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Army Listens To Soldiers, Revises Uniform Policy

Dan Chaison Reporter
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With the release of a new memorandum, the U.S. Army is now free to roll up its sleeves, finally. The practice was banned when the Battle Dress Uniform was phased out and replaced by the Army Combat Uniform. Soldiers have since yearned to reverse the policy.

With the decision landing in the middle of the summer, soldiers are already taking full advantage of the change to the rule, and many are celebrating that their voices were heard.

“I like that the Army is listening to soldiers and delivering simple cost free morale boosters. It shows that soldiers should speak up more often if they have a good idea,” Sergeant First Class Sean Caruso of Fort Bragg told The Daily Caller.

The top brass is still determining exactly how the policy will be regulated, but has said that sleeves should be rolled with the camouflage facing out.

The justification for the previous policy was that the sleeves are meant to prevent sunburn and they are “pretreated with permethrin, which provides protection from disease-carrying insects,” according to Army Regulation 670-1. But after a 10-day trial at Fort Hood, Texas, the Army gave it the green light.

The new regulation prescribes that if soldiers roll their sleeves they must be rolled “neatly above the elbow but no more than 3 inches above the elbow,” according to the Army Times.

 

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