My position is clear. I believe Amos, acting through the Uniform Board, was following his Commanders Intent (the President) by even putting up such a ridiculous proposal for study. Has Amos acted outside the best traditions of the Marine Corps? Yes. But on uniforms? There is no other explanation for the Marine Corps following the Army practice of sleeves down in utilities...especially after polling Marines and finding that they wanted to continue to roll sleeves any other way. But ignoring all that, there is a portion of the story that hasn't gotten any attention. Check this out...
The thin new hats have a feminine line that some officials think would make them look just as good on female marines as on males - in keeping with the Obama directive.What is the Obama directive?
