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Space Force Offers First Peek at Camouflage Uniform:
The official Twitter account of the month-old military service posted[*] a teaser photograph Friday night appearing to show a variant of the Operational Camouflage Pattern used by the Army and Air Force.
Above the left breast pocket in Navy embroidery reads: U.S. Space Force.
[...] The uniform depicts four-star rank, indicating that the uniform belongs to Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, the first commander of U.S. Space Force. It also has the Command Space Operations badge embroidered above the service nametape.
On the left sleeve of the uniform is the United States Space Command patch, denoting the military's newest combatant command, formed shortly before Space Force itself activated Dec. 20. And above that patch is a full-color American flag patch -- a departure from the muted flags that soldiers and airmen typically wear on their right shoulders in OCP uniform.
Many questions remain. Space Force has yet to announce a rank structure, a full system of uniforms or even what to call members of the new service. In a Thursday briefing, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Raymond was developing a plan regarding every detail.
[*] https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD/status/1218335200964464650
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Friday January 24 2020, @10:12PM (13 children)
Nope, reusing Air Force uniforms to save money, but with a new patch sewn on.
If Space Force does send military personnel into space 50 years from now, they should wear orange instead of camo.
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(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday January 24 2020, @10:40PM (6 children)
The uniforms should be black, and all Space Force members should be required to wear Blackface makeup.
Yeah, I suppose it's also racist for special ops members conducting nighttime raids to wear blackface. Maybe they should wear clown makeup so they can better fit in with all the assholes who go out of their way to be offended at practical things.
Just like when the Navy, who are notorious for having the gayest-looking uniforms, finally did something rad and authorized the Gadsden Flag patch [military.com] you still see today on certain uniforms. Of course the professional outrage patrol was also bitching and moaning about that one.
But what do I think about the Space Force uniform? Well, the only goddamn difference between it and an Army/Air Force uniform is the full-color flag on the other shoulder, which makes sense because real astronaut uniforms have a full-color flag on the left shoulder, and as an added bonus the flag stays in its proper orientation when saluting (which is done with the right hand). We can assume that the dress blues will also basically be a kinda-modified Air-force version, maybe with a silver-colored shirt or pants rather than powder-blue on Navy blue (Air Force dress blues already have silver trim for officers).
What should be done instead for the common Space Force uniform? Ditch the woodland top and bottom in favor of the existing onesie flight-suits used by the Air Force, maybe colored a subdued silver rather than forest green. That would be great because it more readily distinguishes common Space Force with a more "classy" uniform that was formerly only for pilots and aircrew. Jumpsuits are also comfy and easier to maintain than BDU's (or whatever the fuck BDU's are called nowadays).
The Army tried to change their uniform to make the common grunts and POGs feel more special by allowing them all to wear Berets instead of the standard cap. Now this is the perfect example of the above paragraph done totally wrong, as Army people are tough and berets are for Frogs and queers. You may disagree and point out that Delta Force wear green berets, but there's a reason for that. People who could kill a man with their bare hands because that unlucky bastard laughed at their funny hat have earned the right to dress so flamboyantly with a straight face.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday January 24 2020, @10:48PM (1 child)
If they are doing a covert mission in space, they will wear a spacesuit. They can just make that black. Unless it absorbs sunlight + lasers and kills them faster.
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(Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday January 24 2020, @11:08PM
A good hazing ritual would be to wrap all second-lieutenants in gold foil satellite-style and post them up for bitch-duty like CQ.
When I worked at the shipyards, I would have to be let on board by an ensign who was being hazed by similar bitch-duty. I noticed that one of his collar bars was green and the other was red. Knowing the rank insignia at that time, I asked him why his bars were colored like Christmas lights? He answered, rolling his eyes, "It's because I don't know my left from my right."
(Score: 2, Funny) by fustakrakich on Saturday January 25 2020, @01:34AM (1 child)
Looking for a uniform?
Got what you need [pinimg.com]
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday January 25 2020, @06:11AM
But you can only wear THAT uniform "to the moon!"
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 25 2020, @11:20AM
Onesies? You mean like coveralls? FFS man, people in space still have to shit!!
Speaking of which - when they flush, where do you think it will land?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 25 2020, @12:09PM
The uniforms should be rainbow colored to reflect that they are the fruitiest of the armed forces. Terrestrial forces will still be required to have a couple percent of gays enlisted. The space weenies will have 97% LGBTWXYZ by congressional order. Still no trannies though, unless they are post-op. The military isn't going to spend money on cutting people's balls off - that's part of what they get paid to do.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 25 2020, @01:02AM (4 children)
That's my one worry if the US ever faces an invasion on its own soil. At least half the soldiers will be conditioned to not shoot anything in orange from their hunting days.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday January 25 2020, @01:29AM
Camouflage for the prez, huh?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 25 2020, @01:32AM (1 child)
That's odd, the hunters around here all seem to shoot each other, with or without orange clothing. Occasionally they shoot an innocent bystander too...
But, really, who the f cares what Space Force wears, I want to know what the hell they are supposed to be doing.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 25 2020, @02:06AM
What are they supposed to be doing? Why making another line item in the military budget of course! These re-used uniforms probably cost a couple million to design, 50 mil to produce the first batch, and the name tags will be special space-proof plastic coming in at $3.5k each.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 25 2020, @11:22AM
No worries. Some of us are color blind, some more of us aren't blind, but just don't notice color much. Statistics used to be that 1 in 4 males were at least a little bit color blind. I remember a discussion that challenged those stats, but I'll stick with them.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday January 25 2020, @01:47AM
Well, orange is the new... oh never mind
It's the new Coppertone tan at least
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