What's up with the guy doing the Mandarin collar thing in the first pic? Looks retarded. Why is the Navy insisting on going Army-style with the cammies with things like this, and the whole sleeve roll thing?
Huh? And the sleeve rolling thing goes back a while that I've seen. The USMC style of rolling never made sense to me. You have to take the blouse off to unroll. But then again I never had the stones to ask my Gunney at OCS.
Why would you need to unroll your sleeves?
MOPP
Which was the exact reason that when the other serviced did do a sleeve roll they did it in a way that they could immediately pull them down.
WTH is a mandarin collar?
Sleeves are down in the field. Sleeves are only rolled in garrison between spring and fall where MOPP isn't an issue.
Look Im not saying I wouldnt love to have my sleeves rolled in the heat. Just like I wouldnt love to strip my top off while preflighting a helicopter because it helps me stay hydrated and keeps me from damaging or having a fuel spill on the uniform. But if you want to address uniform stupidity Id start with why the hell do I have to wear a reflective belt with a PT uniform that has them built into it while running in formation with 100 other assholes on a road that is closed from 0600-0700 every day for the express purpose of PT.
WOAH WOAH! Safety. Duhhhh.
I hate glow belts.
Sure they are...