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On 16 Nov 2005 07:02:10 -0800, "Major Dud" wrote in
.com: snip he would be required to own them in the Army Having never served in the Army, I never had that problem. The two sets of dress blues I owned while in the Marine Corps were issued to me, free of charge. A "perk" of assigned duties. More bull**** from Major Dud [sigh]. Uniforms in the Corps are never issued "free of charge", assigned duties or not. You get a small clothing allowance each month but it's not nearly enough to maintain the minimum required uniforms, let alone pay for dress blues. And from the time I joined the Corps to this very day I think I have seen only two sets of used dress blues for sale -- the uniform means too much to a Marine to buy them second-hand, and for the same reason they are rarely ever sold or given away even after discharge. Heck, I still have mine hanging in the closet next to my float jacket. Yet Dudly claims he "owned" (past tense) not one but two sets? Pure bull****. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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![]() Frank Gilliland wrote: On 16 Nov 2005 07:02:10 -0800, "Major Dud" wrote in .com: snip he would be required to own them in the Army Having never served in the Army, I never had that problem. The two sets of dress blues I owned while in the Marine Corps were issued to me, free of charge. A "perk" of assigned duties. More bull**** from Major Dud [sigh]. Uniforms in the Corps are never issued "free of charge", assigned duties or not. You get a small clothing allowance each month but it's not nearly enough to maintain the minimum required uniforms, let alone pay for dress blues. And from the time I joined the Corps to this very day I think I have seen only two sets of used dress blues for sale -- the uniform means too much to a Marine to buy them second-hand, and for the same reason they are rarely ever sold or given away even after discharge. Heck, I still have mine hanging in the closet next to my float jacket. Yet Dudly claims he "owned" (past tense) not one but two sets? Pure bull****. I Stil Have my Dress Blues (don't have the army greens) have even been ableto wear em recebtly (got an order to report of physical they are getting a bit hard up for active 54E's) wore em to a few rasied eyebrows to a physical that I made sure to to fail by leaving my diabetes uncontroled a about 10 days was an interesting ride but I guess we army types are not as sentimental I aquired the dress mess and sold em later as well the army whites bit evenn watching Gomer Pile USMC one would know that USMC doesn't issue those things My blues were rare enough to get me out of standing certain duties (so I could stand in for some one else RHIP in some cerimmony or parade) ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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From: Frank Gilliland on Wed 16 Nov 2005 08:10
On 16 Nov 2005 07:02:10 -0800, "Major Dud" wrote in snip he would be required to own them in the Army Having never served in the Army, I never had that problem. The two sets of dress blues I owned while in the Marine Corps were issued to me, free of charge. A "perk" of assigned duties. More bull**** from Major Dud [sigh]. Uniforms in the Corps are never issued "free of charge", assigned duties or not. You get a small clothing allowance each month but it's not nearly enough to maintain the minimum required uniforms, let alone pay for dress blues. And from the time I joined the Corps to this very day I think I have seen only two sets of used dress blues for sale -- the uniform means too much to a Marine to buy them second-hand, and for the same reason they are rarely ever sold or given away even after discharge. Heck, I still have mine hanging in the closet next to my float jacket. Yet Dudly claims he "owned" (past tense) not one but two sets? Pure bull****. Strange that Dudly has not posted - and bragged about - any photo of him wearing his dress blues. So far, what has been uncovered about Dudly are the following uniform pictures: 1. Snapshot of him in hospital scrubs, not fully identified. Civilian clothing. 2. Photo of him in cammies while with the Tennessee STATE militia. [green camoflage utility uniform with boots] No longer seen. 3. Semi-portrait of him in a flight suit bearing Captain's cloth bars...flight suit NOT identified as USAF. Could be obtained at store at/near any large airport. If Dudly has "two sets" of dress blues, why NO photograph of him in either one? No snapshot, no portrait, NOTHING. Not as an active-duty Marine, not as a Marine Reservist... You are right, Dudly speak with fertilized tongue. We didn't get any nice formal portrait photo in dress uniform free in the 1950s, even if in a Signal Corps unit that had a photographic group. Never cost a great deal and I paid for mine in the summer uniform. Like it might cost all of two bucks today for a good snapshot and drugstore enlargement of old film, Kinkos or Office Depot service available for digitizing one for a few dollars. shrug ===== In the "old Army" I was in of the 1950s, I don't recall any clothing allowance. Us soldiers got issued "fatigues" (our name for utility uniform), olive-drab "winter" uniform, khaki "summer" uniform, socks, minimal underwear, boots, and "low-quarters" (dress shoes). Patches, insignia of rank, were free but no allowance for sewing them on...nearly all posts had concessionaire tailor facilities that would do that at low cost. While we got the "overseas" cap free, we would all buy a better version in the PX. [indelicate name for that "overseas" cap that would offend pansies here] Supply Clerk kept records on our minimum allowance for free clothing...destruction beyond normal wearability re-issue had to have CO approval or it was a "statement of charges" pay deduction. As a field test engineer at a military place, there were few needs for "uniform" clothing and, when that was required, civilian contractor personnel had to sign for it, then return it. If damaged the contractor had to pay for it. We could wear a FULL dress uniform ("pinks and greens" approved by regulation...same tailoring as commissioned officers)...IF we bought it ourselves. Since few of us enlisted types went to embassy balls or veddy formal parties, having a set of enlisted man pinks and greens was VERY rare. One of my classmates at our 2001 50th High School Reunion had gone Army for Thirty, came to the Reunion dinner in MSgt-rank pinks and greens; he had been out for about two decades, stood out vividly in the group of about 350. One of my good friends from high school had also done a Thirty, but as a Warrant Officer, and came in a civilian suit. That Reunion took place a week-plus before the "9/11" Attack. For stylish comfort, I shelled out some bucks to have my fatigues tailored, the separate blouse using snaps instead of buttons and the huge side pockets of the issue pants made into conventional pants pockets. Was approved, by the way. As an E-5 with overseas pay supplement, monthly salary I got was all of $154, and all taxable. RHIP? :-) |
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![]() Frankie of Silliland untruthfully wrote but still tried to pass off as legitimate: On 16 Nov 2005 07:02:10 -0800, wrote in .com: snip he would be required to own them in the Army Having never served in the Army, I never had that problem. The two sets of dress blues I owned while in the Marine Corps were issued to me, free of charge. A "perk" of assigned duties. More bull#### from Major Dud [sigh]. Uniforms in the Corps are never issued "free of charge", assigned duties or not. Deeper sigh.... Frankie of Silliland (Mr. FoS) simply proves he IS the liar I accuse him of being. Marines assigned to Eighth and I, Recruiting Duty, Drill Field, Embassy Duty and Independent Duty (ie: Active Duty Marines assigned to the active support component of Reserve units, ROTC Instructor Duty, duty at a military acadamy, etc...) ARE issued Dress Blues and they ARE issued "free of charge". And the first issue of uniforms IS issued "free of charge", and the monies that Frankie refers to are MAINTENACE fees. There is no assessment against the service person for their issue. You get a small clothing allowance each month but it's not nearly enough to maintain the minimum required uniforms, let alone pay for dress blues. Uhhhhhh...Franikie...Unless they changed it BACK since 1992, the clothing allowance was made a once-a-year entitlement in the late 80's. And from the time I joined the Corps to this very day I think I have seen only two sets of used dress blues for sale -- the uniform means too much to a Marine to buy them second-hand, and for the same reason they are rarely ever sold or given away even after discharge. Heck, I still have mine hanging in the closet next to my float jacket. Yet Dudly claims he "owned" (past tense) not one but two sets? Pure bull#### The bull#### is yours, Frankie. I was assigned to Independent Duty TWICE in my career. I received TWO issues of Dress Blues. One as a Lance Corporal, the other as a Staff Sergeant. And you know what the difference is between YOUR "dress blues" and mine, Frankie...?!?! Steve, K4YZ |
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![]() wrote: We could wear a FULL dress uniform ("pinks and greens" approved by regulation...same tailoring as commissioned officers)...IF we bought it ourselves. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....Lennie in pink.....?!?! Naaaahhhhh... Markie? Of course. Toiddie...more than likely. And Let's not forget Frankie...Yellow is his color. Then there's Brain and his "blues"...The most likely of the bunch to be even close to being accurate. And I can't see ANY of them in anything "green" unless they fell into the beer at a St Patty's Day bust... Steve, K4YZ |
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![]() Frank Gilliland wrote: On 16 Nov 2005 07:02:10 -0800, "Major Dud" wrote in .com: snip he would be required to own them in the Army Having never served in the Army, I never had that problem. The two sets of dress blues I owned while in the Marine Corps were issued to me, free of charge. A "perk" of assigned duties. More bull**** from Major Dud [sigh]. Uniforms in the Corps are never issued "free of charge", assigned duties or not. It might be possible that Steve was assigned to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. They probably make a special allowance for uniforms there. |
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And don't forget the "Commander" Buzz Corey, who has a yellow streak
down his back and that lavender spacesuit. |
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From: K4YZ on Nov 16, 6:33 pm
wrote: We could wear a FULL dress uniform ("pinks and greens" approved by regulation...same tailoring as commissioned officers)...IF we bought it ourselves. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....Lennie in pink.....?!?! Naaaahhhhh... "Pinks and greens" is a colloquial (familiar) name for the commissioned officer's winter dress uniform from WW2 through past the Vietnam War era. The "pink" is actually a light tan that, with prolonged wear and cleaning, tended to turn towards pinkish. The "green" is the color of the blouse (official name for a suit jacket), actually a dark green, more green than the olive-drab of the "Ike Jacket" which was a standard dress uniform for all ranks from late WW2 years towards the Vietnam War times. In the late 60s to early 70s, pink was a fashion statement among male clothing, particularly in dress shirts. Such were worn by macho-hetero males and considered "cool." Dudly doesn't know that because he couldn't see beyond the mountain people's dress of Tennessee then... And I can't see ANY of them in anything "green" unless they fell into the beer at a St Patty's Day bust... NONE of us readers have seen ANYTHING of Dudly the Imposter in ANY USMC uniform of any kind from his alleged 18-year "career" in the USMC. All we readers can see is a pudgy 50-something middle aged, balding, scowling poser in a beat-up sort-of-olive-drab flight suit coverall with cloth captain's bars on the shoulder pads. Dudly put that there himself on the QRZ website. The poopy suit (flight suit) looks like it could have been bought at any large-airport supplies store. NOT ONE SINGLE PHOTO of Dudly in his dress blues, despite his claim of have TWO FREE sets of them. Total BULL**** from Dudly...a FAKE...a POSEUR...a FRAUD. |
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