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Article: Army adopts new service uniform.(ARMY NEWS: From the Army News Service and Other Sources)
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- Soldiers Magazine
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- November 1, 2008
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It's official: The green service uniform is on its way out and in its place will be a variation of the dress blue uniform.
Official word on the new "Army Service Uniform," or ASU, was released Aug. 20 in a message to all Army activities. The message defines the wear policy and the "bridging" strategy for transition to the new uniform.
"It's a culmination of transformation efforts that started in 2004," said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston, of the new ASU. "We had three 'Class A'-style uniforms, all the same style jacket, with just a different color--the policies on how we wore accoutrements on them were different. We asked the question--if we ...