1980s to present, Army Dress Uniforms:

“New” Sergeant First Class, 1st Infantry Division:

“Updated” Staff Sergeant, prior-Tomb Guard uniform:

He’s done a year in Iraq and a year in Afghanistan. On his Third enlistment, this Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is part of the “Old Guard,” and I am sure they would pick this example apart, as they are impeccable and the most disciplined soldiers I have ever seen, and they consider it an honor to be a guard there. And a very serious position too, and they demand your respect as well; after all, the Tomb is on sacred ground, going back to the days of the Civil War. I hope I have done these people some justice, I know. He should have sunglasses. The Tomb-Badge moves from your right pocket while on duty to the Left off duty. He keeps the 2-War, CIB, and has a rocker for Ranger School. I’ve reshot this 6 times now! I’m done with this one! But I’m sure I missed something!

Note: My mistake, and It’s sad, but the regulations get the best of me. This uniform has been done, redone, and updated again, just to find out that regulations say “Overseas Bars” do not go on the Dress Blue uniform. Goddamnit! Since all mine have them now! And the 1980 regulation. Oh bother, I guess I’ll be cutting them off and re-damning them again. It has matching trousers with the yellow ribbon down each leg; they didn’t make the pictures for some reason. Black shoes, socks, and tie completed the uniform.

*Updated! Sergeant Major of the Army, 101st Airborne, Dress Blue Uniform:

*Iraqi jump wings? And Saudi, I think. US Jump Qualification Wings have a star for 1 combat jump, the CIB, and a good conduct ribbon with 5 knots. And 5 1/2 years of combat bars. Multiple Silver Stars, multiple Soldiers Medals, multiple Bronze Stars, Purple Hearts, Commendation Medals, Good Conduct, and American Expeditionary Forces. He served in Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, and Iraq Campaigns, then the Global War on Terror. Army Overseas Service Medal x3, and then the famous Kuwait (KLM) “Saudi Arabia” Medal. I have trouble, with what shirt goes with what blue jacket, was khaki, then light green then white, I no longer know, but this is my example of the complete bad-ass that knowbody knew about, I guess, But he is the Master Sergeant of the Army, the highest NCO rank an Army soldier can acheave, and that done come easy, he had to see a great amount of BS!

1st Infantry Division, Major, Veteran’s Dress Blue Jacket and Cap:

General, Dinning out jacket, Infantry.

*US Army, Pioneer, Major General, Dress Blues of the recent past:

*Damn-it and Shit again, I have the jump wings in the wrong position; I know it goes below the CIB; I will fix this.

“Redone / Updated” Captain, 20th Special Forces Group, Dress Blues:

Captain Lee here. Represents an officer from the 20th with several overseas bars totaling a year and a half combined, from different tours: one in Afghanistan and two in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. He also has decorations for multiple Purple Hearts, Army Commendations, Good Conduct, National Defense, Expeditionary, War on Terror, Army Service Ribbon, and Army Overseas Ribbon. And along with his CIB, Air Assault, Senior Paratrooper, and the rockers for Special Forces School and the Rangers-typical for grooming an officer intending to stay in as a lifer. And a unit citation for one of the groups he had worked with. As I was shooting photos, I noticed the trousers were never sewn up at the bottom; overlooked, so it goes.

Colonel, Special Forces / Intelligence Group:

Colonel “OMG” Stone! A highly decorated hypothetical commander, with the damn overseas bars on there too, against regulation…Should this have a Beret?

He spent four years fighting in war over four wars, some with multiple tours (Special Forces do 6-month tours sometimes).

He’s earned the Distungished Service Medal a couple times, and several Silver Stars, The Defence Superior Service Medal, Multiple Bronze Stars, (with valor “V”), many Purple Hearts, Defense Meriotous Service Award, Meritous Service Medal x3, Army Commendation Medal wit V twice, Army Acheivement Medal, Good Conduct Medal with a heap of knots on it, The Army-Reserve Company Acheivement Medal, National Defence x2, and Expiditionary Force x3, South-East Asia Srvice Medal x3, Afganastan Campaign Medal x2, Iraq Campaign Medal x2, and Spearhead, Global War on Terroism Expiditionary Medal x2, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defence Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal with star, NCO Profeshinal Development Ribbon x2, Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Service Ribon (Multiples), Inter America Defence Board Medal, and the Kuwait Service Medal, this fellow would have been a special soldier. On the other side, he has unit citation ribbons for outfits he had served with. Under that is the last outfit he served in, “Psyops,” Psychological Warfare; from there, who knows what he was involved in! Puts a bit of a spin on just what he won all these awards for again.

Of course, Colonel Stone didn't exist; I just wanted to represent the Special Forces Colonel Uniform, not necessarily a particular person for this one. And having earned the CIB three times, he wears a set of Master Jump Wings (with 3 battle jumps), a very rare badge few have earned since WWII, let alone a good number of air insertions by helicopter. He moved fast and wears 2 small rockers on his pocket that represent two big events: passing both the Ranger and Special Forces Courses. He’s moved through the ranks in his 5 enlistments (they may have been long ones); that’s over 20 years at any rate. This is how I see a Special Forces Colonel might expect to look, right? Complete with his Joint Chiefs of Staff Badge and the Pentagon Badge, he would be in the right place.

*US Army, Special Forces, Full-Colonel, Dining-out Jacket:

He’s won 13 decorations under his mini-CIB, possibly not needing to show all, but the more important ones, due to actual space on the jacket. I have no real story here, but I’ll get it one day. With this dining-out jacket, lighter, medium-blue trousers were worn, with the yellow strip omn in. A white shirt was worn with a black tie and green cummerbund. This is a uniform that was worn for very big events, like at the Pentagon, or with the President and the like. This would have been with a well-known, very decorated officer; these are not received by very many people in the Army. He would know some “Powerful” people of high rank and politicians, foreign and domestic, the only type of people invited to such events.

Thease las few uniforms have been a bit confusing of just wtf I was representing, it went back and forth between Military Police and Special Fors, in that the Green band represented bot, but not really, turns out the MP is Green with a golden-Yellow thin line around that (or either side) then edged in gold, and SF id Green with Gold edge so, It comes back to more researching, and more looking at what I have, so changed over to the Special Forces, and that works just fine as well.

Needs pictures with a beret?