AF wants airmen in Blues

[Smokey]

From the AF Times....
Schwartz orders airmen in blue on Mondays

By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Sep 5, 2008 12:50:23 EDT
   
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz is requiring most airmen to wear their service dress uniforms every Monday beginning Sept. 8, according to a Sept. 4 memo he sent to all service members.

Airmen had been allowed — and later required — to wear their airman battle uniforms, battle dress uniforms or flight suits to the office.

The policy change came out of an Aug. 27 leadership summit convened by Schwartz and acting Secretary Michael Donley at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C.

"Post-9/11, we've moved away from our blue uniforms almost altogether and have transformed into an Air Force that wears our utility uniform on a daily basis," Schwartz said in the memo. "During our recent 4-star summit, we had several discussions concerning our uniforms ... [and] we all agreed that part of our image, culture and professionalism is instilled in our blues."

The policy will not apply to all airmen. For some career fields — presumably in messy jobs such as maintenance and for personnel who often work outdoors, such as security forces — wearing blues won't make sense. Pilots will wear dress blues on Mondays when they are not flying.

The decisions on who will continue to wear ABUs and BDUs on Mondays will be left up to base commanders.

The current practice of airmen wearing ABUs and BDUs almost all the time originated under Gen. John Jumper, the chief of staff at the time of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Then, in summer 2003, Jumper directed that airmen begin to return to service dress as the uniform of the day. But Gen. T. Michael Moseley reversed that decision when he became chief of staff in late 2005, arguing that the nation was still at war and that airmen should dress like it.

He said at the time that his decision was closely related to his effort to instill a "war-fighting ethos" in Air Force culture, one of his main priorities as chief.

[dwb]

Wear blues!  Don't wear blues!  Wear blues!  Don't wear blues!

[JoeTomasone]

OK, I'm confused: They are only supposed to look professional on Monday?

[Eclipse]

I personally know several active or reservists that are going to need the weekend to find their uniforms or blow the dust off of them.   

[MIKE]

Even the AF Times can't seem to get the terminology right?  I kinda doubt your average airmen will be wearing service dress as the UoD... Or at least the coat will be coming off when they get to their desk.

[adamblank]

The official guidance (which can vary on interpretation by MAJCOM etc.) is any combination of blues from short-sleeve to service dress.  Most good sense tells me it will be short-sleeves on Monday.

[Stonewall]

I kid you not.  While I was assigned to a joint service office in the Pentagon in 1995 for a year, the AF MSgt in charge of us created "civlian clothes Friday"....now they have "military Monday"....how military of them.

[bosshawk]

An old saying goes something like this: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Pumbaa]

Ties on Tuesday!!!

Thongs on Thursday!

[Major Carrales]

Ties on Tuesday!!!

Thongs on Thursday!

Yikes!!!!

[Stonewall]

PT tests by correspondence?  Heck yeah!

9.  How many push-ups should you be able to do in one minute?

a.  2
b. 15
c.  28
d. 40

[stratoflyer]

Ties on Tuesday!!!

Thongs on Thursday!

Which branch is that? 

[SAR-EMT1]

Ties on Tuesday!!!

Thongs on Thursday!

Which branch is that? 

At a guess... the Navy

[SarDragon]

Ties on Tuesday!!!

Thongs on Thursday!

Which branch is that? 

At a guess... the Navy

Nope.

[DC]

Coast Guard... 

No offense to the Auxies...

[Pumbaa]

[Ford73Diesel]

Coast Guard... 

No offense to the Auxies...

It offends me, not an auxie but a cap cadet and a CG reservist.

[JohnKachenmeister]

Coast Guard... 

No offense to the Auxies...

It offends me, not an auxie but a cap cadet and a CG reservist.

Pretty thin-skinned if that gets to you.  I suppose I won't make the usual "Have to be 6 foot tall to join the Coast Guard so if the boat sinks you can wade ashore" jokes.

[DC]

Coast Guard... 

No offense to the Auxies...

It offends me, not an auxie but a cap cadet and a CG reservist.

Chill, It was a joke.

[Smokey]

 

Kack you owe me a keyboard.......

And answer your phone...your voicemail is full too!