The Army Service Uniform will be the "newest" service uniform to be adopted Army-wide after Fall of 2011, replacing two uniforms already in use – the "Army Green" uniform and the "Army White" uniform. The new uniform was announced in 2006 by current Army Chief of Staff General Peter Schoomaker, and will serve as the U.S. Army's dress, garrison, and ceremonial uniform. Once phased in, the only green uniform that will see service will be the "Marine Green" uniforms (a slightly darker shade of olive drab) worn for service/garrison duty by members of the U.S. Marine Corps. 2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Flag of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army The Chief of Staff of the United States Army (CSA) is the professional head of the United States Army who is responsible for insuring readiness of the Army. ... A General is an officer of high military rank. ... General Peter Schoomaker (born February 12, 1946) became the 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, on August 1, 2003. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...

Description of New Uniform

As of 2006, it is complete speculation as to what the final uniform will look like, but using the current "Army Blue" uniform as a model the uniform will be somewhat resemble the dress and campaign uniforms worn by Army personnel during the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War prior to the introduction of khaki uniforms in the 1890's (phased out in 1985) and olive drab (OD) uniforms in 1902 (phased out and replaced with "Army Green" in 1955-57), making the blue uniform a dress uniform. As to distinguish enlisted personnel and NCOs from officers, the uniform will have some adaptations to reflect their status. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties Killed in action: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 Killed in action: 93,000 Total dead: 258... Combatants Native Americans USA Indian Wars is the name used by historians in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between the United States and Native American peoples (Indians) of North America. ... Combatants United States Republic of Cuba First Philippine Republic Spain Commanders William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Casualties 379 U.S. dead; considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino casualties Unknown[1] The Spanish-American War took place in 1898 and...

NCOs & Enlisted Personnel

The new "Army Service Uniform" for NCOs and Enlisted personnel will most likely consist of the current regulation "Army Blue" coat, which is a four-button open-front coat similar in cut to the current "Army Green" uniform, but trimmed with gold for the sleeve cuffs and shoulder epaulets. A white dress shirt and black necktie is worn with the uniform coat, as well as sky blue trousers with a gold 1¼-inch stripe down each leg; the stripes being reserved only for NCOs (Corporals to Sergeants Major) in a manner similar to that of the U.S. Marine Corps use of the scarlet "blood stripes" for their enlisted ranks.

The black beret and ribbon bars would most likely be worn for most garrison situations with the enlisted "Army Blue" saucer cap (a blue cap with two gold stripes at the visor, and bearing a black-colored "chinstrap" and U.S. Army insignia on a disc), full-size medals, and a ceremonial "pistol belt" being reserved only for more formal events, and a black bowtie and miniature medals for dinner dress events. Rank chevrons will be worn on both sleeves, as well as diagonal service stripes indicating 3 years of service at the bottom of each sleeve. A stable belt is an item of uniform used in the armed forces of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries. ...

Commissioned & Warrant Officers

Commissioned & Warrant Officers will wear a uniform identical to that of the NCO/Enlisted uniform, except that the sleeve piping is replaced with a broad gold stripe on each sleeve, with a narrower stripe of the Officer's branch-of-service in the middle (all Warrant Officers, regardless of their prior branch affiliation, use brown as their branch-of-service color). In place of the shoulder epaulets, officers will wear their rank on rectangular shoulder boards bearing the individual's rank on a branch-colored background. The shirt, necktie, and trousers are identical to that of the NCO/Enlisted uniform, except that the stripes will have a 1½-inch gold stripe instead of the narrower 1¼-inch stripes.

For garrison wear, it is anticipated that the beret and ribbons will be worn, with the officer's version of the saucer cap, medals, and "pistol belt" being worn for formal events. Similar in appearance to the enlisted cap, the officer's saucer cap differs in that the visor bears a gold-colored chinstrap, and decorative branch-of-service stripes simiar to the sleeve stripes of the coat. In addition, field-grade officers (Majors to Colonels) will also have the distinctive "scrambled eggs" on the visor itself. Dinner dress will also be identical, with the possibility of the more formal "mess dress" being retained for state occasions.

General Officers

General Officer uniforms will be identical in appearance to the Commissioned/Warrant Officer uniforms, except for the following changes:

• The sky blue trousers will be replaced with trousers in the same color as the coat and bearing two 1-inch gold stripes down each leg.

• The sleeve cuffs will have a solid gold stripe in place of the two-colored branch-of-service stripes. This is due to the General Officer being not part of a particular branch (exceptions being the Army Surgeon General and the Command General of the Army Corps of Engineers, the former wearing the cadaceus insignia and the latter wearing the "gold castles" worn by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur).

• The saucer cap worn for formal occasions will have an additional braid of "scrambled eggs" in place of the branch-of-service braid as used on the lower-ranking field grade officers.

• All General Officer rank insignia will be on black backgrounds.

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Female Personnel

Female personnel, from Private up to General Officers, will have female versions of their respective uniforms. Currently, the female "Army Blue" uniforms are worn with a skirt, unlike their female Marine counterparts who have access to slacks for formation wear. The new Army Service Uniform will have either a dark blue skirt or sky blue slacks available for female personnel to wear, depending upon the situation of the nature that requires either item to be worn. A skirt is a traditionally feminine tube- or cone-shaped garment which is worn from the waist and covers the legs. ...

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