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Army Chief endorses rolled sleeves on ACUs, launches pilot at Fort Hood

You’ve asked for it, and the Army has heard you. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on Thursday announced during a trip to Fort Hood, Texas, that soldiers will be able to roll the sleeves on the Army Combat Uniform. But don’t start rolling your sleeves just yet, Army officials said. Milley is calling…

You’ve asked for it, and the Army has heard you.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on Thursday announced during a trip to Fort Hood, Texas, that soldiers will be able to roll the sleeves on the Army Combat Uniform.

But don’t start rolling your sleeves just yet, Army officials said. Milley is calling for a 10-day pilot at Fort Hood with the intention of continuing it for the rest of the Army.

Milley’s announcement is so popular that soldiers at Fort Hood are already rolling their sleeves, Army officials said.

via www.armytimes.com

This is good news, but also an indictment of the sclerotic nature of what our military has become.

A 10 day pilot program? Only one post?

Here's a thought, GEN Milley. You're the Chief of Staff. Just put out an ALARACT message saying that pending an update to AR670-1, sleeves may be rolled up.

This isn't fielding a new tank.

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  1. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    Face palm plant.

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  2. timactual

    Of course they need a pilot program. How else are they going to determine how many folds of what width will be allowed. And whether there will be too many wrinkles to make for a military appearance. Then there are the unknown unknowns to take into account.
    It’s complicated. That’s why the COS gets the big bucks.

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  3. timactual

    You could say there are a lot of wrinkles to iron out.

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  4. Esli

    If I get a chance today, I will try rolling them up, both BDU-way and USMC way. I suspect that it will look bad either way.

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  5. LT Rusty

    I still haven’t figured out why the Navy does it the Army way, instead of the Marine way, on the NWU’s. You’d think that the sea services would stick together on it?
    Only thing I can come up with is that the army-way is easier to roll back down if you need to get into battle dress real quick.

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  6. Esli

    Well, I did it. Rolled one sleeve up the Army way and one sleeve the USMC way. The Army way was too tight on my arms. The USMC way wouldn’t roll very high. Both sides looked bad. As someone that wished the Army would get back to rolling up sleeves, I am not a fan.

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