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Hugo Boss missed his calling when the USMC were putting in their orders for new uniforms!! He created what was called the most handsome uniforms in the world for the German military before and during WW 2..even the Allies were impressed by them...to this day, many of Hugo Boss's influences are still seem in uniforms...look up his bio..very amazing !!
@@haukepowers8491 tbh I sgree. Nazi germany was bad but the Uniforms were so fculing good. Especaiy high ranking officers with a couple of ribbons and chords dress uniform, a beauty. My fav dress uniform of all time tied with the Marines Dress Blues. With the medal ofc, the ones with ribbons not as good
Wore it during snowy months in Millington, Tn..... then never wore it again... Yuma, El Toro, Kbay... yea... i really needed a trench coat at those bases...
It’s great to see you wearing a regulation “High and Tight” Marine Corps haircut, and to see a bright, young career NCO like yourself making something of yourself, serving Corps and country. The Corps needs more dedicated career Leathernecks like yourself! As a “Mustang”, I well know the critical role NCOs play in the Corps.
This video brings back a lot of memories. I was in the Marines 1980-1986 stationed mostly at MCAS Yuma. I wore cammies probably 90% of the time. Charlie’s occasionally and Alphas only for an IG inspection. I enjoyed my time in the Corps. Thank you for your service and PLEASE, be safe.
So the secret squirrel (aka trench coat) we wore them in 80’s because 60% enlisted Marines didn’t own a car. We walked everywhere on base when it rained. Also the green sweater was called the “wooly pulley”
In 1968 when I graduated from Parris Island we were also issued one woolen heavy duty green overcoat. I wore it all the time in the winter months over the green wool dress uniform. Plus we had one pair of black dress gloves that were lined with rabbit fur. The dress blues came with one pair of white gloves also.
Great content that I can pass along to my son. Your knowledge can definitely help a young Marine along and keep him informed. Thank you and loving the content your putting out. Keep it up
Dude, I’m having a problem with you saying “issued”. Starting in boot camp we had to buy all of our uniforms. When we got our pay chit book they had already torn out the equivalent amount of the cost of everything we got. The only thing I was “issued” was combat gear and had to give that back. Never knew a single guy who had blues. ‘66-‘70.
Thank you for doin this video because the only other one I've found that explains it he's driving and doesn't actually have them with him so thank you.
I was a Marine from 1980 - 1988. We had the old wool horse blankets for winter coats. They switched to the light green one that you showed around 1984 or so. I wore many times while stationed at Quantico. Stood a lot of gate duty at the main gate during the winter. Anyways, that ancient history now. Ooh-Raw Marine Semper Fi.
When i was at Camp Johnson for MOS logistics school (7/2011-8/2011), the camp CO passed the order that because of the heavy rains, all marines were to wear the all weather coat when in uniform. I also wore it when I checked in to my unit. I had to check in in service alphas and it was pouring out.
Yup, I wore the the rain/trench/all weather coat once. That one day in early 1988 when it rained in CA (Camp Pendleton). I guess it was acid rain because the water streaks are still on the thing!
We were not issued the long dress green cold weather wool coat in boot camp, because they were out of stock. When I returned from ‘Nam (Vietnam), I was first assigned to Base Troops at Camp Del Mar (21 Area), where there were no wall locker, personnel, rifle, or Junk on the Bunk inspections, thus that coat was not necessary, however later I was transferred to FMF (Fleet Marine Force) Troops at 22 Area, which was strack as hell, with weekly personnel, and rifle inspections, and wall locker, and Junk on the Bunk inspections every couple of months. During my first wall locker inspection, it was discovered that I did not have that coat, and I was immediately ordered to buy on, which would have cost me around $40 at that time, which was a heck of a lot of money at that time considering the fact that as a L/Cpl with under two years in the Corps,I was only earning $130 a month. Yeah. It may sound corny, but in those days, we did not serve for money, but for love of, and duty toward our country. None of us ever expected to own a car while in the Corps,unless our parents bought it for us, and marriage was out of the question, below the rank of Staff Sergeant. We all lived in open squad bay barracks, just as I imagine Marines did in 1775, not private two man rooms as today, thus TVs were impossible to own, and cell phones, and computers were not yet invented. Our only furniture consisted of a wall locker half, a WW2 wood footlocker, and our blankets were WW2 green wool, stamped in huge letters, “USMC”. The Corps paid us enough to purchase shoe polish, and brasso metal polish. Everything else was free, and that was all we expected.
When I was in the Corps, we called the tan short, and long sleeve shirts you displayed, “Trop Shirts”, which was short for “Tropical”, as we were also issued a “Trop” uniform, consisting of those shirts, with matching trousers, cover for our barracks cover, and “Piss Cutter”.cover.
Love your content man you are my favorite RU-vid channel and watching your content reminds me of this site 10 years ago when it was all about broadcast yourself, much love dude
Only wore the all weather coat only when it rained. However I saw when I got out a marine at the hospital with one on and that’s a f’d up story within itself. 🤣🤣🤣
Sargent, I wore an all-weather coat in the Marines while in from 1981-1987 it was all we could wear while in uniform other than utilities camo we had then it was a field jacket-65
The amount of times I wore my Alphas I can count on one hand. Once I hit the fleet I didn't wear anything but cammies. I never wore the all weather jacket, but I did have a tanker jacket since Fridays in A school we used to wear Chucks.
I was active duty USMC from January 1983 thru October 1990. I was issued the all weather coat and they were worn by virtually all Marines in bad weather. They weren’t that warm, but repelled water, until you got them cleaned. Then you had to get them treated.
I will say, the service alpha jackets look so clean and iconic. That’s what I love about marines. Same dress uniforms forever opposed to other branches that always change or just don’t look as good
Been looking a lot at marine corps videos, everything about the training to the mental strength to the life adventure; it’s all amazing. I sadly have tattoos in two spots that would not be tolerated, my hand, and also my inner elbow region. I really wish I didn’t get these tats, I could be in the process of becoming a marine right now.
Wore it a couple of times times when I was checking in and even traveling when I needed some extra warmth since I got stranded in the twin cities in Dec.
I still got the tags on my all weather coat as well I never once had a use for it and since I’m out of the marines now I definitely don’t have a use for it so it’s just a closet space taker upper along with the wool jacket I wore it once maybe twice.
That trench coat looks good. I woulda traded a left nut to have one when we got deployed to ROKMCB, PoHang Korea in '76. [Exercise Solid Shield?] We shipped out of Kadena AB, Oki, where it was warm and balmy, to Korea with some northeaster weather shifting in from Siberia. Colder than Upper Michigan, even if it was summer. I had a rubberized green nylon raincoat that had zero insulation over green sateen utilities. No Field jacket. Field jackets [M-65] were organizational gear, not individual issue. It was summer anyway. Ours were back at Iwakuni. Froze my butt, until we got liberty in town, and some papasan tailored me an MA-1 style flying jacket out of ROK Marine silk ''frogskin'' camo, with a 1'' kapok liner. $10 greenbacks. Wore it in camp, but couldn't wear the jacket in uniform once I got back to the rear. Still have it. Semper Fi.
5:31 ... The Green Woolie is your green wool sweater Marines wear over their long sleeve shirt. Enlisted rank devices are one-quarter inch and centered from both collar edges; warrant and commissioned officer ranks are one-quarter inch from and centered on the inside edge of the shirt collar.
5:46 ... Back in the day, the green woolie was authorized for wear over the camouflaged t-shirt and under the cammie blouse during winter months or cold weather. Not everyone wore their green woolie when it got cold, because everyone tolerates temperature changes differently. A lot has clearly changed in over thirty years, though. When I joined, we didn’t get name tape on our cammies until early-to-mid 1991, and we still had black boots to spit shine. That changed when, at least the Army and Marines, changed to tan boots, but I digress.
8:20 ... I never owned a barracks cover of any sort when I was in. Except for the honor graduate (usually the platoon guide) from Boot Camp, nobody got issued Dress Blues. All I got issued were cammies (four sets), wool and poly service slacks (two each), three long sleeve shirts, three quarter length shirts, tie, service alpha coat, one each of the poly and wool piss cutters. Skivvies and footwear got without saying.
9:36 ... Marines who graduated Boot Camp in the late 1980s until 1990 or 1991 wore the olive green t-shirt and scarlet running shorts for PT. Of course, it also depended on what unit you were in; I saw some Marines wearing all green PT’s while I was still in Boot Camp in ‘88, but it wasn’t until 1991 that we went to all green PT gear, except for running shoes. The running jacket and pants are a different thing. Whether it was hot or cold, we wore summer PTs year round, and that was in Okinawa and Pendleton.
In the Fleet, we got new chevron the very same day of our promotion...We made the tailor had at least ONE set ready by the end of the day..the rest of them could wait a day or two !!
I have to agree with those guys here who mentioned lower body, and leg strength as critical in making it through Boot Camp. Half of our platoon suffered excruciating pain, being forced to march with large, bleeding blisters. Little mercy was shown. Also, in Boot Camp, one is afforded very little sleep time, yet almost all of us laid awake for hours at night, during our first weeks, unable to sleep due to severe leg cramps. Spare yourself a lot of pain, and suffering! Run, run, run, run for months before Boot Camp!
I’m at 29 palms right now and I saw a guy (28 year old private) wear the inspector gadget coat over his cammies while on post outside. Weirdest dude I’ve ever met.
Im an old Marine Sergeant who served from 5 Oct 73 to 4 Oct 77, we called it a "Base". I noticed you said, "Post" which use to be an Army term. Is that what the Marine Corps calls a Base now? Just curious. But just thinking back, we called the "Exchange" a PX......Post Exchange
@@usmc-veteran73-77 I’m actually still in school but am hearing most Radio Operators right now are going off to Okinawa so that’s a possibility but for the time being here at 29 palms till possibly February or even March
I’ve give the Marine Corps credit on this. They got the uniform thing right. No major changes to their uniform keeps with tradition and honors the past warriors.
@Jacob Dawson formal uniforms and office uniforms, keep whatever traditions the USMC thinks is important to their heritage. Combat and uniforms for working in the field, function over heritage.
So Sgt. Paterson your on Okinawa and doing this video in you room? When I was on Okinawa in 1974-75 even sargeants did not have a nice room like you have. We were in barracks that I would not put a rat in. I'm glad to see things have gotten better on Okinawa for you guys. Far as I'm concern Okinawa is still the arm pit of the world. Semper Fi Brother and good luck to you. N.Catino U.S.M.C. 73-77.
Here's an oldie for you. In the mid-'50's we were issued short "Ike" jackets along with our dress greens. I liked the look, but the powers that be didn't like us wearing them and they were discontinued...probably by the early '60's. That combination looked very WW2.
I wore the all weather coat during bootcamp after we turned in our gortex top back to supply. It was raining outside and that was the only time I’ve ever worn it
Those aren't woodlands cammie's, they were phased out about 2004. Replaced by the digital pattern cammie's in green and desert. Retired GySgt USMC 1984 - 2004.
I was looking at my dads uniforms today and was wondering why the fuck a detective coat was in the mix and I guess the answer is that it’s actually the all weather coat LMAO
Similar to how the Navy uniforms were when I was in, except back then we had white and blue versions of all of our dress uniforms. Once I got stationed out of Hawaii, the blues went into the closet and never came out ever again. I would usually keep one of each out just in case for deployments in case we went somewhere cold where we had to dress up for some reason, but being a sub guy 95% of the time I was in coveralls. Also, we wore our version of the all weather jacket all the time, at least in climates where it rained. The peacoat was the one nobody ever wore unless they could find some excuse. Shame, too, because that thing was nice. I actually never bothered to get my rate sewed on mine so I could wear it out with my civilian clothes.
Back in my day (Vietnam era), I was not issued Dress Blues. Only people that served in units that did ceremonial or particular function (embassy duty, band, as an examples ) were issued blues. I don't know when it changed but when I left the service, I don't think they were issuing blues.
I served 1982-1986. Our raincoat was not that light color. It was dark green. We had 2 acceptable cammo uniforms. One from the Vietnam era called a "popland" and the new (at that time) "woodland". We didn't have a barracks cover like yours. We had a cloth "piss cutter". Dress Blues were the same. We had a heavy winter coat called a "Russian overcoat" that was dark green and it did look like a Russian overcoat. I believe we had very strict cammo uniform rules. You could only wear them on base unless you were traveling to/from your home. You couldn't stop off for gas or a small quick mart in cammos. We did stop off at drive-in food places in the middle of the night, never getting out of the car. That was tolerated.
Hey Marine, retired Army Staff Sergeant here, dust on the rim of your cover? That’s what they make the 2 gallon size zip lock bags for. Thanks for a great video and Thank you for your service and have a nice holiday if possible in the South Pacific
We use to ware the all weather coat in the winter but mainly during parades or on official military business or travel, but I should have know, 1 hash mark with 3 strips up! Really? However that seems to be the norm now. Back in the days you were blessed if you made corporal in your first enlistment. You had to have 4.0/4.0 pro & cons, expert rifle range, at least 5 MCI’s, a spit shined Marine 365 day on and off duty and have had a Float under your belt and been up for a meritorious board before you was even thought about being considered for a promotion to corporal. SGT don’t even think about it unless you have completed all of the above which was damn near impossible to do. So when you saw a sergeant walking around you knew 1st he had some time in! (2) the respect was there because you knew what it took to obtaining the rank because he/she had completed the check list and was working on Staff NCO. And you knew the only way to obtain that was completion the Staff NCO MCI, SGT Corse, Staff Academy if you could get in and complete a B-Billet (ie) Drill Instructor, Recruiter, Embassy duty or MSG school. If you were all that you might have gotten a chance at 8th & I Duty ( Silent Drill Platoon ) But cudo’s young Marine, you are a sergeant of marines. That is the back bone of the Corps where the rubber meets the road. You are the direct bridge between junior Marines and senior Marines. Be firm but fair! Be hard but humble. I know you are not ground Element. But camp Fatema is still the corp, sometime in your career you will leave and join a victor unit so be ready and carry the torch. Your talking so now we are watching. Make us proud. Simper fi
My great grandfather has the jacket with the tag on it but that jacket he has is from the 40s or 50s (he was in the army) so yea and I worn it around the house cause it’s warm and it looks cool
