The US Marines wore their dress uniform during the landings at Monterey and Yerba Buena (San Francisco, California). For all dress occasions and parades through the late 1850's, the U.S. Marines wore this uniform, consisting of a bell topped shako with yellow plume, indigo blue coat and ...
A lot has changed in the 75 years since the invasion of Iwo Jima. U.S. Marines are still one of the toughest fighting forces on the planet or in history, but 21st century Marines are even more deadly, efficient, capable, and effective than their World War II counterparts due to advanced...
Common Regs: Enlisted Promotions AR 600-8-19Command Policy (SHARP) AR 600-20Uniform/Hair/Tattoo AR 670-1 Leave and Passes AR 600-8-10Substance Abuse Program AR 600-85Medical Standards AR 40-501 Regular and Reserve Enlistment AR 601-210Civilian Police and Security Guard Program AR 190-56Saf...
Google it. You are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Therefore, cheating on your spouse, being late to work, and yelling at your boss IS A CRIME. There are too many pros and WAAYYY too many cons to count. Just make sure you do your research (join ROTC,...
Ability to advance and experience new people and locations. Travel is nice and paid vacation up to sixty days per year.Lots of paid time off for holidays and benefits are great.Some restrictions such as uniform code and certain locations can be off limits. You must always be professional and...
leatherneck — antiquated nickname for Marine, so named for legends stating that stiff leather collars were once worn to protect the throat from sword-blows (also thought that high stocks were worn for discipline, to keep Marines' heads high and straight). The dress blue uniform still bears a...
All wars see soldiers take on a less than uniform appearance, either through supply problems, wear-and-tear that has yet to be replaced, or simply to aid personal comfort. As wars have become better documented so this has become more apparent, and the US forces in Vietnam were no exceptio...
Founded in 1969, Spur has grown to become one of the top providers of regulation Military Uniform Name Tapes for the U.S. Military around the world. We provide custom nametapes for all branches of the service including the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard...
combat duty, to SOCOM, to the U.S. Army's own testing, to the U.S. Army's proposed changes before Congress, to Major Thomas P. Ehrhart's seventy-two page monograph, the message is loud and clear: we can do better for our men and women in uniform, and we can do so right now...
A further object of this invention is a system resulting from a combination of materials, dyes, printing methods, pattern and design features relating specifically to uniform design that builds a “system” which provides U.S. Marines a combat utility uniform with significant advantages over currentl...