That head gear issue is a distraction only to me simply because it always appeared to me that the Army had too many pieces of head gear.....Green, Tan, Black, Maroon...But none the less even I did not like how the army took away the black from the Rangers. I say good riddance.
What really caught my attention and
I applaud LOUDLY is the other new change at the very bottom of the article:
"Separately, the Army announced that soldiers assigned to the Pentagon, who currently wear ACUs to work, will switch to the Army service uniform in October."
To which I give that change a mighty
Seeing all those Soldiers in acu's looked entirely unprofessional to me. They wrinkle, come untucked, are baggy and unkempt.
And I have that opinion about the Marine Corps wearing utilities ALL the time too!