new Army uniform

[winterbadger]

This is just...weird. I'm glad to know that so much effort was put into getting feedback from combat troops to make the uniform more functional. And the no-shine boots have got to be a godsend. I tend to wonder if all the velcro is a good idea, but I guess the majority of troops don't need to operate in the kind of stealth conditions that would make RRRRRIIIPPP a bad sound to associate with just slipping your hand into your pocket to get out a map or a pen. The velcro-on tapes and badges look totally retarded, IMO, and I'm inclined to wonder whether my experience with how fast velcro that gets used every day wears out is unusual. But, well, the Army's got its collective mind set ojn this now, so the chances of changing anything are probably poor.

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[mazzie.livejournal.com]

actually, you're right.
now that i think about it, their names are obscured by tape, nto removed.
i had considered the aspect of the threat to individuals and their families and it is, perhaps, a valid one.
it's odd, though, to juxtapose that against our own prison system, where men getting raped is a joke, and they know the names of their captors (especially odd in the shadow of GWB making a statement after the Abu Graib pictures were initially released about how that's not how Americans treat prisoners).
just the same, the lack of humanity involved in not even knowing the name of your captors, in conjunction with the fact that the prisoners being held at Guantanmo are being held under extraordinary circumstances, makes me fidget.

[winterbadger]

it's odd, though, to juxtapose that against our own prison system, where men getting raped is a joke, and they know the names of their captors (especially odd in the shadow of GWB making a statement after the Abu Graib pictures were initially released about how that's not how Americans treat prisoners).

I think someone needs to send GWB a copy of Season One of "Oz"...