[Magdalen] Dress Blues.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

A chocolate chip uniform is the desert camo Battle Dress Uniform (BDU).
When we went to Saudi Arabia, we were all wearing the "Forest Green"
uniforms. Later on, we were delighted to get the Desert camo uniform, with
the brim that went all the way around (probably protection from the sun).

We started calling the new uniform "chocolate chip" because of the apparent
similarity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Battle_Dress_Uniform

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OK, I'll bite: what on earth is a chocolate chip cap?? As I started
> reading, I thought you were going to tell us about a Hallowe'en costume!
> I'm a military brat, but I never heard that term...
>
> > On Nov 12, 2015, at 5:14 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have a chocolate chip cap with the brim that goes all the way around,
> > which i wore all the time while in Desert Storm, and I put that on for
> > special days.  I realized in the evening of the eleventh that I had
> > completely forgotten it.
> >
> > I just can't get into blowing my horn that much.  However, when I see
> > someone with a cap that announces their pedigree, I try to thank them.  I
> > best recollection was one Saturday morning, getting coffee on the way to
> a
> > rehearsal, I saw a guy with USS Arizona on his cap.  It turned out he was
> > manning the guns, and had been transferred off just prior to Dec. 7th.
> >
> > I thanked him for his service.  He gave a big grin. "Didn't have much
> > choice!" he said.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> There's a tradition and custom locally in some parishes to request
> >> veterans to wear their "dress blues" formal uniform on the Sunday
> >> closest to Veterans Day USA - 11th November.  This includes
> >> all laity from ushers to Eucharistic ministers as well as those  sitting
> >> with the congregation.
> >>
> >> I opted for a Eucharistic minister to come by the house this past
> >> Sunday morning, and I was surprised to see him bedecked in his
> >> US Army dress blues at the rank of major.  I realize that I do  not
> >> have a picture of myself in my major's US Army Medical Corps
> >> dress blues, and even though I have the uniform, it no longer fits.
> >>
> >> All that money spent on a uniform I only wore at the Hospital
> >> Commander's Reception each January 1st!
> >>
> >> The EM and I had a nice chat about the Military - he was in the
> >> Army Infantry.
> >>
> >> In any case Veterans Day USA is to honor ALL those who served in  the
> >> US Military, whereas Memorial Day USA (30th May) is specifically to
> >> honor our war dead.
> >>
> >> I know it's Remembrance Day/Armistice Day elsewhere.
> >>
> >> I think my most memorable 11th November was being in the North of
> >> France on the 50th anniversary  of 11 Nov 18.  There was  the
> >> tricolor bunting everywhere, and there was a light new fallen snow
> >> covering all the great cathedrals setting off the detail and the
> bunting
> >> alike.
> >>
> >> Dieu avec nous!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Strang.
> >>
>