Reply #11: I can see practicality

[Dzimbowicz]

with the field uniform (the helmet could have retained the same M-1942 pattern, but be made of kevlar without sacrificing protection), but the dress uniform leaves me with questions. As someone who served in both the USMC and the National Guard (Army), I did not like the way in which the new Army uniforms were designed. The Marine dress uniform is still the same, but, if I remember correctly (this was twenty years ago) the Army stated that it was trying to make their uniforms less martial in appearence. I much preferred the old khakis; they actually looked like uniforms. Once again, that is just my opinion.