couple of questions about ARMY Class A's.?

Question

1.) What if you go up to E-5 then go to OCS and become O-1 or O-2. What insignias do you wear on Class A's?

2.) How come there are some ribbons worn on right side and left side. what is the differnece?

3.) Is there a big belt that goes around middle?

4.) How come i sometimes see people with stripes for E ranks on their sholder but then some diagonal stripes on there forarm?

5.) Has the black beret replaced that realy bitchen hat? (sorry dont knwo what the technical term for it is.).

Please number answers for questions. Thanks guys.

If you have link to a description of class a's i would appriciate ti.

What is red and green braid mean?

Answer 1

1. your rank will be on the top of your shoulders.

2. All ribbons are on the left side. Unit awards that look like ribbons are sometimes worn on the right side.

3. Not sure what you mean.

4. The stripes that you see on the left sleeve are called service stripes. One for every 3 years in the Army. The stripes on the right sleeve are called combat stripes. One for every 6 months being deployed in a combat zone.

5. The krispy kreme hat is only worn at basic training. The beret is the only authorized head gear for the Class As

6. The Class A uniform will be faded out starting next year. Below is a link to the new uniform.

Answer 2

1. You take off your e-5 stripes, and get two 2nd Lt bars and put them on the shoulder boards.

2. I've never hear of ribbons worn on the right side, unit citations are worn on the right, I think thats what you've seen.

3. No big belt, sorry

4. diagnol stripes on the fore arm signifies your deployments, 1 stripe for every 6 months, it has nothing to do with rank.

5. yes, it has replaced the "bitchen hat"

There ya go buddy. Oh yeah, if you are going to be a new LT, when you commission you'll get a one time clothing allowance which is supposed to be so you can buy your dress blues, which is what the army will be switching to anyways. I'd advise you to go ahead and get em now, just so it doesn't feel like you're forking out $400 out of your pocket several years from now. Make sure you get the low riding pants, I'm not sure what they're called exactly, just don't get the pants that go up to your arm pits, which will probably be what they sell at clothing and sales. Both are authorized to wear now, but when they do make the switch to blues, only the low pants will be authorized, so that'll save you about a hundred bucks.

Answer 3

1) Officers rank is worn on the shoulders. We also wear branch insignia and US pins on the lapels.
2) Ribbons on the right are Unit Awards, left side is personal awwards.
3) NO
4) The stripes on the forearm are for deployments or years of service.
5) Yes the beret is now worn insted of the Service Cap.

Try this site: http://www.army.mil/symbols/Uniform.html

Answer 4

Wear and
Appearance of
Army Uniforms
and Insignia

Answer 5

Sean, Jon and Armyflyer were only missing one item. I don't know what it is called but the black ribbon on the sleeve is a must for Officers and NOT on an enlisted uniform.

ArmyFlyer, back in Dino days the 35K's (95K now I think) would add switches to the overhead on Hueys and tag them "Do Not Operate" then watch the guys stare at it in pre flight. Usually one of them would toggle it saying WTF is this. Are the same games being played???

SSG US Army 73-82