Army officer uniform??

[Alpo]

Summer. Short sleeve shirt. No tunic.

 

Bars on his collar points? Or on his epaulets? Or maybe both??

[Redleg Reilly, SASS #46372]

Epaulets nowadays.   Used to be on the collar before the Army did away with khakis. 

[PowderRiverCowboy]

Depends , Army has changed Dress uniforms way to often in the last 10 years Greens to Blues to Ike style ?? Went from Combat patch to a small chest badge ect 

[Alpo]

Currently.

 

Just something I came across in an online story. He had Captain's bars on his collar points, and I thought the Army wore their rank on their epaulets.

 

The author referred to it as a class B uniform - lightweight trousers, short sleeve shirt, no necktie.

[Stump Water]

Army Green Service Uniform.

 

https://www.army.mil/uniforms/

 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/01/soldiers-can-now-wear-awards-class-b-version-of-new-army-green-uniform.html

[Alpo]

Looking at the picture, in the link Stump Water posted, brought forth another question hahaha. Could the male soldier wear that uniform?

 

Seems like I read some time back that you could have tattoos but they could not be visible. And you can see the tattoos on both of his forearms below that short sleeve shirt.

 

I'm sure he's simply a model, but if he was a soldier could he wear that short sleeve shirt with those tattoos?

[Black Angus McPherson]

Looking at the links provided brings up a question for me.

 

What is the difference between the "Combat Infantryman Badge" and the "Combat Action Badge"?  I've never heard of the "Combat Action Badge" before now.

 

Angus

[Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022]

 CAB is given to soldiers of the U.S. Army of any rank and who are not members of an infantry, special forces, or medical MOS, for being "present and actively engaging or being engaged by the enemy and performing satisfactorily in accordance with prescribed rules of engagement" at any point in time after 18 September 2001.