Marine Corps birthday ball

[captorquewrench]

I know not all of you are on Facebook to see...

Who notices a change to the women's dress blues? Yes there has been one recently.

 

[Iggy]

Don't know about the change in uniform, mebbe the cover?, I can say for sure that's one fine lookin' Marine right there.

Itchy and I had the honor of attending the Marine Birthday Ball a couple of years ago at Camp Pendleton with my son and his wife.

My faith and hopes for America got a heck of a booster shot that night.

It was an honor to be in the presence of all those fine folks that night.
I came home swolled up with pride like a lightning struck cow from that experience.

 

[olcop]

You must be very proud of her, and, you should be, she is a beautiful,fine looking Marine, and obviously very squared away.
Looks like the cover is different, is that it?
olcop

 

[Marine Corps Air]

Cap,

IIRC, the Marine Corps Uniform Board has changed the dress blue cover for all Marines and has adopted the male cover for both male and female Marines.

I'm still not on board with this change.

BTW-it's hard to believe what extraordinarily great changes have occurred for her in the past six months!

 

[captorquewrench]

Yes it's the cover!

 

[pineappleshooter]

Trivia Question: Anyone know why the officer's covers have braid on top?

 

[Marine Corps Air]

"In the U.S. Marine Corps, quatrefoil refers to a four-pointed decoration on the top of a warrant or commissioned Marine officer's dress and service caps (see peaked caps, also known in the Marines as "barracks covers"). According to tradition, the design was first used with Marine officers on sailing ships so that Marine sharpshooters in the rigging did not shoot their own officers on the deck during close-quarters gun battles (as when crews of opposing ships attempted to board each other's ship). An official part of U.S. Marine Corps officer uniforms since 1859, the quatrefoil was said initially to have been crossed pieces of rope sewed into officers' caps before becoming officially mandated as a uniform item."

 

[LVSteve]

She looks very pale for a girl who's been in 29 Palms for a while.

 

[captorquewrench]

She has always been pale except during summer band and right after boot camp. And that faded fast. All she ever really gets are more freckles.

I knew she'd be feeling bad today. Around 3AM this morning the I love you you're such a great mom messages started rolling in.

 

[Frank46]

Beautiful young lady Marine. Bet you all have been busting some shirt buttons after seeing her dressed up like that. Frank