How do I iron a uniform shirt in a military fashion?

Answer 1

If it is a Navy uniform, on the front of the Utility blouse you need a crease going down the centre of each breast (the button of each pocket should be intersected by a crease), on the back you need three, one roughly in the centre, and one on either side flanking it at a midpoint between the first crease and the shoulder. Each arm should also have a crease ironed into it.

Pants get one crease down each leg, which should lie directly over the top of the knee.

The same goes for Winter Working Blues, which are currently in season, and Summer Working Whites. Winter Dress Blues (and Whites) should be folded in half, with a crease going down the front (which should intersect the bellybutton) and, of course, one down each arm.

Such enthusastic ironing is really only required for very formal inspections or events. After my first year, I rarely incorporated military creases into my uniforms. Hell, I didn't even shine my own shoes, opting instead to pay native Phillipinos who were more eagre to the task than I.

EDIT: And no George, we don't. The only inverted crease in a Navy uniform should be on the back of either the Winter or Summer Dress uniform, due to the necessity of having to iron both the front and the back simultaneously in order to achieve the desired crease in front. . .At least, that was true until my EOS in '02.

Answer 2

It depends on what branch of the military you want to look like. In the Marines and Navy, thay often put "military creases" on the front of their blouses. In the Army and Air Force, they only put sharp creases in the sleeves.

The easiest way to get the look is to have a uniform professionally pressed at the cleaners and ask for heavy starch. Heavy starch can be awfullt difficult to work with when using yor home iron. But if you want to do it yourself, I'd recommend cheap, unscented aerosol hairspray, believe it or not. Spray the uniform and press it on the highest heat setting you can go without burning the uniform. Don't forget to use steam, as well. Steam helps to loosen up the fabric so that the hairspray can permeate it. It often takes a few applications and up to an hour to get a complete uniform to look really great. But once you're finished, the uniform's creases will be so sharp that you'll swear that you can get a papercut just from touching the creases. Just remember, doing it yourself takes a lot of time, patience and practice. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

When I do my husband's uniforms (Air Force) I use liquid starch and soak both sleeves using a squirt bottle. Let them dry - a couple of hours- then use a hot iron with steam. A sharp crease down both arms and both legs I don't starch the pants as heavily as the top, that's how he likes them done, makes the pants easier to work in and when he's on the flight line he takes the top off. The biggest part is lining up your seams so that you have the crease in the right place, if the top has stripes on the sleeves, the crease should go right down the center of them.

Answer 4

Start with the front of the shirt, fold each side inward to form a crease at the buttion hole of the pocket, now iron the crease in. Now fold the shirt inside out form a crease in the center of the back and iron crease in Now with shirt right side out form a crease between the center crease and the side stiching and iron the crease. when you look at the back of the shirt you should have one crease inwards and two outward creases, the front two outward creases. now iron the rest of the shirt as you would any shirt,.

Answer 5

do not you spot that there is already a protection force dictatorship interior the U. S.?. The commander-in-chief is the decider (dictator), and the american human beings (and their represantatives in Congress) are literally no longer powerful in reining the moves of the protection force. it really is only a matter of time at the same time as the U. S. protection force will grow to be like the jap Kwantung military of the 30's (who operated independently, and elementary a protection force authorities in Manchuria, that became by no skill answerable to the critical authorities in Tokyo), with the zaibatsu's (jap conglomerates and vast firms) financing the protection force's operations, in change for absolute agency rights and concessions interior the conquered territory.

Answer 6

Navy irons theirs inside out so the crease is inverted.

Answer 7

Have the dry cleaners take care of it cause if you mess the shirt up the youll probably do push ups for the rest of your life

Answer 8

take it to the cleaners and ask for a military press, don't iron anything you'll mess it up