Air Force dudes- Has the Air Force made the ******* reflective belt part of the uniform? I think I'm the only one on McChord not wearing one.

 

**** the system brotha! If they can't see you, they can't yell at you!

So stupid ain't it?

 

Is it everyone or just us flightline guys? I think if Im too stupid to get the **** outa the way of a vehicle on the line, I deserve to get ran over.

Sidenote, N.Korea teaches their infantry to shoot 12-18 inches above the shimmer of a reflective belt.

 

It's everyone, including SF on duty except for the STS and the ASOS

 

yup its pretty dumb, nothing says shoot me like a shiney target all the way around you.

 

I don't necessarily agree with wearing reflective gear down range in a more hostile environment, but just stfu and color state side. It's only for your safety honestly. When I was at Hill I almost smoked a civilian at 5 am crossing in the middle of a dark road wearing dark clothing and no belt. I was doing no more than 20 mph and just couldn't see the guy. It's not that big of an issue to clip a stupid belt on is it? Wear it outside when they tell you to and take it off when it's not required anymore. The extra 2/10ths of a second each day it requires to put it on and take it off won't make you miss anything.

 

we have assigned colors for all our units on base...well flightline units....****** GAY!!

but ours our lime green so its cool lol

 

anyone dumb enough to not see/avoid a slow moving car probably could use a good year wake-up call.

 

What I don't ******* get is people are made to wear reflective belt w/ the PT gear. The whole PT uniform has reflective material.

 

Well if you aren't a dumbass you shouldn't need one. Its the damn idiots driving on base not paying attention while driving 10/20 mph and/or the idiots playing in the road. Its just another thing to add to the list. Or lets issue/make black backpacks only while in uniform. yeah black so it stands out so you can get your *** ran over...

We already have those gay *** PT short shorts. I know someone was laughing from the board that helped decide on those....

 

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lol, sounds like Hill AFB... eff'ing civilians

 

It was on the road by the shoppette heading towards the flightline right by the big *** old school temp living facilities. Dood walked right out in front of me wearing nothing but dark clothes, not even remotely close to a crosswalk then looks at me like I'm the *******. Not like I was driving with my headlights off and my TA isn't exactly quiet. I dunno, I personally don't give a f'ck about wearing a reflective belt. It isn't a fashion show in uniform, just put the dumb thing on and avoid the annoyance of some QA ***** or wing safety ***** busting your ***** about it.

 

Don't forget your glow strap!! haha

 

Personally, I think it looks unprofessional. I could understand if it was like night time only or something, but you look like a complete moron when you have a giant reflective belt around your uniform in broad *** daylight.

And +1 on the PT gear thing, it's reflective already.

 

i know i felt like a huge tool havin to wear those in kuwait comein back from iraq. i can understand for pt cus most of the time its early morning and kind of dark and not to mention theres a **** load of civs on the base but in kuwait there isnt much traffic so i dont get that.

 

Just had to chime in,

Its like a crazy phenomenon, around 0600 its a damn civilian rampage lol. I feel like a minority up here.

 

Was the thread intended to mean wearing it in the middle of the day? Then yeah, it's stupid as **** to be required to wear it. If it goes to that even I will have a problem with it. If it's dark out yeah just wear it. I thought we were talking about in hours of darkness. I didn't know some places were having people wear it all the time, that's fawkin stupid.

 

i think its up to the base commander to deciede when its worn and that. I know it was annyoning going from base to base enroute to my deployment, everyone had a different requirement. All had it for Abu's after dark, but with PT gear was hit or miss.

 

EXACTLY!!! its the base commanders policy!! who knows maybe the commander had a previous bad experience and if a troop maybe had a reflective belt it could have saved a life and that hes looking out for you.

 

Well it was inspired by walking to lunch on a clear sunny day and seeing everyone in reflective belts, but I didn't mention that in the 1st post.

Im bitter about uniforms in general, we don't need another ABU rant, but I guess I was in the minority of people who was proud to put on a pressed set of BDU's and some clean boots, and now we have degenerated into a uniform you can crumple up in a ball if you want to, boots that can't stay clean, and idiot belts around the waste.