I put that in the ACU/DCU/NWU category of wear.

Can you think of a business setting where “jeans and t-shirt” is equivalent to “coat and tie” for upper management?

When I worked with Army/USAF/Marines I loved, absolutely loved, being in a tie for a meeting inside the beltway and having all the military folks dressed like they were about to go for a hike. This was, of course, to support the “warfighter” (another dumb term that I’m pretty sure now means “everbody”).

Byron – please reread the second para. Blue jeans and t-shirts would have been as inappropriate at the gathering I reference as ACU/DCU/NWU.

None of that has any statement on whether someone is supporting the warfighter or not.

@Paul P – YES!

Granted, I’m going back to the day when I was a kaydet at the Monastery College of Vermont, but our everyday uniform was either summer class “B”s or the winter version, with battle dress on ROTC drill days and weekends. BDU’s were only appropriate when one was going to get either dirty, wet or smelly. They certainly weren’t appropriate for ventures off campus for social reasons.

Tropical (now “summer”) white in summer, service dress blue in winter, any time you meet with other services or the public. When in doubt and the meeting is indoors, service dress blue. Simple, understandable, uniform, nautical.

Wandering around bumping into trees…BDU’s or whatever you call ‘em now. Those damn marine envy fall overboard and can’t be seen in the ocean and drown things, bah, humbug.

The Navy is wandering around and bumping into trees so much they dress for it now.