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Last time I wore a pair of these was May 15th, 1974!
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I still have a pair (if I can find them) and wear them around my pant's leg when I ride my bike to work.
I think they're called blousers. I used mine for their original purpose until 1998.Jeff
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We just tucked our dungarees into our socks during general quarters.
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At first I thought necklaces. Then I thought it might be some womens clothing decoration or something. I was almost right.
David
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The blousers that the railroad required for us to wear in the shop (a loose term for an outdoors site for repairing RR cars) to prevent snagging and tripping were simple elastic bands with a snap. Those look pretty fancy by comparison.Blessings,
Chiz
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I remember those. Think I still have a pair around here. Last time I used them was March 15th 1970 the day before I was discharged from the USAR. My Company commander retired and we had a big ceromony for him, Class A, Bloussed Pants and combat boots blue neck scarf (what ever they called it) and what ever they called the hat with the bill.
Tom
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my wife just asked the same question last week. an old pair of mine fell out of a box I was moving. I had to explain how blousing straps worked. I don't miss them at all.
on a similar note, anyone recognize these?
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas EdisonComment
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That's how you separate the average grunt from the gunners...
I noticed most of my AF colleagues used blousers, most of my Army colleagues didn't. Blousers definitely make a difference in how spit-and-polish you look, that and starching the BDU's. From my point of view it was better to look good than to be shot at!
The AF color guard guys used thick rubber blousers that weighed several ounces. (They also wore garters--see pic above--to keep their shirt pulled down and their socks pulled up--that seemed a little feminine if you ask me, no offense to anyone.) They were REALLY spit'n'polish.Jeff
“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--VoltaireComment
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When I was in, blousing bands were not "authorized". So, we only used them when we weren't in an inspection.
I can remember a bright red line, where the bands were, from the chiggers. They love a tight spot.
SteveI would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand RussellComment
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If you were really "ate up" you'd use these blousers along with creases in your BDUs that could cut paper.
They'd hold the pant leg tight against your leg and inside the boot, instead of the bloused look the other blousers do. usually only guys who worried more about their uniforms then work would use them, like security police, pencil pushing officers, technical sergents (E-6) with nothing better to do...Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas EdisonComment
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lots of memories. Blousing bands were standard for the Corps if you were in sateens/cammies. First used shirt garters when I was on recruiting. Another neat accessory was the ankle pocket.Don, aka Pappy,
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Fools because they have to say something.
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