Field Jackets are now exclusively worn at the Barracks. Check out what the Marine Barracks Washington Drill Master Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Calderon has to say about the field jackets and why we still wear these Vietnam-era jackets today.
Some of these, including the Gunny's, are obviously modified versions, as the original design of the M-65 did not have a left sleeve pocket, and the collar tips were rounded, not pointed like some of these are. It would have been nice if he had explained more about the modified versions for us gear geeks! Semper Fi!
Not modified, they're using the old aircrew woodland field jackets. But your quite correct, not M65s My guess is that existing stock of woodland M65s has probably been depleted significantly from wear and surplussing, so they're supplementing remaining jackets with the old aircrew ones. Kinda a shame... I honestly think that woodland M65s should be added to the legacy of older uniforms that make up USMC non-field attire
I was in the same boot camp platoon as Gunny Calderon. PLT 1067 Delta company 8/25/2000 was our graduation date. Still feels like yesterday. Semper Fi!
Thankfully, there are Army- Navy Surplus Stores and online venues that still sell both the M-65 Field Jacket and the M-81 BDU in both Woodland and Desert Camouflage Patterns.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🗽🔫
I have a Olive drab circa 1978 field jacket. I've come close to putting it in the donation bag a time or two but can't part with it 😄 We wore those back in the day 😊 S/F
The Barracks specifically refer to the Marine Barracks at 8th & I street in Washington D.C. The Marines stationed there perform a lot of ceremonial duties including holding parades during the summer time, it is also home of the Marine Corps Band, the Marine Corps Drum & Bugle Corps, as well as the Silent Drill Platoon. So, I guess in a way, you can say they're keepes of Marine Corps traditions, but many of our traditions are held in every Marine unit everywhere. I don't think that there's a Marine Corps unit that doesn't hold a ball every year to celebrate the Marine Corps' birthday which, in itself, contains many traditions such as the oldest Marine present handing the first slice of cake to the youngest Marine present to symbolizing the handing down of knowledge and our traditions from one generation to the next.
@@Riceball01 Hey Riceball01, thank you very much for the informative reply. Nice to get the straight scoop from a Marine themself. Thanks for your service.
The field jacket is a lot cheaper than the blues coat. Save the blues for ceremonia duty and wear the field jacket to practice for hours on end. I still remember my issue field jacket back in the 60's in beautiful Marine green. The perfect jacket for nearly any environment.
But who cares what it looks like, it's only a practice uniform. It's better than wasting time and money coming up with some sort of fancy uniform speficically designed for practices, like all the services have been doing with PT uniforms. It's also better than putting a lot of extra wear and tear on the actual Dress Blue blouse.
