Why is the armies dress jacket and pants a different color blue?
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From the time when the cavalry wore their blues in the field. Jackets would come off to mitigate heat, and get stored. Pants remained and became faded. This eventually became standard. I have included a link to the uniform requirements from 1862 where jackets and 'trowsers' were required to be dark blue.
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usually means quite dressed up. It's different than what you wear everyday or for business.  for ladies, usually dress with color, with nice cut showing a little of skin. for men, usually a pair of nice pants (not jeans) with long sleeve shirt with nice material. Adding a jacket / blazer is also nice
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The dress of U.S. infantry volunteers varied greatly at the start of the Civil War and no effort was made to enforce conformity until after the First Battle of Bull Run. In that battle Union troops fought in French Zouave dress, tartan Scots caps and trousers, and cadet-gray outfits matching many Confederate designs. Several Northern prewar militias with strong ethnic rosters adopted military dress styles from their homeland. The Garibaldi Guard of New York City wore an Italian-style uniform featuring a broad flat hat adorned with chicken feathers. A unit made up mostly of French immigrants wore an Algerian campaign uniform. The 79th New York wore kilts on parade. This same variety was found in Confederate States uniforms.\n       \nThough volunteer units were not forbidden distinctive dress in 1861 and 1862, by mid war field hardships had forced most to abandon their original uniforms and adopt the dress prescribed for U S Regulars. This allowed easier communication in the field since Regular Army uniform regulations made rank and service affiliation recognizable at a distance.\n        \nInfantry officers and enlisted men wore dark blue frock coats hanging to mid thigh; majors, lieutenant colonels, colonels, and all general officers coats were double-breasted. Those ranking lower wore single breasted frock coats. Major generals coats were distinguished by 9 buttons in each row, the buttons grouped in threes. Brigadier generals wore 8 buttons to a row, grouped by twos. Colonels, lieutenant colonels, and majors each wore 2 rows of 7 buttons, equally spaced. All others wore a single row of 9 equally spaced buttons.\n        \nFurther distinctions of rank were indicated with shoulder boards for officers and sleeve chevrons, on non-commissioned officers and enlisted men. On their shoulder boards major generals commanding armies wore 3 stars, the center star being larger than the others. Major generals wore 2 stars; brigadier generals, 1 star; colonels, an eagle; lieutenant colonels, 2 silver embroidered leaves; majors, 2 gold embroidered leaves; captains, 2 groups of 2 gold bars; a 1st lieutenant, a gold bar; and 2nd lieutenants wore boards with no insignia.\n        \nSergeants wore 3 chevrons, corporals 2. Regular enlisted men were distinguished by 1 stripe on the lower sleeve for each 5 years of faithful service. Artillerymen and cavalrymen wore the same badges of rank on waist-length jackets. The different grades and duties of sergeants were distinguished by cloth or worsted devices on chevrons.\n        \nInfantry members and general officers wore Jefferson boots, and in cold weather all soldiers wore dark blue overcoats with a short cape extending to the cuff on commissioned officers and mounted troops, and to the elbow on all others. General officers, ordnance officers, and all privates wore plain dark blue trousers, except in the light artillery, where trousers were sky blue. Staff officers wore a gold cord on the outer seam of each leg. Sergeants, ordnance sergeants, and hospital stewards wore a 1 ½-in. stripe down each outer seam; corporals wore a 1/2-in. stripe. The color of the stripe denoted an affiliation with a particular branch of the army: yellow for cavalry, scarlet for artillery, sky blue for infantry, emerald green for mounted riflemen, crimson for ordnance and hospital personnel. Individuals further identified their affiliations with corps badges.\n\n        Through the Hardee hat was popular at the outset of the, it was widely replaced in by the kepi. Loose-fitting forage caps, some with the crown thrust far forward, and expansive fatigue blouses were the usual field wear. Cavalrymen and field artillerymen wore knee-high boots on campaign.\n\n        Uniform regulations were extensive and also addressed the proper design and wear of buttons, vests, sashes, gloves, cap insignia, spurs, knots, epaulettes, belts, swords, cravats, and neck stocks. Trimming, braiding, and design on many of these items, denoted r
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There were actually two official colors for soldiers before the Civil War. Blue was reserved for soldiers serving in the federal army, and gray was for the militia forces serving under state authority. The Confederates believed they were fighting for States' Rights, and they were fighting to be separate from the Federal Government, so they chose to remain with the gray uniforms signifying loyalty to state rather than country. When President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to put down the Southern Insurrection, they were to serve in the Federal Army. At the first battle, Bull Run, there were Southern troops wearing blue and Northern troops wearing gray militia uniforms, which is part of the reason there was so much confusion.
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I believe blue looks more professional!
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try clearwater in glasgow, i got a german army goretex overjacket and a pair of italian paratrooper trousers both brand new, not second hand for £40.00 for the jacket and £20.00 the trousers. i've used them walking in the highlands and are great (although still not midgee proof!!!).
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The US navy has these different uniforms: \n\n1. Dress blues \n2. Decoration Whites \n3. Khaki \n4. Summer Blues \n5. Winters \n6. BDU's \n\nThe dress blues are worn in accordance to a national holiday. The dress blues are now what US Sailors will graduate from boot camp wearing. They are no longer wearing the Sailors Whites \n\n\nDecoration Whites are used for important events. Just like the name, decoration. Whites are worn for Captains and above when they are visiting a certain base. Whites are to show off all your ribbons, and medals earned. \n\nKhakis are worn by Petty Officer 3rd Class and above. It is a sign of power and leadership. Khakis are work uniform. \n\nSummer Blues are worn by cadets in ROTC, or JROTC. Or a sailor who is in schooling. \n\nWinters are the same as Summer Blues, and they are worn during winter seasons. \n\nBDU's are now being worn by based sailors. They are just like the army / marine corps one. \n\nThe US navy has a lot of uniforms in accordance to our jobs. We are no different than any other branch except we partake in a lot of different working environments. On a ship, yes it is very tiny, and the living quarters are tight. However, A sailor onboard a ship has three uniforms. 1. Working uniform, 2. Their whites, and a spare working uniform. It is all they need when they are onboard. \n\nIf you are an officer on board a ship you need your khakis and your whites. Thats it.
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The color of blood is blue.
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US ARMY boots were never green, however jungle boots were green on the shins because of lite weight materail that was used in the veitnam era, issue boots are black,so are jump boots which were brown during ww2 and now desert boots, in artic areas they are white
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Depends on the air force.  The US is blue and white, Canada, Britain, and New Zealand in blue and grey (mainly blue), Australia in dark blue.
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The dress code encompasses the wearing of a similar uniform.It says nothing about the cleanliness of its components, not the fit of the said uniform.
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so as to match up with their camouflage uniform!! its colors differs on the kind of uniform
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Taz is right... OH what direction he is facing...well here we go. When patch is on the LEFT side the horse is facing the front. When the patch is on the RIGHT it means wartime service and the horse would face the rear. Army regulations do not allow modification of the patches, BUT..sometimes Divison level commanders allow a "mirror image patch" that would make the horse LOOK FORWARD on the "warpatch" on the right sleeve. The soldiers are only allowed to wear these patches while in the unit,(like 1st CAV or 11th ACR) but when they go to other units they have to wear the standard Army patch,(which would make the horse go backwards again). This policy changes back and forth all the time, lots of money for the tailors!  Korea lots of units were overrun, Ive heard this before. The patch was worn in WW2 where the 1st Cav fought in Pacific, I believe in Phillipines. I read a story in Soldiers Magazine years ago about the lady who came up with the idea of the patch (she wanted it to be the biggest patch in Army.)
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Off white, or other colors. Purple was reserved for royals and senators only.
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TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION\nWhat's funny my youthful decision at 17 to join the Marines to woo the girls in Dress Blues, even though I became an NCO and could wear the red blood stripe on my trousers and strap an NCO sword on I never had Dress Blues. Very very few Marines are issued Dress Blues and the rest who want them have to purchase them and since the majority of Marines didn't have them the guys would harass you to no end as an idiot if you sported one around the barracks. I sincerely believe very few Marines ever owned them, outside some  career Marines (lifer's) and some of those didn’t have them either or couldn't fit into them anymore, because of beer bellies.
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Same as the USAF Uniform.  Lt. bar is sewn on the right collar and the CAP is sewn on the left collar.  Field jackets have the Bars and CAPs on both shoulders.  Blues wear the shoulder epaulets and on the collar wear either the CAPs.  I might have only been a cadet, but I held postions in the squadron in which I had to know the uniform manual.  If in doubt refer to the Uniform Manual for the regulations.
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Well their away kit is a royal blue with small elements of red trim.\n\nFootball teams here in Britain don't tend to wear uniforms, they are reserved for the armded forces, police and fire etc.