Cause it looks cool??

Cool, now the libtards will have clear targets to vent their angst

As someone who used to be in the military, wearing uniforms on your personal time is a bad idea. People aren't used to seeing soldiers as human beings. And may freak out at the idea of them drinking and having fun. It's bad enough that scam artists could identify you with your short hair cuts and try to direct market their scams to you.

But doing this would make it way too easy for these people to be singled out for various reasons, and takes away their escape from their work. Which *everyone* needs, not just people in the civilian sector.

But it's not required, it's just being "encouraged", so it doesn't really matter. I really doubt many will take them up on the offer.

As a former Marine, it really pissed me off to see army, air force and navy pigs walking around out in town in uniform in a lame attempt to attention whore.

To me, it shows a lack of professionalism and lack of personal style to wear the uniform off-base in an unofficial capacity. That includes the Marine Corps 'civilian uniform' (high and stupid hair cut, skin-tight polo shirt with Marine Corps emblem on it somewhere tucked into pressed khakis with a belt.

That was even gayer than the retards wearing the actual uniform off base.

Credy, didn't the USMC just officially reiterate rather explicitly that uniforms are not to be worn off-base off-duty, too? I can certainly understand the reasons for that policy, and I'm surprised that the Brits would apparently want to move in an exactly opposite direction.

I go to a coffee shop every morning, and frequently there are tables of in-uniform Marines there, and sometimes Navy. It works out great for them because there's a good chance that some customer will buy the entire group's breakfast. Around here, we appreciate the military.

dbirchall: Credy, didn't the USMC just officially reiterate rather explicitly that uniforms are not to be worn off-base off-duty, too? I can certainly understand the reasons for that policy, and I'm surprised that the Brits would apparently want to move in an exactly opposite direction.

Evidently the brits are lead by folks with functioning brains. Wearing the uniform reminds the wearer that they are duty-bound to a higher cause and set of principles. It will probably cut down on drunken brawling.

/if cops did this that one guy recently in NY might not have gotten shot
//if our marines did this maybe the Delabama police might not have executed that marine

Try going for a drink in Aldershot or Catterick if you're a civvie. Hoo boy.

neonfish07: Cool, now the libtards will have clear targets to vent their angst

My buddies wear their dress uniform's when they go to the bar some nights.

/Man in uniform is like having a 10 inch dick
//or so both army dudes and a lot of chicks tell me

Whatever happened to "45 minutes or until you hit the house" to be out of uniform? Just enough leeway so you could stop at the laundry or store on the way home.

When I was in Denmark the junior officers from my ship quite happily wore their whites out on the town, and then proceeded to commandeer the junior NCM van to take their catches back to the ship with them. And they wonder why there's officer hate. One of my buddies (diff ship) has knocked out two officers in his young career during port visits and I couldn't be more proud of him.

(It's like a mob. Officers individually are OK but when they get together they believe their collective stripes to be a shield against accusatons of collective asshole-like behaviour.)

Also, all British sailors I've encountered have fulfilled every stereotype of the British soccer hooligan. Pity, I expected more from them.

Let them carry their weapons, too.

dbirchall: didn't the USMC just officially reiterate rather explicitly that uniforms are not to be worn off-base off-duty, too? I can certainly understand the reasons for that policy, and I'm surprised that the Brits would apparently want to move in an exactly opposite direction.

The UK is going from one end of the spectrum more towards the middle ground. There was a story recently where guys on leave changed into their civilian clothes out beside their delayed plane so they could get home sooner. The old UK rule was from a time when they thought the IRA would target every soldier they saw.

curmudge: Not so very long ago it was a requirement that enlisted members of the USN and USMC wear their uniforms when on liberty. In fact they were required to wear uniforms when traveling to and from leave.

Thats so the local cops know when to call the local MP's to take out the drunks and it tends to only happen in areas that are prepared to deal with guys on leave.

neonfish07: Cool, now the libtards will have clear targets to vent their angst

So you're wetting yourself with joyous abandon?

Kinda silly, making them wear their uniforms. I don't see this heading in a positive direction. People seem to believe military personnel always have a political opinion that simply must be expressed or are a convenient conduit to take other people's frustrations to the highest powers of the land.

Even those that don't want to use armed forces members as propaganda pieces tend to differentiate them from civilians either positively or negatively. While buying a beer for the guys is cool and all, people do tend to get jealous and might target the military members with their hate.

And... after all, hate leads to the dark side.

Cthulus_Toaster: Cause it looks cool??

I agree... I'd love such a policy in the US. Mm mm mm.

The USMC has almost always been very against wearing the uniform off-base, off-duty in modern days.

I remember seeing guys getting their asses chewed for wearing the uniform while filling up their gas tank on the way home from work.

Back in the WW2 days, Marines weren't permitted to wear civilian attire at all.

So glad it's not like that anymore.

dbirchall: Credy, didn't the USMC just officially reiterate rather explicitly that uniforms are not to be worn off-base off-duty, too? I can certainly understand the reasons for that policy, and I'm surprised that the Brits would apparently want to move in an exactly opposite direction.

Credy can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the prohibition was on the wearing of camouflage fatigues while off-base. Service uniforms are allowed.

Credy: As a former Marine, it really pissed me off to see army, air force and navy pigs walking around out in town in uniform in a lame attempt to attention whore.

To me, it shows a lack of professionalism and lack of personal style to wear the uniform off-base in an unofficial capacity. That includes the Marine Corps 'civilian uniform' (high and stupid hair cut, skin-tight polo shirt with Marine Corps emblem on it somewhere tucked into pressed khakis with a belt.

That was even gayer than the retards wearing the actual uniform off base.


HAHAHA!
Typical Jarhead. They think they are better than the other services, but not quite good enough for the special forces.

/and 4 times the discharge rate for gayism.

When I served, enlisted weren't allowed civies on board, at all, of course, officers came and went however they saw fit. Navy brass definitely considered themselves a sort of nobility; superior to enlisted. Enough of the rant. All the guys from the other countries' fleets were cooler than most Brits, excepting the Russians, who were arrogant asses, The Aussies were great people to encounter in any port. They loved us Yanks, then.