Not Work Safe .

Imagine my shock when as an EM I was given pretty much everything, then my first paycheck as an officer seeing a grand deducted for all of the officer uniforms I had to buy (some of which I never wore). Ebay became my friend.

At least my unit hooked me up with 4 sets of BDU's, turning those in the weekend before I commissioned.
 
At least my unit hooked me up with 4 sets of BDU's, turning those in the weekend before I commissioned.

Right before I commissioned I was issued, as an EM, 3 sets of woodland MARPAT and 3 sets of desert MARPAT and all of the associated stuff. I asked S4 if they wanted them back, they were like "nah, as of today you rate them, so take them."

Imagine my relief when I was assigned to med battalion years later and needed MARPAT, but now have to but them myself.

The khakis and service whites weren't horrible, but the choker whites and service dress blues, GTFOH. At least the SDBs I wore a bit, but the choker dress whites? Maybe twice.
 
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