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26. Did someone question why Lt. Colonel Vindman is in his dress blues?

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 03:30 PM

Nov 2019

It is required in this kind of setting.

He would be in violation if he appeared in anything else.

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Why the fuck wouldn't you wear your dress uniform when appearing before a congressional committee? [View all] mobeau69 Nov 2019 OP

my gawd if thats all they have, then trump is toast... samnsara Nov 2019 #1

LOL. Yep, they're down to nuttin'. mobeau69 Nov 2019 #3

Well they will soon be at "it wasn't quid pro quo" it was "squid for crow". grantcart Nov 2019 #28

I totally agree gopiscrap Nov 2019 #2

As an active duty officer... 2naSalit Nov 2019 #4

I thought so. crickets Nov 2019 #7

See #10 below. TomSlick Nov 2019 #11

If the West Wing got a fact correct... sacto95834 Nov 2019 #68

See #10 below. TomSlick Nov 2019 #14

FFS, the only settings as formal as appearing in front of Congress would be RockRaven Nov 2019 #5

"Clearly, you should dress like a drunken insurance adjuster at the hotel bar during a convention." Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2019 #6

HA! Best response in thread ! nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2019 #12

Damn, that's a visual. Corgigal Nov 2019 #20

Perfect, haha n/t hibbing Nov 2019 #32

Gym Jordan's jacketlessness is his marketing tool - he has branded himself diva77 Nov 2019 #45

To be honest, I'm just happy when Jordan is wearing pants Poiuyt Nov 2019 #57

I hear that's what lots of COLGATE4 Nov 2019 #63

DUzy. MontanaMama Nov 2019 #60

yuck, that was disgusting--especially coming from that despicable chicken hawk librechik Nov 2019 #8

How low can they go? captain queeg Nov 2019 #9

The Army Blue Uniform is no longer referred to as a "dress" uniform. TomSlick Nov 2019 #10

Thank you for the clarification! nt crickets Nov 2019 #16

Thanks man. Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #19

Thank you, I thought so. 2naSalit Nov 2019 #29

Ollie North did Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 #13

Beat me to it exboyfil Nov 2019 #15

Ollie was in uniform while covering up for a Republican president. crickets Nov 2019 #17

+1000 doubleplusgood Nov 2019 #59

No, North wore greens -- the Marine Service Uniform. rsdsharp Nov 2019 #23

Vindman wore the Army equivalent of greens obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #66

North wore the service uniform - the dark khaki sarge43 Nov 2019 #36

Because it's only okay when Ollie North does it... tenderfoot Nov 2019 #18

That was different? That was about safeinOhio Nov 2019 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2019 #31

And maybe even about stolen tweaked software that preceded Backseat Driver Nov 2019 #65

That is not a dress uniform sarisataka Nov 2019 #46

Military personnel don't wear civvies when on official duty... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #22

And when in their civilian clothes,they don't ever expect to be addressed by their military titles. ancianita Nov 2019 #24

The question comes from a chickenhawk? usaf-vet Nov 2019 #25

Did someone question why Lt. Colonel Vindman is in his dress blues? Moral Compass Nov 2019 #26

I was wondering the same thing. Surely no one questioned his appearing in ASU. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2019 #30

Yes. It was Chris Stewart (R-UT) BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #33

An Army private humps a 25 lb pack 50 miles and says ... Whiskeytide Nov 2019 #38

.... BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #40

Navy officer says "I hate camping"... n/t bluecollar2 Nov 2019 #54

Ha. Dad left that one out. He WAS Navy. n/t Whiskeytide Nov 2019 #55

So was I... bluecollar2 Nov 2019 #61

My dad enlisted the day after Pearl Harbor. He ... Whiskeytide Nov 2019 #62

Sounds like it... bluecollar2 Nov 2019 #64

Then Stewart must have been asleep during the OTS briefings. sarge43 Nov 2019 #39

I think he was purposelly deflecting but he threw the military under the bus for it too BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #42

As well he should. nt crickets Nov 2019 #47

And of course, every freeper on the planet will louis-t Nov 2019 #58

Yes mercuryblues Nov 2019 #34

Too bad Lt. Col itcfish Nov 2019 #27

It's the "service" uniform, and it's the equivalent to business formal, i.e. a suit Recursion Nov 2019 #35

Required when on any official government business unless ordered otherwise. n/t sarge43 Nov 2019 #41

I think that's the exact phrase that covers it. nt crickets Nov 2019 #48

Thank you. That's how I heard it back in the Neolithic. Seems nothing has changed. n/t sarge43 Nov 2019 #52

Gym was just showing his disrespect as a loyal Trumpster would. keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #37

Oliver North Raggaemon Nov 2019 #43

Could someone explain what triggered this thread? The only hit I get in... LAS14 Nov 2019 #44

During the hearings this morning, more than one Repub questioner crickets Nov 2019 #49

Ughh! Thanks for the info. LAS14 Nov 2019 #50

you are required to wear dress uniforms on the hill lapfog_1 Nov 2019 #51

Those in the know say he wore his service, not dress, uniform. emmaverybo Nov 2019 #53

Semantics. The point being that the Repubs were wrong to question it... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #56

100 percent wrong. emmaverybo Nov 2019 #70

I wonder if Jordan has a sweating problem TexasBushwhacker Nov 2019 #67

Thank God he didn't wear a tan suit lame54 Nov 2019 #69