active AF initially), so at least that long. I owned one as a Senior Airman, and I've seen Airman Basics in them. Personally, I wouldn't have been worrying about a Mess Dress as an AB, although piecemeal it would be doable over just a couple months. Although spendy, they are authorized.

One thing to mention is that Mess Dress is neither required nor forbidden for enlisted, but mandatory for officers. Officers have a "Formal Dress" variant, uses most of the same pieces, but a white bow and vest instead of blue bow and cummerbund, and a few other minor differences. Out of formal attire, that is the only version authorized for just officers.

[abdsp51]

IMO, considering where some cruises go I wouldn't take anything military related at all.  Outside of my CAC which would be tucked away somewhere.  I'd say just rent a tux for that night and not draw attention to yourself.

[Eclipse]

We hold our wing conferences in casinos.

What level?  "Mirage" or "Tam O'Shanter"?

[lordmonar]

We hold our wing conferences in casinos.

What level?  "Mirage" or "Tam O'Shanter"?

Palace Station here in Las Vegas....something similar up in Reno.
Sort of middle of the road...what we call a "locals" casino....but still on the upperside of things.

[Eclipse]

We hold our wing conferences in casinos.

What level?  "Mirage" or "Tam O'Shanter"?

Palace Station here in Las Vegas....something similar up in Reno.
Sort of middle of the road...what we call a "locals" casino....but still on the upperside of things.

Heh - it's didn't used to be too visible from the strip, but now, with that big open spot South of Circus Circus, it's
the biggest thing NW.  (My favorite place to eat when I'm working is Peppermill).

You can try, but nothing beats the Holiday Inn Select, Decatur

[lordmonar]

Santa Fe is nice and so it the Sun Coast....both very inexpensive but nice rooms.