Dress Blues Issued?
Does anyone know when they are issued their dress blues? My son is in LIMA CO and is in the grass week now. According to what I've read about his training schedule they should have had their pics done...
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WHEN THEY GET THOSE PICS DONE THEY ARE NOT IN THEIR DRESS BLUES ITS IS JUST A JACKET THEY PUT ON FOR THE PIC THEY DONT EVEN HAVE THE DRESS BLUES PANTS ON
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Hi, My son is also in Lima Co, they should have had their pics done last week. Debbie is correct, in their pics they are only wearing the coat- this is not theirs. My oldest son graduated bootcamp in...
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Only a New Yorker thinks that way. I did the same thing I thought it was too funny. Where in New york are you from? I'm from Staten Island, live in FL now. Welcome to the board
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In my letter this week, my son said this: "I got my dress blues. Oh by the way, did I tell ya, I got my dress blues. LOL! They were expensive though $300 for the blouse and trousers." He wrote the...
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They do have to pay for all of their uniforms, but things like "backpacks" and such are issued through supply when they check in to their PDS. They will maintain this equipment while there, but they...
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I don't think $300 is bad. My son's dress blues for High School were over $500 and his uniform for SUNY Maritime (including Dress blues) were $2500. When you say Blouse is that the jacket?
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mrschris, Thanks so much for your post! It really clears up the confusion - soooo now I get to go back to my folks and tell them that I was wrong - that HE Does have to pay for them. So they will know...
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$300 is expensive for us, and I don't think my son has ever paid for anything that cost $300 especially clothes. Yes, the blouse is the "jacket".
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Fitz2bart - My son went to Maritime !!! Not the one at PI now, but the one who is in Iraq. He had one semester left before deployment. Small world.
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An initial uniform allowance of $1,658.20 is deposited into their accounts and immediately removed when uniforms, including the Dress Blues, are issued. The payment for those uniforms is not out of...
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Sorry I didn't mean for it too seem that I was judging. When my son said he had to pay for his dress blues before leaving, I was thinking that the price was going to be comparable to the monies we...
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nicurn82 - will your son go back to SUNY Maritime? My son never actually made it there, even though that was the ONLY college he wanted to go to. He ended up enlisting the week before he was to leave....
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The one who is in Iraq now will return to the Maritime for his last semester in the Fall. He joined USMC reserves after his freshman year during the summer, returned to school that year, after...
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I do hope my son does go on to SUNY Maritime - I think it is an excellant school and program. They have an amazing placement program and with your sons military experience I am sure he will do...
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Thanks Jessica! As always, you come to the rescue with great info! Take care of yourself this last month, rest when you can and put your feet up often! Later, D VPMM
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