European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 20, Jubo the stars and stripes Pago 11 letters the pc Fuffor Battle of shh talk some say it s a Raftie of sexes Cincu Sarteur recently issued the directive that women wearing the durable press fatigue uniform will Wear the shirt outside the trousers in the interest of mor ale health and i would appreciate an explanation of How wearing a uniform shirt outside the trousers i. Lucking it in would affect morale health and Affef fancy. In the interest of presenting a profession Al military appearance women initially applauded he approval of the option to Pur Chase the men s durable press uniform. Several women myself included sized their uniforms with the waists slightly larger and the shirts Small enough to tuck in without bunching. With this newest directive larger shirts will have to be purchased to tit Over the trousers properly. Concerned As we Are in being in the Cor rect uniform and presenting the proper appearance this reversal in uniform policy imposes financial hardships on some and is difficult to understand. It appears that the Wear of the fatigue shirt outside the trousers by women soldiers is an arbitrary distinction which serves Only to further separate the female Soldier from her male counterpart. 1st to. Stephanie l. Hoehne 1st i. Carol a. Rogers Wiesbaden Germany i am very dissatisfied with the new uni form regulation for women. The old regulation allowed women to Wear men s fatigues tucked in. The appearance was much neater and less of t safety Hazard. I personally Felt that at last we moved out of the dark Ages. The new change to again Wear the fatigue omit can be compared to Iran s forced conformity of headgear and religious garb on women. When i Wear fatigues i feel like i m wearing a maternity mock. I do not feel neat and i am cot proud of the uniform. Spec. 4 Rabei Jenkins lond Stu Germany less than four months ago it was mandatory for female personnel in usar eur who utilize the of 507 durable press fatigue uniform to tuck in their shirts. Just last week it again became mandatory for the shirt to be left on the outside of the trousers. I would Lik to know Why the sudden change took place. In my time spent in the military i have never seen the army look As uniformed As it did when the shirts were tucked in. In t that what the army is based on uniformity Nan withheld Wuerzburg Germany this is another obvious indicator of unnecessary Harras Smunt of female person Nel. Less than six months ago we were told to tuck in our uniforms. According to the actual message the new Wear policy is in the interest of health morale and but what Cincu Sarteur does t say is that the change is not for the health morale and efficiency of females but of males whose health morale and Effi Ncncy were distracted by females with their shirts tucked in. As a female officer j do not under stand Why Cincu Sarteur chose to circumvent the problem rather than meet it head on. Making females unstuck their Shirttail will not change a sexist male attitude. I be talked to about 20 females enlisted and officers and several unit commanders and they All agreed that a tucked to shirt looks much neater and projects a More polished military image. I Challenge Cincu Sarteur to be Hon est and re a Valuate Why the Wear policy european edition col. Rose stauton it. Coi of. Everett Usaf-dw1v Bohr in Mimi Mart Proctor Mao atm cd set Elmer o. Frank pred owl Mawer Hehry j. Epstein Clr Cammmi Mytar Tim new uhf it a authorized unofficial Duck Altenor . Armed Force Over Eai. The Stan and Street la put thed in conjunction with i armed forc information program of to two department of defame Cense not d the Star and so toe Art Rol Tai Hallvin official View 01 the the . Government depart Menlo oif Ente or the . 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Change was made was it really in the interest of females or males name withheld Luenburg Germany uniformity in the army7 no female service member harassment i would like to direct your attention to the latest Cin Cusa eur change on the male durable press fatigue uniform when worn by female service is healthy about wearing the shirt outside the trousers docs this mean that the male service member s health is in danger because he is allowed to continue wearing the uniform As it was made to be worn and As for morale 1 Don t consider it one of the greatest morale boosters to have your uniform changed three times just this year How can cos and offi cers be expected to enforce uniform violations when the regulation is so inconsistent the last Point of interest is efficiency. Someone please enlighten me on How hav ing to lilt your shirt to get something form any of your pants pockets can be considered please Don t suggest 1 Wear female fatigues. I much prefer to Wear the Dura ble press fatigues instead of washing and searching a uniform every duty Day for appearance Sake. I find it very ironic the male Cotton fatigues have been phased out but i am still bound to a can of Spray women s army corps was Dis solved to unify All service members so Why the double Standard now. Set Tina m. Cantrell Katzl Ngun Germany it seems the army has decided to do Washington if Jolt Anderson docs Well in the november elections he will owe it All to the Carter Campaign organization. They have been building Anderson up As the one they really fear and this year the perverse voter says if Carter does t like him Anderson can t be All the Carter people feel that Anderson is a spoiler and will Siphon votes away from their Man. But they won t admit this publicly. What they re saying out loud is that Anderson is damaging the two party system. We have nothing against John Anderson personally one of the president s people told me. But this country can t afford three presidential Why is that i asked. It detracts from the issues. The Choice Between Reagan and Carter is very Clear. Anderson muddies it because people Don t know what he stands the people did t know what Carter stood for when he was running for president in1976." that was different. Carter was running on the democratic ticket. Anderson is running As an ?" look if you go into an ice Cream store and have the Choice of Only Vanilla or Strawberry flavors it s not a problem. You can make up your mind in seconds. But if you have to choose Between Vanilla Strawberry and butter Almond then you really have to think about it. No one should have to choose Between three flavors do you get what i m driving Al i m not sure. But there Are people in the country who arc very unhappy with Vanilla and Strawberry and would take butter Almond just to protest the Lack of the majority of the people like Vanilla and Strawberry. Butter Almond has nuts in it which confuses the you re not suggesting John Anderson is nuts i asked. No. All we re saying is that Vanilla and Strawberry arc proven flavors. Butler Almond has no real support in this country and should not be listed on the a recent Survey showed that 15 percent of the american people preferred butter Almond Over Vanilla and Strawberry. That s quite a few. Should t they be heard from if the regular Vanilla and Strawberry ice Cream Consumers split Down the line on butter Almond then i would say Okay. But most of the people who claim they now prefer butter Almond come from the ranks of the Strawberry caters and we can t take a Chance that Vanilla will come out first because they want to switch to a third so much for ice Cream. Now can we talk about a debate among Carter Reagan and Anderson there s nothing to talk about. We want Reagan one on one. We might consider Debat ing Anderson after the election when the president in t involved in a political How much damage do you think it will do to the Campaign by or. Carter s refusing to debate both Reagan and Anderson at the same time we re willing to take the Gamble. To get Back to ice Cream we re not going to give butter Almond a platform it does t something about the welfare morale and efficiency of the female Soldier. So shirt tails out girls. You arc now free to look like slobs. It s not even an option. Morale if the army is so concerned about female morale Why did they do away with female fatigues and who decided that it was better for our morale to Wear those Shirttail out and look like slobs. Why was it considered to be bad for us in the first place i think it s an injustice to those of us who have Pride in our military appear Ance. Spec. 4 Deborah r. Wood Augsburg Germany 1 am once again amazed at the ability of the army to do the exact opposite of what they so heartily endorse pure uniformity. Perhaps you have an answer As to Why yet one More change in the Wear of the women s uniform has taken place. Finally we were permitted to look neat Well tailored and most of All uniform. With this revision we return to the Sloppy is that this month s style i should be Happy most of the men would like to Wear their shirts out so they say. Yes the Joys of having your shirt interfere with be m17als, weapons and hanging four to five inches below your Field jacket. I am really disappointed that some thing has caused a change in the first decent move in women s military Wear since the addition of the pantsuit. 1 now have cords that will be obsolete a Beret that travels As Well As ice Cream in a Texas heat wave boots that they decided were bad for our feet and a set of a 388s that ought to be kept in the dark and even then they might glow. Give everyone a break come up with & practical and professional let of uni forms and then keep them Melissa Herbert Kitzinger Germany editors note Cut sumo p. Perry � Suff of ctr with Usa eur t military Pura and policy division. Deputy chief of staff for pm Norf replies the policy requiring be of 507 Dura ble Prthu fatigue shirt to be worn of taste the rower when worn by females reconsidered due to the Many complaint Usa eur received on it from women som Len and their commanders. An aug. F me surf that Sarteur personnel my we a the of so i Hurt either inside or Oritsu the troc sen at their personal i Kretta Neji commanders specify Olber be for Fornosa to
