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August 15, 2004

Ouch

Greyhawk

The new Air Force uniform:

Larry Luckey gets a lot of comments on his appearance - so many that he keeps a log of all the things people say to him.
The technical sergeant is one of about 70 airmen at McChord Air Force Base who are test-wearing the service's striking new tiger-striped, blue-green-and-gray utility uniform.

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Luckey's log includes the woman who told him the new uniform made him look cold. Another said he looked wet.

A soldier asked if he were Canadian, and a teenage girl asked if he were Russian.

The bluntest critics tend to be retired servicemen. One, noting the colors and the camouflage pattern, asked what he was supposed to blend in with. Another said, "That's the ugliest thing I have ever seen."

But Luckey's favorite is the retired guy who walked up to him at the base exchange one day, angrily thumped him on the chest and said, "This is a vote against!"

Doesn't look all that bad to me. But is that the best photo they could get? At least you can't say it looks better in the dark.

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